Autumn 2008
Featured
The Temple That Won’t Quit
The ancient Jewish temple in Jerusalem has been recreated yet again at the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida, but with a mixture of Jewish and Christian symbolism that many critics find problematic. By Joan R. Branham
An American Jew in Poland
“Going back” to Poland as part of a dialogue group brings a rabbinical student face to face with the riddles, tragedies, and ghosts of history. By Jordie Gerson
Just Like All the Other Animals of the Earth
Human ethical practices and attitudes with respect to animals exhibit a curious instability. By Christine Korsgaard
Dialogue
Putting a Face on the Six Million
Why this non-Jewish professor teaches about the Holocaust. By Kevin J. Madigan
Beyond Vengeance
Human rights are best fulfilled by building legal infrastructure. By Karen Tse
Shifting Discourse
The tangled history of human rights and Christianity. By Harvey Cox
‘A’ Source of Law?
The different types of shari’a states. By Reza Aslan
In Review
Books
The Other Ineffable
Julian Barnes’s Nothing to Be Frightened Of. By James K. A. Smith
Required Reading
A Newly Raucous Arena
A review of recent books on contemporary politics and religion. By Todd Shy
Music
The Healing Ministry of Rock and Roll
Bruce Springsteen’s ministry. By Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz
Poetry
Two Poems
What Was the First Sound
Character Study
By Patricia Smith
Three Poems
Only in Things
That Night at Baldini’s
The Shoe Box
By W. S. Di Piero
Perspective
Taking Stock
Without the daily flux of professors and students around us, the content of the magazine tends to stand out in special relief—to live or die on its own—as an embodiment of our mission. By Will Joyner
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