Category Archives: Religion

Keeping the (Inter) Faith During the Holidays

Posted on December 5, 2006 by

Every year around this time I get a call or an e-mail asking for an interview about being in an interfaith marriage. The reporters all want to know why my wife and I decided to raise our daughter Jewish and … Continue reading →

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Hamas Public Relations Campaign Can’t Change Reality

Posted on February 4, 2006 by

Hamas, the terrorist organization turned governing power in the recent Palestinian elections, is paying $180,000 to a local media consultant to help them remake their image, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper. Said Hamas PR man Nashat Aqtash, … Continue reading →

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Worst Job Ever: PR Spokesperson for Pat Robertson

Posted on January 5, 2006 by

Working for crazy people has to be tough. In my old line of work we called these crazy people “editors,” which is honestly the nicest thing an editor has ever been called. But today I want to offer my thoughts … Continue reading →

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Pat Robertson Damns Dover for Not Bending Over to Religious Extremism

Posted on November 10, 2005 by

I try to keep my comments to the subjects of modern media, communications and the evolution of news, not the evolution of life on Earth. But I feel I owe it to the people of Dover, Pennsylvania, to warn them … Continue reading →

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“Screw the Lettuce” and Other Expletives from the Disengagement

Posted on July 28, 2005 by

Real stories about Israeli “disengagement” from the West Bank and Gaza are hard to come by via the mainstream American media, who prefer to feed us our international news in bite-sized, easy-to-swallow chewable tablets of information. A screaming Palestinian here, … Continue reading →

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Letters from Heaven: The Rapture is Online

Posted on February 23, 2005 by

Sometimes something comes along that’s so strange, so off the wall, so borderline nuts that it begs for attention like Michael Jackson at a Chuck E. Cheese. Such is the case with Rapture Letters, a web site dedicated to helping … Continue reading →

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Religious Tolerance Starts with Public School

Posted on January 25, 2005 by

It began in Alexandra’s first grade classroom, when a classmate asked her if she believed Jesus was the Son of God. “I told her no, I’m Jewish,” my six-year-old daughter said. “She wouldn’t play with me after that.” We talked … Continue reading →

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