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Church of Science Open for Business Online and in Berkeley

If faith always appealed to you, but you’re a rationally minded-scientist who can’t get past that big leap, there’s a ...

Is Gen-WE Jewish?

Check out this excellent video, meant to complement a new book called Generation WE by Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber.  ...

Only in America

Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...

Defending Babel

This past Shabbat, I heard a friend of mine speak at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The general argument in his ...

Gawking vs. Learning

I’ve been watching a lot of TLC lately, and it seems like the angle of that network is essentially, ‘Watch ...

Aish isn’t the only Keruv program around.

Yesterday, I attended a session with Rabbi Chuck Simon, the Executive Director of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, a ...

You Can Fill My Pool With That Anytime.

Our newest section, Magic & the Supernatural, has articles about all types of amulets and other magical objects. We’ve been ...

Noah, Meet Youtube.

G-dcast has been going off the hook lately. First there was the wave of Jewish blogs raving, then the Gigaom ...

Eruv: The Next Generation

Technological artist Elliot Malkin isn’t a stranger to religious art. While still a student at NYU, he designed Crucifix NG, ...

What Religion Is

I haven’t yet seen Bill Maher’s new documentary Religulous, but it’s premise is hardly novel. By now, we know the ...

Jewish Healing and Magic

"Whatever is effective as a remedy is not witchcraft (Shabbat 67a)"--is that really the case?

Magic in Rabbinic Judaism

The rabbis of the Talmud believed that magic was real and legitimate, when performed by sages who used the power of Torah.

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