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Radical Mission: What is Aish HaTorah Trying to Teach Young Jews?
On my first visit to Jerusalem, in the summer of 2011, I asked an ultra-Orthodox Jew for directions to the nearest ritual bath. The man …
By Michael Schulson![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Gross-584-x-380-257x208.jpg)
Essay
Who Counts as a Jew?
On October 1, the Pew Research Center released “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” its much-anticipated sociological study. Among other results, the survey found high rates …
By Rachel Gross![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/JewsJesus.Getty-584-x-380-257x208.jpg)
Report
Evangelical Ketubah, Messianic Mezuzah: Judaica for Christians
Carrie Love is a self-professed “Scripture nerd.” Raised in an evangelical church in Louisiana, she now lives in Manhattan where she works at an educational …
By Hillary Kaell![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Zelizerphoto-584-x-380-257x208.jpg)
Profile
A Scholarly and Judaic Approach to Political Punditry
Brooke Baldwin, CNN’s news anchor, was chagrined. During the presidential election, despite a plethora of fact checking of candidates’ statements from both political parties and …
By Robert Israel![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/GettyImages_111837906-584-x-380-257x208.jpg)
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Can There Be a Religious Response to Planned Parenthood’s Critics?
On most days, when she arrives at the Planned Parenthood clinic she directs in Washington, D.C., Dr. Laura Meyers passes through a wall of Operation …
By Mara Willard![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0912-JFK-HoustonMinisters-257x208.jpg)
Essay
The Anniversary of Kennedy’s Landmark Speech on Religion
On September 12, 1960, John F. Kennedy gave his now-famous speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. In front of the Protestant ministers in attendance …
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Essay
Romney and the Jewish Vote: What I Learned From My 1994 Interview
Flash back to summer, 1994. Mitt Romney strode down the corridor, aide in tow, and greeted me in the cramped newsroom. He was eager and …
By Robert Israel