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Why Are Progressive Jews Afraid of God? Ask the Expert!

September 5, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier


As I watch eager children (and not so eager high school students) waiting for the school bus, I am reminded of a Facebook comment a friend made last year around this same time.

She and her husband are atheists, and have raised their child to be just as skeptical. Having said that, they are a warm and loving family with good values, and not having a Higher Power has certainly not diminished the awe and wonder that the child feels while discovering nature and friendship with other people. Good times, all around.

But then school started, and a quandary happened. The parents had not prepared their child for the Pledge of Allegiance, a nominal token of morning patriotism where children place their hands on their chests and declare the USA is “one nation, under God”. How would this child react to that? What kind of conversation would the family need to have, after [Read more…]

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Lili Kalish Gersch: Traditionally Jewish vs. Being Affiliated

July 25, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6l6_3SNjS8

Lili Kalish Gersch, Director of Literary, Music, and Dance Programming at Washington DC JCC, talks about how she identifies as a Jew and what Jewish affiliations mean to her.

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Julie Meredith: Passing on Belief in God

June 27, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ms7BkTo_b0

Julie Meredith talks about her interfaith marriage and how she and her husband will bring God into the lives of their children.

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Julie Meredith: Coming Together Interfaith

May 30, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lll7Kr67MxE

Julie Meredith talks about her interfaith marriage, and that fact that if two people believe strongly in God, it brings them together.

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Emily Jacobs: What is G-d? part 3

May 10, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier

Emily continues her discussion on what G-d is, especially in her life. From doubting G-d to coming to love G-d.
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