Author: Jeffrey Salkin
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‘Three Billboards’ wins best religious film
Actress Frances McDormand in a scene from “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Actress Frances McDormand in a scene from “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight
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When Moses had a #MeToo moment
“Moses defending the daughters of Jethro,” J. and B. Lebrun, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Felton Bequest, 1926 “Moses defending the daughters of Jethro,” J. and B. Lebrun, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Felton Bequest, 1926
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Hey, Mormons — leave dead Jews alone!
(RNS) — They’re at it again. They said that they would stop, but apparently, someone didn’t get that memo. I am referring to the news that the Mormons are once again baptizing dead Jews — effectively making them posthumous Mormons. That list of “new Mormons” comprises a veritable “who’s who” of contemporary Jewry. On the…
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Was Trump right about Jerusalem?
Yes, it is possible that President Trump was right to declare that Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel. That is what some of the people I respect are saying. They are prompting me to re-visit and to re-think my own assumptions. First, my friend and colleague, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, former president of…
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Why Roy Moore’s defeat matters
(RNS) — “On the first night of Hanukkah, the voters gave to me, a Doug Jones victory.” Roy Moore deserved to lose the senatorial election in Alabama. Yes, his politics are troglodytic (great spelling bee word!) In fact, that was the least of it. Roy Moore deserved to lose, because nine women have accused him…
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Can Reform Judaism reform itself?
Thousands of Reform Jews, engaged in worship at the URJ Biennial in Boston, MA
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