Women and Religion

Will the Real Islam Please Stand Up?

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living


Leora Tanenbaum

Men have long interpreted Islam from their own point of view and declared that point of view universal for all believers.

A Rabbi Is Not a "Rabbi" in the Jewish Orthodox Twilight Zone

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living


Leora Tanenbaum

Within Orthodoxy, the "rabbi" title for a woman with the exact same credentials as a male rabbi is considered as forbidden as eating pork on Yom Kippur.

Open Letter to the Pope: Revolutionize the Creed

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.26.2008 | Living


Robert S. McElvaine

Dear Pope Benedict XVI: As an American Catholic, I want to take the opportunity of your visit to our country to call upon you to reverse some of the m...