Judaism

Killing the Buddha

White Challah

By Lamed Shapiro | November 14, 2001

“One day a neighbor broke the leg of a stray dog with a heavy stone, and when Vasil saw the sharp edge of the bone piercing the skin he cried.”

Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Still Seeing the Rebbe

By Samuel Heilman | September 5, 2001

Pilgrims at the Lubavitcher Grand Rabbi’s grave in Queens.

Shoah Memorial, Jerusalem

The Hazards of Holocaust Theology

By Peter Manseau | April 11, 2001

Transcending history is a tricky business, even for Elie Wiesel.

Jew Like Me

Jew Like Me

By Peter Manseau | January 8, 2001

Undercover in Brooklyn’s mosh pit of piety.

Torquemada

Torquemada

By Melvin Jules Bukiet | December 18, 2000

What if every prince or pope who ever stoned or burned the Chosen People had a party in your head?