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Heresy at Gethsemane

By Ashley Makar | April 10, 2013

I found myself at the foot of an olive tree, my body folding into a crouch.

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Elie Wiesel to Speak at Anti-Semitic Event

By Jeff Sharlet | October 24, 2009

Activist Rachel Tabachnik writes: Tomorrow night (Sunday, Oct. 25) Elie Wiesel will be the keynote speaker at John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church for Christians United For Israel’s Night to Honor Israel.…

Killing the Buddha

Travel in the Holy Land a No Go

By Becky Garrison | August 28, 2009

According to the US State Department’s travel warning for Israel, West Bank and Gaza  travelers to the Holy Land can be greet not with signs of peace but further travel…

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Christian, for All Intents and Purposes

By Ashley Makar | July 16, 2009

Unpacking religious baggage in Jerusalem.

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A Niche of a Prayer in a Vulnerable Place

By Stephen Prothero | August 4, 2008

A voyeur, a thief, and Barack Obama at the Wailing Wall.