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Saint Putin?

Putin's supporters pull astounding stunts. If its not busty Russian chicks calling for a collective Putin “ strip ” or European techno odes to the Russian alpha male it is more solemn Russian women who are glorifying the Russian prime minister. It seems that apart from being a gifted Judo …

Written by Robin Tim Weis on Monday October 3, 2011

Thank God the US Doesn't Count Religions

As Stephen Richter points out in passing nobody really knows what percentage of New York's ninth Congressional district is Jewish. And that's a good thing. The United States government--which tracks things like the number of farms of 100 to 499 acres in Missouri --does not keep any statistics …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Friday September 16, 2011

Higher Ground Shows Down to Earth Evangelicals

Premiering at June's LA Film Festival, top-notch character actress Vera Farmiga's directorial debut hits the big screens (and arthouses) this week. It's the story of a shy, curious-about-the-world, and intellectual woman (Farmiga) in the 1970s and '80s (the height of the Religious Right's …

Written by Telly Davidson on Friday August 26, 2011

God Does Not Play Baseball

As if Jews haven’t suffered enough, it turns out that Ralph Branca is a member of our tribe. The man who served up Bobby Thompson’s Shot Heard Round The World in 1951 recently learned that his mother was a closeted Jew. The full story, told in poignant detail in a recent New York Times …

Written by Alan Hirsch on Friday August 19, 2011

What Scott D'Amboise Told FrumForum

A number of people have requested to know the context of the quotes from Scott D’Amboise. Originally, we were asking him about some endorsements he received – but he said something interesting about Obama’s religion, so we conducted a follow-up interview to focus on that comment. Here are …

Written by Nicole Glass on Wednesday July 20, 2011

Are Voters Ready for a Mormon Prez?

Romney is often derided as a flip-flopper. A new poll though reveals that voters' biggest issue with him may be the one belief he's held on to his entire life: his religion. Political watchers claim that the greatest impediment standing between Mitt Romney and the White House is his almost comic …

Written by Jeb Golinkin on Thursday June 9, 2011

Hirsi Ali: Honor Killings on the Rise in the West

Islamic honor killings are becoming more common in the West and Ayaan Hirsi Ali is determined to get authorities to take the problem seriously. Islamic honor killings are making appearances in the West, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali is determined to do something about it. Hirsi Ali is the founder of the …

Written by Tessa Berenson on Thursday June 2, 2011

Airbrushing Hillary? It's a Sin

The newspaper Di Tzeitung’s decision to publish a photo of the White House sit room with the women photoshopped out violates many important religious laws. The story has now gone around the world. The Orthodox, Hassidic, Jewish newspaper, Di Tzeitung , republished the famous photo of President …

Written by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld on Monday May 9, 2011

Is It Wrong to Feel Joy at Bin Laden's Death?

How does our religion teach us to respond to the death of a hated and evil man like Osama Bin Laden? Can we rejoice when we hear about the downfall of an enemy? How does our religion teach us to respond to the death of a hated and evil man like Osama Bin Laden? When hearing about the downfall …

Written by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld on Monday May 2, 2011

Charity Done Right

In the Spectator , Charles Moore draws attention to an act of philanthropy of a very unusual kind. This short piece by Charles Moore in the Spectator contains a great quote about money: He has thought about his own wealth, and he sees it as neither good nor bad in itself: ‘I earn in a …

Written by David Frum on Thursday April 28, 2011

Post-Westboro: Palin Plays the Victim

Yesterday, Sarah Palin spun the Supreme Court's ruling in the Westboro Baptist case, calling for courts to allow more religious expression in public life. Following the Supreme Court's decision in the Westboro Baptist case, Sarah Palin reacted with characteristic thoughtfulness. She tweeted, …

Written by Henry Clay on Thursday March 3, 2011

Pakistan's Only Christian Minister Assassinated

Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's minister for minorities, had bravely opposed Pakistan's blasphemy laws. Today he was assassinated in Islamabad. Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's minister for minorities, has apparently been assassinated in Islamabad. Bhatti, a Roman Catholic, had publicly opposed Pakistan's …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday March 2, 2011

Israel Doesn't Need Religious Police

Earlier this week, a woman praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem was arrested for wearing a prayer shawl (a tallit). The authorities have set a dangerous precedent by denying her right to practice her faith. Earlier this week, a woman praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem was arrested …

Written by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld on Friday November 20, 2009

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