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The Miracle of the Light
Winston Churchill wasn’t Jewish. But he understood, from the burning bush to the Maccabees to the modern state of Israel, the meaning of the flame.
Meir Soloveichik
A Merry Little Chrismukkah
Hanukkah and Christmas don’t just share a calendrical coincidence.
Liel Leibovitz
I Took Religion Out of Christmas. I Regret It.
I decided my family could do without Christianity. I didn’t realize how much structure and beauty it could give us.
Larissa Phillips
Inside Assad’s ‘Human Slaughterhouse.’ Plus. . .
Syria’s Christians fear what comes next.
Oliver Wiseman
Syria’s Christians: ‘We Have No Reason to Trust Al-Jolani’
In the wake of Assad’s fall, Syria’s 500,000 Christians are living in limbo. Here’s what they told us about their fears.
Madeleine Rowley
The Young Catholic Women Bringing Back Veils
A new generation of worshippers is longing for a ‘lost type of Catholicism.’
Madeleine Kearns
How Does the Pope Really Feel About Gay Rights?
Francis has reportedly warned against the Catholic church’s widespread atmosphere of frociaggine—literally, faggotry.
Mattia Ferraresi
WATCH: An Atheist Finds Faith Among the Mormons
‘These guys produced the last normal Republican presidential nominee. Who am I to judge?’
Ben Kawaller
Things Worth Remembering: The Resurrection of the Body and the Immortality of the Soul
Preacher-poet John Donne gave voice to his faith with a sermon on how God will raise the dead.
Douglas Murray
Latinos Are Flocking to Evangelical Christianity
From California to Florida, Latinos are turning their backs on Catholicism and embracing a new faith that’s changing the face of America.
Marie Arana
What Actually Happened Underneath the Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters?
Why (almost) everything you think you know about the Brooklyn synagogue tunnels is wrong.
Eli Lake
We Were Taught to Hate Jews
‘It’s like asking me how often I drink water. Antisemitism was everywhere.’ Apostates, former Islamists, and an almost-terrorist on how they changed…
Madeleine Rowley
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