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Why ‘Jacob the bar mitzvah boy’ mattered

By Jeffrey Salkin — October 23, 2017
A regular and sweet SNL skit taught us something important about American Judaism.

Black lives matter. Does Israel?

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 4, 2016
Black Lives Matter disses Israel. Jews are hurt. They should be.

Is religion responsible for the Planned Parenthood attack?

By Jeffrey Salkin — December 1, 2015
Religion did not cause the horror in Colorado Springs. But that does not let it off the hook entirely.

Religion should shake us and stir us

By Jeffrey Salkin — February 25, 2015
Why "Martini Judaism: for those who want to be shaken and stirred"? Because that is the goal of religion -- to shake us out of our complacency, and stir us to action.
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