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The Page To Damascus

By Ed Simon | July 22, 2016

Not all conversions come with a big shiny light.

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Faith Enough

By Erin White | June 9, 2015

Visions come at the worst possible time.

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Bloom Is A Jewish Name

By Joanna Brichetto | April 9, 2015

A trio of symbolic Easter flowers, appropriated.

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If A Jewish Girl Falls into the East River…

By Cameron Dezen Hammon | June 25, 2014

…does she make a sound?

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Accidental Gods

By Anna Della Subin | May 8, 2012

“…it is impossible for human nature not always to love something.”

Occupy Wall Street in Washington Square Park on October 8, by Darwin Yamamoto, via Flickr.

Mic Checked

By Rachel Signer | November 14, 2011

How Occupy Wall Street occupies your heart.

photo by Matthew Fishbane.

Black African Rabbi Aims High

By KtBniks | March 30, 2011

Matthew Fishbane of Tablet magazine has a great two-part long piece of narrative journalism about the Abayudaya of Uganda, who have been Jewish since a colonial-era chieftain decided to follow…

"imperial surgical" by D'Arcy Norman, via Flickr.

Faith Healed

By Marianne Do | February 7, 2011

Surviving the unwelcome prayers of strangers.

Cutting out the middleman.

The Cock Crows

By Mary Valle | August 19, 2010

Anne Rice has denied Catholicism, but will it deny her?

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Who’s Amish Now?

By Ann Neumann | January 21, 2010

Is avoiding the health care mandate worth fastening your clothes with straight pins?

The Head of Christ by Warner Sallman

Jesus Saves

By Greg Bottoms | July 30, 2009

The way to eternal life through a dead-ringer for Christ.

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Found in Translation

By Jeff Sharlet | July 1, 2008

A faith found in Tulsa translates to Berlin

"The bread, I learned, was baked by the people I took communion with..."

Take This Bread

By Sara Miles | April 3, 2007

An unlikely convert learns that believing and understanding don’t always arrive at the same time.

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I Was a Zen Drop-out

By Laura Hawes | February 8, 2007

When a teacher of Buddhism ditches her practice for motherhood, the real enlightenment begins.

"Ian is baptised," from My Big Fat Greek Wedding

My Big Fat Greek Baptism

By Patton Dodd | September 26, 2002

It’s all Greek to them. Sacraments are just obstacles when a family’s tradition is at stake.