I’ve been meaning to mention an ad that the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ran an ad in the New York Times this week. The full-page ad went to great lengths to document the on-going cover-up of clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
The full ad is after the jump, but I recommend SNAP: Catholic sex abuse cover-up continues Read More »
The organized church continues to struggle, and today, according to Gallup’s annual “Confidence in Institutions” survey, only 44 percent of Americans have a great deal of quite a lot of confidence in “the church or organized religion.” That’s the lowest confidence level since the organized church started its decline in the early 1970s.
From ” title=”my previous post” target=”_blank”>my previous post and in the above clip from “South Park.” Read more survey Gallup: American confidence in organized religion hits new low Read More »
Remember the ” title=”would violate California law?” target=”_blank”>would violate California law?
Well, last month in Germany circumcision came a lot closer to being proscribed after a court in Cologne ruled that it was illegal. The decision was a shocker—and Jewish and Muslim communities quickly mobilized.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel responded today. Her spokesman promised that Jews and Muslims would be free to circumcise their boys, per their religious tradition. Reuters ” title=”here” target=”_blank”>here.
Merkel: German Jews and Muslims can still circumcise sons Read More »
The latest Jewish travel app for smartphones and tablets takes you to a place that no longer exists except in memory: ” title=”Oswiecim” target=”_blank”>Oswiecim, the small town in southern Poland where the Nazis built Auschwitz which had a majority Jewish population before the Holocaust—I’ve written a lot about the town and its difficulty in balancing its Holocaust identity with its pre-WW2 past, starting in the mid 1990s, when I dealt with the issue in the long chapter “Snowbound in Auschwitz” in my book ” title=”Auschwitz Jewish Center” target=”_blank”>Auschwitz Jewish Center—a prayer, study and research center in Oswiecim—launched a project aimed at putting Oshpitzin back on the map. It started with a printed guidebook and followed on with Another new App guide — to Oshpitzin: pre-WW2 Oswiecim Read More »
