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Guest Post: Giving Up the Soul
Note from Managing Director: Every so often, we welcome a guest post! Drew Jacob is a philosopher, adventurer and polytheist priest. Travel is his spiritual practice, adventure is his religion. He bel... Read More
Alaska: Polar Bears, Global Warming, and Preserving God’s Creation
When I got off the plane in Alaska I was excited to step into the cold walkway from the plane leading to the physical airport. I took a deep breath looking like a child visiting a candy store for the ... Read More
Time, Narrative, and Pluralism
As my first quarter of graduate school comes to an end, I thought I would share a few things that struck me these past few months. I do not wish to make sweeping claims about the interfaith movement, ... Read More
“Just to Make a Statement”: Power, Sincerity, and the Women of the Wall
The Chief Rabbi of the Western Wall claims that Women of the Wall "don't come to worship, they come to demonstrate." But what he chooses not to see is that separating worship from politics is a luxury... Read More
Tragedies: An opportunity for Interfaith Cooperation
There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to take the life of the most innocent of the Lord’s creations: our children. The recent massacre in Newtown is a blatant act of terror even when such qualifi... Read More
Taking the Spirit out of Spirituality
Recently I have been reflecting on a series of internal discussions that I have been part of within a Muslim email group. A lot of the argument has centered about the practice of halal certificati... Read More
Please Stop Making God an Accomplice to the Newtown Massacre
No one knows what to say in moments like this. But we utter many things about God. Do we really mean these things? The divine love is not complicit in their deaths. The divine love does not call the... Read More
A Muslim Prayer for Victims by Quaiser Abdullah
In Islam, when we hear tragic news, we say, “From God we come and to Him is our return.” I pray for the well-being of the survivors of the horrendous tragedy and that as a national and global comm... Read More
After Newtown, a Divine Name for Right Now
The tragic events of last week occurred while Jews were reading a section of the story of Joseph and his brothers which is bursting with bereavement. As I read it through the lens of midrash, this anc... Read More