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Avoiding Post-Ramadan Letdown

How to keep the blessings and benefits alive for the rest of the year.

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The Courage to Be Free

Let's make the Passover seder a time to truly listen to the stories of our Jewish journeys across the generations.

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The Meaning of Being Chosen

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Scholarly Smackdown: Were Mary Magdalene and Jesus Married?

One Bible scholar says there's no evidence. Another argues that John's gospel and a Gnostic text offer clues to a marriage.

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What Makes a Liberal? Plus, the Ugly Separation of Religion and Morality

David Klinghoffer blogs about religion, culture, and politics for Beliefnet.

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Benedict XVI: No Grand Inquisitor

A gentle, pious man, the new pope is hardly the spiritual despot depicted by the media.

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Culture Clash and the Commandments

It's amazing how much has always been at stake in the interpretation of these 10 terse phrases.

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Paul Wilkes: When in Rome

Beliefnet's correspondent in Rome reports on the events immediately following John Paul II's death.

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Passover, the Incomplete Festival

Most Jews don't understand that the Exodus we celebrate at Passover is only a prelude to the main event at Mt. Sinai.

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The Waldman Family Haggadah

A Reform, contemporary, non-sexist guide to the Passover seder that has become a family treasure.

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