My Life as a Rabbi My Life as a Rabbi
Inviting me to a recent wedding in Virginia, the proud parents asked if I would do some sort of officiation.
Jun 19, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Holy Land The Holy Land
During the harsh New York City winter of 1909-10, 20,000 garment workers marched and picketed to win recognition of their union.
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Among the Believers Among the Believers
Paul Elie's The Life You Save May Be Your Own is a deft and ambitious four-part biography interweaving the lives of Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Walker Percy and Flannery O'Conn...
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Vince Passaro
Why We Are Infidels Why We Are Infidels
Fundamentalists are offended when there is no officially sanctioned path to salvation.
May 8, 2003 / Feature / E.L. Doctorow
Militants at the Crossroads Militants at the Crossroads
When Ayatollah Abdel Majid al-Khoei was stabbed to death earlier this month by a mob in Shiite Islam's holiest mosque, the bloody event was widely described as a blow to the forc...
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / Ari Z. Weisbard
Can We Talk? Can We Talk?
CORRECTION: When this column was originally published, a fact-checking error caused the word "owner" to be removed from a reference to the Jewish "owner-editors" of U.S. News &...
Apr 3, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
Bush and God Bush and God
Not since Jimmy Carter's confession that he had lusted in his heart after women other than his wife have Americans been so interested in the religious life of the man occupying...
Mar 27, 2003 / Randall Balmer
‘No Place in the Democratic Party’ ‘No Place in the Democratic Party’
At last the leaders of the Democratic Party have moved decisively, hauling out their ripest comminations and hurling them at--no, not at George Bush.
Mar 13, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Religion in the News Religion in the News
Graven Images
Feb 19, 2003 / Edward Sorel and Richard Lingeman