Brad Hirschfield
Brad Hirschfield is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Brad Hirschfield
How to celebrate an ancient victory in the midst of a war that’s not over
By Brad Hirschfield — December 7, 2023
(RNS) — One solution lies in perhaps the best-known part of the Hanukkah story — the miracle of the oil.
The war in Israel and Gaza challenges us to think compassionately and morally
By Brad Hirschfield — October 19, 2023
(RNS) — Our compassion for those suffering on both sides of this war doesn’t mean the two sides are morally equal.
Religious freedom was meant to protect not bludgeon. What happened?
By Brad Hirschfield — May 22, 2023
(RNS) — What was once a fight for presence has now become a fight for absence.
Why America needs the shofar
By Brad Hirschfield — September 21, 2022
(RNS) — How the shofar teaches us to listen, and learn.
Celebrating the insurrection of Hanukkah in a year of insurrection
By Brad Hirschfield — November 30, 2021
(RNS) — Hanukkah, the story of a second-century BCE insurrection, can shed light on our view of Jan. 6.
Which world do you want to repair?
By Brad Hirschfield — September 1, 2021
(RNS) — The answer is closer than you think.
People won’t be vaccinated for bread — or million-dollar lotteries — alone
By Brad Hirschfield — June 25, 2021
(RNS) — The vaccination campaign has come down to a struggle between medical reality and personal perception.
I Believe! … In QAnon? What nonbelievers don’t get about conspiracy beliefs
By Brad Hirschfield — June 7, 2021
(RNS) — We need to stop asking them to justify their conclusions and try to understand why QAnon works for them.
Five takeaways from Pew’s massive study of American Jews
By Brad Hirschfield — May 11, 2021
(RNS) — What does the study tell us: What do they tell us that we didn't know before? What's worth acting on? More than what it says about who we are, what do we want to be?
Jewish health system accused of vaccine violations is a case of solidarity gone wrong
By Brad Hirschfield — December 28, 2020
(RNS) — The real moral hazard they've fallen into is building a faith identity or communal solidarity on otherness, victimhood or grievance.
Applause for Oklahoma’s day of prayer and fasting
By Brad Hirschfield — December 3, 2020
(RNS) — Whether or not Gov. Kevin Stitt means to include nonbelievers in his state, this proclamation is worthy of applause.
Page 1 of 1
