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News The Bible could become law in West Virginia, but what would that mean?
A new amendment would enshrine the Old and New Testaments in state law. But would that mean banning cheeseburgers, legalizing polygamy and enforcing biblical dress codes?
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Culture Debating a Jew, Trump supporters endorse America’s ‘European and Christian’ identity
Sam Seder debated Trump supporters over Nazi-adjacent ideology
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Books A Jewish atheist calls out evangelicals for undermining democracy — and Christianity
Jonathan Rauch sees a “MAGA-fied” church that is not holding up its end of the bargain in defending the Constitution
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News Christian nationalism is rising. So is the Christian resistance
‘It’s a gross distortion of the teachings of Jesus,’ said one advocate
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Fast Forward Trump to ‘defend the rights of Christians,’ announces new faith initiative led by controversial televangelist
Paula White, Trump’s spiritual adviser, served in his first administration
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Opinion Pete Hegseth’s belief in Christian dominion should deeply trouble American Jews
The new secretary of defense’s approach to Zionism has Christian supremacist roots
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Opinion As Trump takes the oath of office, remember its most famous phrase has roots in Christian nationalism
'So help me God' may sound innocuous — yet the history of the plea's insertion in the oath is anything but
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News Meet the Jewish leader taking on Christian nationalism
Rachel Laser, the first non-Christian leader of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, redefines the group’s focus in a polarized era
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Music In 1964, when he was just 23, Bob Dylan wrote the prophetic anthem that encapsulates Trump’s America
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News State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews
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Fast Forward What does the election of Mark Carney mean for Canadian Jews and Israel?
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News Jewish groups targeted Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil — then ICE arrested him
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News ‘Nobody can protect you,’ Columbia dean warns foreign students after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
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