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How Do I Tell My Daughter I Don't Believe in God?

Sue Sanders, Salon. April 15, 2012.

There are chunks of society saying if you don’t believe in God you’re a bad person. Will Lizzie intuit that she’s bad if she doesn’t believe — or that her mother is?

How I Left My Ultra-Orthodox, Ultra-Repressed Hasidic Community

Amy Benfer, Salon. March 4, 2012.

Deborah Feldman grew up in Brooklyn's Satmar Hasidic Jewish community, then secretly enrolled in college, left her husband and her family, and became a feminist blogger.

'Between Two Worlds': New Film Explores Jewish American Identity and the Fate of Israel

Ruth Rosen, Dissent Magazine. May 13, 2011.

"Between Two Worlds" takes us on a journey of the increasingly contentious factions within the American-Jewish community.

SC GOPers Use Anti-Semitic Stereotypes to Defend Sen. Jim DeMint

BarbinMD, Daily Kos. October 20, 2009.

In a recent letter, Edwin Merwin and James Ulmer said DeMint is "watching our nation's pennies" -- just like a Jew.

Israel's Fear of Jewish Girls Dating Arabs; Team of Psychologists to "Rescue" Women

Jonathan Cook, AlterNet. September 25, 2009.

Youth counselors and psychologists are going after young Jewish women who are dating Arab men to "rescue" them.

VA Chaplains Force Christianity On Disabled Jewish Vet ?

Bruce Wilson, May 5, 2007.

Bruce Wilson: "the problem of religious discrimination is systemic to the Iowa City VA"