Martini Judaism Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/jeffrey-salkin/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:07:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Martini Judaism Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/jeffrey-salkin/ 32 32 Why Kinky Friedman still matters https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/kinky-friedman/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/kinky-friedman/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:08:20 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155485 (RNS) — No, they ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore. And, for good reason. Thanks, Kinky.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/kinky-friedman/feed/ 0 The problem with social media and kids is also spiritual https://religionnews.com/2024/06/27/social-media-kids-teens/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/27/social-media-kids-teens/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:07:58 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154172 (RNS) — For every parent who has wanted to rip the phone from their kid's hands — you are not wrong.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/27/social-media-kids-teens/feed/ 0 Synagogues and churches in Dagestan. A synagogue in LA. There is a connection. https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/attacks-synagogue-dagestan-los-angeles/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/attacks-synagogue-dagestan-los-angeles/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:43:06 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154759 (RNS) — There is an odd, terrible unity in all this. Pay attention.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/attacks-synagogue-dagestan-los-angeles/feed/ 0 Is President Biden too old to be president? https://religionnews.com/2024/06/24/biden-trump-cognitive-decline/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/24/biden-trump-cognitive-decline/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:56:02 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4132295 (RNS) — Leave politics aside. How we treat the diminished and the feeble matters.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/24/biden-trump-cognitive-decline/feed/ 0 Why the posting of the Ten Commandments is wrong https://religionnews.com/2024/06/20/ten-commandments-louisiana/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/20/ten-commandments-louisiana/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:36:11 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154178 (RNS) — How could a rabbi criticize the Ten Commandments? Just watch me.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/20/ten-commandments-louisiana/feed/ 0 The best things my father ever said https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/fathers/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/fathers/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:38:12 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4153690 (RNS) — He knew me, far more than I could have imagined.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/17/fathers/feed/ 0 Should I stay or should I go? https://religionnews.com/2024/06/14/college-progressive-antisemitism-israel-zionism-college-progressive-left-recharging-reform/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/14/college-progressive-antisemitism-israel-zionism-college-progressive-left-recharging-reform/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:11:23 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4151365 (RNS) — Or, to quote The Animals, is it time to sing ‘We gotta get out of this place’?

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/14/college-progressive-antisemitism-israel-zionism-college-progressive-left-recharging-reform/feed/ 0 How to make Jerry Seinfeld cry https://religionnews.com/2024/06/10/jerry-seinfeld-israel/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/10/jerry-seinfeld-israel/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 20:07:13 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4151892 (RNS) — This is as far from yada yada as you could ever imagine.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/10/jerry-seinfeld-israel/feed/ 0 The 39th-generation rabbi who is reinventing Judaism: Amichai Lau-Lavie https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/amichai-lau-lavie/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/amichai-lau-lavie/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:55:13 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4151329 (RNS) — A Conservative rabbi? There is nothing conservative about Amichai Lau-Lavie.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/amichai-lau-lavie/feed/ 0 When they say they are anti-Zionist https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/zionism-anti-zionism-anti-zionist/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/zionism-anti-zionism-anti-zionist/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:21:56 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4151367 (RNS) — Which Zionism are you anti? Which Zionism might you support?

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