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San Fernando Valley Family’s Facebook Live Dance Party Draws 2,000 People

Ryan Torok March 20, 2020

‘Viral’ Explores the Origin and Impact of Global Anti-Semitism

Gerri Miller March 11, 2020

Have we forgotten what Bar Mitzvahs are all about?

Rabbi David Wolpe August 15, 2013

The egregious, licentious and thoroughly awful video that is circulating ‘celebrating’ a Bar Mitzvah contains so much that is offensive that it requires restraint to hold oneself to three ways in which this display slaughters the spirit. Still, in the face of excess what could be more appropriate than abstinence? So here are only three of the worst things about this travesty:

Reza Aslan on Jesus, the Jew

Jonathan Kirsch August 7, 2013

Reza Aslan, an author and scholar of religion, has established himself as a familiar face and voice on American television, the go-to guy for commentary on the Islamic world, and he embodies all the right stuff: youthful good looks, depth of knowledge and the kind of media savvy that enables him to answer even the most nuanced questions in measured sound bites.