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Culture Q & A: Reza Aslan On The Trouble With God’s Humanity
“I always thought that I would write a book about the history of God,” Reza Aslan said. Aslan, an author, professor and former CNN host — his show “Believer” was canceled after he tweeted a profane reaction to President Trump’s comments on a July 2017 terrorist attack in London — was discussing his latest book,…
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Fast Forward Trump Mentioned God 9 Times In His Thanksgiving Speech
On Thursday, President Trump delivered his Thanksgiving message from Mar-a-Lago, where the first family spent their holiday. Trump, according to the Daily Caller’s count made no less than 9 mentions of God in his speech. He also mentioned “prayer” twice. “It’s an honor to speak with you all and to give God thanks for the…
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Opinion This Is The Way The World Ends
With the U.S. leaving the Paris Climate Agreement, a cartoonist envisions what happens next.
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Fast Forward Tennessee Lawmakers Want “In God We Trust” On License Plates
Tennessee lawmakers want to add the phrase “In God We Trust” to Tennessee license plates, but the state attorney general calls the bill “constitutionally suspect” in a legal opinion, according to The Tennesseean. The bill, proposed by Representatives Bill Sanderson and Paul Bailey, would require all Tennessee license plates to carry the phrase. Tennessee Attorney…
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Fast Forward Was Trump Appointed By God?
Was Donald J. Trump appointed by God? As the President-elect would say, some people are asking. When one starts typing “Trump appointed” into Google, one of the first suggestions is “Trump appointed by god”. Contrary to popular query, Trump was affirmed by the U.S. Electoral College, not God, with 304 electoral votes on December 19,…
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The Schmooze 6 Ways To Get Right With God This Yom Kippur
With Yom Kippur approaching, some might be thinking about how to get right with God. And over time a vast compendium of traditions have built up around the holy day in pursuit of just that. As we gear up for the big fast next Wednesday, here’s a selection of six of those customs, none of…
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The Schmooze ‘God’ Actor Morgan Freeman Seeks Answers in Jerusalem
He may have depicted God in Hollywood films, but Morgan Freeman came to Jerusalem with questions about religion still unsettled. “I’m primarily interested in why, what is the why of it,” the Academy Award-winning actor told Reuters on Wednesday during a break in shooting “The Story of God,” a National Geographic and Highlight Films documentary…
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Film & TV How Do You Talk God Out of The Apocalypse? Ask Eli Shapiro.
Jewish humor is safe, even in these modern times. Writer/director Eli Shapiro, a young New Jerseyite living in the Big City, is upholding the tradition of somewhat cynical, yet utterly thoughtful social commentary in the name of comedy: his recent short film, “Ike Interviews God,” portrays a wholly average insurance clerk in conversation with an…
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Forverts in English A Yiddish word I never expected to see on a license plate
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News ‘No one’s allowed to talk to me’: At UW-Madison, trying — and failing — to talk about Israel
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News A ‘quite religious’ anti-Zionist: Meet the Jewish Columbia student who wrangled the college newspaper’s opinion page
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Fast Forward New poll: 13% of voters who switched support from Biden cite his Gaza policy
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