Dr. Dan Varisco asks what responsibility academics have to challenge Islamophobia. My thoughts are here.
Related Posts
Hasidic Reggae
Yes Virginia, it’s true. Take a look at this site, just to read comments like this: “He can really rip,” agrees hip-hop producer and bassist Yossi Fine (David Bowie, Me’Shell Ndege-Ocello), who is himself part Israeli and Afro-Jamaican Jew. “He’s extremely fierce, jumping around the stage. The only difference between him and a Jamaican rapper is that he takes the lyrics from the Bible instead of from Rasta. He changes ‘Jah’ to ‘Hashem’ [Hebrew for God].” I intend to buy an album. Seems very cool. Also, here.
A Jew Asks: What Would Jesus Do?
Nice little piece. My favorite line: Perhaps the real Jesus is that little baby in the manger. Like every baby, he is pure potential. He can become anything and everything. Technorati Tags: inter-faith
Mubaraks
Eid Mubarak and Diwali Mubarak to all our readers.