Religious communities are never the same once they reach America. In my view, they often become even more remarkable. As a third-generation American Jew, it is at times even challenging for me to thin...Read More
On most days, if we’re realistic, the idea of religious tolerance serves only to usher a person just inside the other’s front door. It might, in the end, provide a sort-of, kind-of knowledge, but ...Read More
Yehezkel Landau is a Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relations at Hartford Seminary. In June, 2002, I spent six days at a place that is holy for me: the Community of Grandchamp, a convent of Protest...Read More
This is my recollection of co-Founding the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. Central to this effort was my co-Founder, Stephanie Varnon-Hughes. Without her, this project could never have taken shap...Read More
“If the property belongs to God he is able to pay the tax.” Robert Ingersoll In Lynch v. Donnelly (1984) the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a Christmas display in a mall in Pawtucket Rhode I...Read More
Pesach (Passover) is, without a doubt, one of the most widely observed, if indeed not the most widely observed holiday on the Jewish calendar. Pesach is personally my favorite holiday. Despite the mas...Read More
DOMINICAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY In conversation with Sr. Marianne Farina, CSC, PhD, Department Chair of Theology: At the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT), the dialogical ...Read More
Well, another Women’s History Month has come and gone by the time you read this. Many classrooms across the United States have talked about the contributions of women in the past, and some websites ...Read More
Bringing our discussions from Prison Ministry into my own preparations for Passover has opened up my midrashic imagination to the connections between ancient and modern day oppression. Learning about ...Read More
(Pamela Jay Gottfried is a rabbi, parent, teacher and student of religion. She is the founding mother and editor of the interfaith blog She Answers Abraham and the author of Found in Translation: Co...Read More