CLAL in the News Archive

Some of the links included below will be inactive as press outlets retire old stories from their websites.

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Irwin Kula                    Brad Hirschfield

“If you think life's messy - a wise rabbi says that's great!"  (By Marjorie Ingall from Self, July 2008)

“A Daughter of Holocaust Survivors Remembers"  (from Y's Men of Meriden.com, 6/3/08)

“The Incompleteness in Each of Us"  (by Irwin Kula from Tikkun, May/June 2008)

“Sit Back and Enjoy the Show"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 6/18/08)

“LOCAL VOICES: Giving Tradition Relevance"  (by Robert Sklar from The Detroit Jewish News, 6/17/08)

“Leaving Hebron: In his memoir on faith and fanaticism, Rabbi Bradley Hirschfield recalls his spiritual journey from JDL militant to JTS rabbi"  (by Sandee Brawarsky from The Jewish Week, 6/16/08)

“Faith is Real and So is Science"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 6/11/08)

“Obama Should Have Spoken Out Years Ago"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 6/4/08)

“US Troops in Iraq host Days of Remembrance Ceremony featuring CLAL's Janet R. Kirchheimer's Poetry "  (From CLAL, 6/4/08)

“Janet R. Kirchhheimer teaches poetry at the Ramaz School "  (From Ramaz Middle School Bulletin, May 2008)

“One’s Greed Is Another’s Need – Even For God"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 5/28/08)

“Healing center director takes position at CLAL- Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu to help rabbis think ‘outside the box’"  (by Johanna Ginsberg from The New Jersey Jewish News, 5/21/08)

“Court Stumbles Badly … Into Good Social Policy"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 5/21/08)

“Good news for whom?"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 5/12/08)

How to Spot One of Us  (from JUF News of The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, 5/1/08)

Conversation with Janet R. Kirchheimer  (by Cindy Mindell from The Connecticut Jewish Ledger, 4/23/08)

“CLAL brochures offer questions, insights for Passover"  (by Harriet P. Gross from The Texas Jewish Post, 4/17/08)

“Passover adapted to new meanings of liberation"  (by Rachel Pomerance from The Religion News Service, 4/16/08)

“Benedict's crusade against relativism"  (by Janet R. Kirchheimer from The Center for Sacred Story, 4/16/08)

“The Pope and Islam: Let's Stop Kidding Each Other"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 4/9/08)

“Benedict's crusade against relativism"  (by Gary Stern from The Journal News, 4/9/08)

“McCain, Parsley, and Islam...just another deflection"  (by Irwin Kula from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 4/1/08)

“Waging Peace :Finding Faith Without Fanaticism"  (by Jamal Najjab from Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, April 2008)

“Can Religion Help Us Heal from Sexism and Racism?"  (by Irwin Kula from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 3-29-08)

“Raging Sermons"  (by Brad Hirschfield Special to The Jewish Week, 3-27-08)

“Let's Get Real"  (by Irwin Kula from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 3-26-08)

“Eastern promises: Rabbi seeks harmony in mystical chant"  (by Johanna Ginsberg from The New Jersey Jewish News, 3-20-08)

“Jews debate anti-gentile prayers"  (by Menachem Wecker from The National Catholic Reporter, 3-20-08)
Additional articles on this topic appeared in these blogs:
HaLife.com, 3/20/08
Boston.com, 6/19/07

“Clergy seek moral lessons in governor's fall"  (by Gary Stern from The Journal News, 3-13-08)

“Leading YU Rabbi shocks, then apologizes"  (by Gary Rosenblatt from The Jewish Week, 3-13-08)

“The Power of Words, Again"  (by the editors of The Jewish Week, 3-13-08)

“Path to public scandal: Why does this behavior keep happening?"  (by Janet Kornblum from USA Today, 3-12-08)

“A Lesson from Egypt: A U.S. rabbi meets members of the Muslim Brotherhood"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The National Catholic Reporter , 3-7-08)

“Rabbi Hirschfield signs book at Paperbacks Plus"  (from The Riverdale Press , 3-6-08)

“Religious leaders stand together against fanaticism"  (by Ernst Lamothe, Jr. for The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 3-6-08)

“How can we build bridges across religious divides?"  (by Robert Borg for The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 3-5-08)

“Anti-Catholic pastor who endorsed McCain likened to Farrakhan"  (The Catholic News Agency, 3-1-08)

“Trio to discuss 'Faith without Fanaticism' in Brighton"  (from The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 2-28-08)

“Religion Today"  (by Rachel Zoll from the Associated Press, 2-21-08)

“Finding Faith in Balance"  (by Marcy J. Levinson from The Atlanta Jewish Times, 2-22-08)

“Recast prayer renews ancient strain between Jews and Vatican"  (by Jane Lampman from The Christian Science Monitor, 2-21-08)

“Enough Tridentine Mass Hysteria"  (by Irwin Kula from the Forward, 2-20-08)

“There is every reason to read How to Spot One of Us"  (by Sally Lipton Derringer from "The American gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their descendents," 2-20-08)

“Women Take On the Torah"  (by Jane Lampman from The Christian Science Monitor, 2-17-08)

“The Eastern Singer"  (by Schachar Shiloah from Maariv's "New Age," 2-17-08)

“How to build community:  Limmud Atlanta breaks down barriers"  (by Michael Jacobs from The Atlanta Jewish Times, 2-15-08)

“Seven Steps to Improving Relationships"  (by Brad Hirschfield for beliefnet.com's Spotlight Gallery, 2-15-08)

“For rabbi/author, two rights don’t make a wrong"  (by Dan Pine from J. The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, 2-8-08)

“Religion-State Separation:  A Rabbis Roundtable"  (NCJW Journal, 2-7-08)

Brad Hirschfield in Greensboro, NC ( from The North Carolina News-Record , 2-2-08)

“A rabbi's journey to tolerance"  (by Johanna Ginsberg from the New Jersey Jewish News, 2-1-08)

“You can be right, I can be right"  (by Bill Tammeus from Kansas City Star, 2-1-08)

Irwin Kula on Navigating Today’s Challenges in Sarasota, FL  (from Sarasota-Manatee Jewish News, 1-08)

“The Super Bowl…like any sacred event"  (by Gary Stern from The Journal News, 1-31-08)

“Bunker Mentality"  (Views from Indy, blog, 1-30-08)

“Jewish Identity: Still Under Construction"  (by Irwin Kula Special to The Jewish Week, 1-23-08)

“Believing in Ourselves and Each Other"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The Washington Post's Guest Voices “On Faith”, 1-21-08)

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield to Speak at SMU  (by Sam Hodges from The Dallas Morning News Religion Blog, 1-19-08)

"A Faith Deep in Diversity"  (by Harriet P. Gross from The Dallas Morning News, 1-19-08)

"Religion writers have had a blessed and busy year…"  (by Susan Campbell from the Hartford Courant, 1-18-08)

"Finding Faith without Fanaticism at Southern Methodist University and the Dallas JCRC"  (by Harriet P. Gross from the Texas Jewish Post, 1-17-08)

"A rabbi and an imam walked into a coffee shop..."  (by Menachem Wecker Special to the Washington Jewish Week, 1-16-08)

“How can we sustain relationships even when we deeply disagree?"  (by Brad Hirschfield for Beliefnet.com, 1-13-08)

“Rabbi addresses hot topic"  (by Phil Anderson from the Topeka Capital-Journal, 1-12-08)

“Rabbi’s book an attempt to staunch fanaticism"  (by Beth Lipoff from the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, 1-11-08)

ALA Booklist Review of You Don’t Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith without Fanaticism  (The American Library Association's Booklist, 1-10-08)

“Past Book Talk:  JAN 10th, Discussion at Busboys and Poets with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, 8:00-10:00pm"  (freeindc blog, 1-9-08)

“As All-American as the Matzo Ball"  (by Elizabeth Jensen from The New York Times, 1-6-08)

"Chapter and Verse so Diverse"  (by Susan Campbell, the Hartford Courant published in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, 12-30-07)

"Books Offer a Diversity of Views"  (by Susan Campbell, the Hartford Courant published in the Winston-Salem Journal, 12-29-07)

“U.S. Jews and Muslims seek paths to harmony"  (by Michael Conlon from Reuters, 12-24-07, Also published in The Christian Science Monitor, 12/26/07)

“Congressional Waste (H.R. 847)"  (by Irwin Kula from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 12-23-07)

“The War on Christmas. Bah, Humbug! It isn't that Simple"  (by Irwin Kula from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 12-18-07)

“Cut through the clamor, rabbi urges"  (by Bruce Nolan from The Times Picayune, 12-15-07)

Janet R. Kirchheimer has been nominated for the 2007 Pushcart Prize  ("Poemeleon Poetry Journal," 12-14-07)
To read the nominated “The Geometry of Poetry” and “Welcome To My Head Sale,” both published by Poemeleon Poetry Journal, click here.

Poems from Janet R. Kirchheimer’s How to Spot One of Us are published in Babel Fruit  ("Babel Fruit," 12-14-07)

“‘Tis the Family Season"  (by Brad Hirschfield from beliefnet.com, 12-13-07)

“Creating Policy: Back to the Future"  (by Brad Hirschfield from hirschfieldandkula.com, 12-11-07)

“We say Happy New Year, but is there an enduring happiness we can find?"  (by Irwin Kula from hirschfieldandkula.com, 12-7-07)

“Forget Parades, It’s Massacres We Love"  (by Brad Hirschfield from hirschfieldandkula.com, 12-6-07)

“Religion, Heal Thyself First"  (by Irwin Kula from The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 12-6-07)

“Huckabee's Evasive Answer"  (Letter to the Editor by Brad Hirschfield from The Washington Times, 11-30-07)

“What Would Jesus Do About the Death Penalty?"  (by Brad Hirschfield from beliefnet.com, 11-30-07)

Bad times help us grow, rabbi says  (By Kelly Lecker from The Columbus Dispatch, 11-9-07)

“Remember For Life"  (by Brad Hirschfield from The Jewish Week, 11-9-07) Also picked up by: picked up by The Washington Jewish Week, The Texas Jewish Post, J. The Jewish Newsweekly of Northern California and The New Jersey Jewish News.

The Night of Broken Glass  (By Janet Kirchheimer from beliefnet.com, 11-8-07)

Town Hall:  How to Spot One of Us  (The New Jersey Jewish News 11-8-07)

“Two experts to discuss Judaism"  (by Terry Lee Goodrich from Fort Worth Star Telegram, 11-4-07)

“The Many Halloweens"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 10-30-07)

“Spiritual iconoclast to visit Trotwood"  (by Khalid Moss from The Dayton Daily News, 10-27-07)

“Science and Religion:  A Question of Humility"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 10-26-07)

Rabbi Steve Greenberg on Youtube – Sukkot: A Holiday of Reconciliation  (Youtube.com, 10-25-07)

“Advice for parents who don't want their kids to celebrate Halloween"  (by By Melissa Rayworth from The Associated Press, 10/21/07. This piece was also published in News-Leader (Springfield, MO), Daily Camera (Boulder, CO), WRAL.com (Raleigh, NC), Free Press, The Journal News (Lower Hudson), Asbury Park Press (NJ), Fayetteville Observer and Repbuzz.com,

A Publisher’s Weekly Review of You Don’t Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith without Fanaticism  (Publisher's Weekly, 10-17-07)

“Religion Is What We Make of It"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 10-17-07)

“It's All About Life Including Death"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 10-12-07)

“God Isn't a Political Hack"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 10-9-07)

"10 Ways to Bring the Sacred into Everyday Life"  (by Irwin Kula on from Beliefnet.com, 10-9-07)

Brad Hirschfield is a Guest Voice on Washington Post's "On Faith" Online Column  (by Brad Hirschfield, from The Washington Post, 9-26-07)

“CLAL's Kula: A Ripple in Still Waters"  (by Jonathan Mark, from New York Jewish Week, 9-21-07)

“Cults as Clarifiers"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 9-21-07)

"Spending the High Holidays with a Saint and a Cardinal"  (by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield from Beliefnet.com, 9-21-07)
This piece also ran on the Catholic News Service, 9/10/07, and in New York Jewish Week, 9/12/07.

"Comedienne Criticized for Jesus Joke"  (by Kevin Eckstrom of Religion News Service, published on Beliefnet.com, 9-21-07)

“Lamentations: 9/11"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 9-11-07)

“How Big is Your God?"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 9-7-07)

“Sacred Doubt "  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 8-31-07)

“American needs to embrace messiness to come to peace "  (by Judy Lawrence from The Chautauquan Daily, 8-12-07)

Rabbi Irwin Kula was a featured speaker at the Chautauqua Institution’s “Forgiveness and Reconciliation as Genuine Security and Preparedness” week on Thursday, August 9, 2007  (Video, 8-31-07)

“Words of the Living God, even When I disagree"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 8-17-07)

“Beyond Vatican II:  My Truth, Your Truth, The Truth"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 8-14-07)

“A Necessary Tension!"  (by Irwin Kula on The Washington Post's “On Faith”, 8-13-07)

“JewishTVNetwork.com” Launches Bold Webcasting TV Initiative Featuring Irwin Kula  (To the view the clips, click here, go to "spirituality" and select "self-improvement" button.
7-3-07)

Irwin Kula on “The Dennis Miller Show  ( (on religion and political candidates). To listen to the radio segment, click here. Aired 7-16-07)

"Bad Moon Rising — As the month of Av begins, a rally for captured Israeli soldiers inspires Jews of all ages"  (by Jonathan Mark from New York Jewish Week, 7-20-07)

"Religious 'bigotry' or 'doctrinal differences'?"  (by Colin McNickle from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 7-15-07)

"Benedict reasserts church's primacy"  (by Jeff Strickler from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, 7-10-07)

"Brad Hirschfield on Evan Almighty: “The ‘Ark’ Of Current Events”  (by Jonathan Mark from New York Jewish Week, 6-29-07)

"Irwin Kula featured in documentary "Secrets of the Code”  (6-29-07)

"Failure to Discard"  (By Amanda Robb from Good Housekeeping, 6-25-07)

"The epic of faith and toil is popular again with the release of 'Evan Almighty'"  (by Jennifer Garza from the Sacramento Bee, 6-23-07)

"Tale of modern-day Noah is seriously funny"  (by Josh Jarman from the Columbus Dispatch, 6-15-07)

Bintel Brief: Rabbi Irwin Kula on Israel and the Dilemmas of Jewish Power  (by Irwin Kula from the Forward Bintel Brief, 6-25-07)

Bintel Brief: Rabbi Irwin Kula Helps a Poor Orphan Girl  (by Irwin Kula from the Forward Bintel Brief, 6-18-07)

Bintel Brief: Rabbi Irwin Kula Addresses a Reader’s Burial Bind  (by Irwin Kula from the Forward Bintel Brief, 6-11-07)

Brad Hirschfield on Cordoba: a multifaith movement to mend Islam-West divide  (By Caroline Davey from SBS-Radio Australia, 6-20-07)

Brad Hirschfield on WMLB 1690 Atlanta, Sunday, June 17th, "Jewish Brunch with the JT Bunch," talking about Bridges TV   (6-17-07)

"Messy Desk"  (by Margot Carmichael Lester from Go: Air Tran Airways magazine, 6-15-07)

"To Talk or Not to Talk: Different People, Different Standards"  (by Brad Hirschfield from Beliefnet.com Virtual Talmud, 6-13-07)

"On the air"  (from New Jersey Jewish News, 5-31-07)

"Happily Ever After"  (Marjorie Ingall from Self Magazine, June Issue)

"Bad mess, good mess"  (by Kim Palmer from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, 5-16-07)

"Jewish insights for a new world"  (by Rabbi Jack Riemer from the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, 5-25-07)

Bergen group wields a big stick for Israel  (by John Chadwick from the New Jersey Bergen Record, 6-6-07)

Rabbi hosts TV show exploring issues splitting religions and ways to "build bridges" (from the Jewish Press of Tampa, 6-1-07)

The Jewish Exponent Profiles Rabbi Steve Greenberg  (5-11-07)

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on Jerry Falwell's Passing on the Radio (5-18-07)
      "The Drive" with Steve Fast, WJBC, Bloomington, IL. 5/16/07.
      "The Lars Larson Show" on Westwood One. 5/16/07.
      "The Jeff Farias Show," KPHX-Phoenix, Air America, 5/21/07.

Brad Hirschfield on "The Religious Divide between East and West" on WHYY Philadelphia Public Radio on 5-18-07 (5-11-07)

Hirschfieldandkula.com Website Announced on Beliefnet’s “Idol Chatter” (5-10-07)

Hirschfield and Kula: Intelligent Talk Radio noted in Portland Jewish Review (5-5-07)

I
rwin Kula on "The O'Reilly Factor" on FOX NEWS on April 18th (For a synopsis of the interview on Bill O'Reilly's website, click here and scroll to Personal Story Segment. Click here for a transcript of the interview.) (4-20-07)

Irwin Kula on "The Lars Larson Show" on Westwood One, About the Virginia Tech tragedy 4-17-07

Irwin Kula on "The Drive" about "the spirituality of taxes" on WJBC Radio, Central IL on 4-16-07 
To listen to the podcast,
click here, scroll to the podcast type you wish to download, and click on the 4/16/07 show." 


Irwin Kula on
about "the spirituality of taxes" on KPHX (Phoenix, AZ) Radio on 4-16-07 

Irwin Kula on "The Connection" on
about "the spirituality of taxes" on KKZZ 1590 AM Radio, Ventura, CA on 4-16-07 

'It feels good' to be 8th most influential rabbi in U.S. Author...committed to 'taking Jewish public'” (from the Chicago Sun Times, 4-13-07)

Irwin Kula discussing Yearnings on radio and podcasts around the world: 
      Irwin Kula was a guest on “The Connection” with Maria Sanchez, talking about Love and Relationships on Valentine's Day. Show aired Feb. 14, 2007 on KKZZ 1590 AM, Ventura, CA. Click here to listen.
      “Be the Star you Are with Cynthia Brian,” World Talk Radio, aired Oct. 9, 2006 and Feb. 5, 2007. Click here to listen to the program..                  
      Irwin Kula speaks about Yearnings and how it is often through the messiness that we find the learning opportunities, self-awareness, and the path toward the sacred in a My Success podcast.
              Aired Jan. 29, 2007. Click here to listen after a short registration that is required.
           
      Irwin Kula speaks about Yearnings on BBC World Service Radio, Monday, January 29, 2007. Click here to listen to the interview, which will be available for one week..
      “The Connection” with Maria Sanchez on KKZZ 1590 AM, Ventura, CA, aired Jan. 24, 2007. Irwin Kula spoke on Yearnings and the New York Times story about mess. Click here to listen..
      WXEL Sun-Sentinel News Radio, Boynton Beach, FL. The interview aired Jan. 19, 2007.
      “State of Belief,” Air America Radio,” aired Dec. 31, 2006. Click to listen to the program.
      “The Jean Chatzky Show” on Oprah & Friends (XM Radio) Oct. 12, 2006
      “The Joey Reynolds Show,” WOR, Oct. 10, 2006
      “Too Jewish,” with Rabbi Sam Cohon & Friends, Oct. 8, 7:00 am MST on KXAM 1310 AM, Phoenix; 9:00 am MST on KVOI AM 690, Tucson; and 9:00 am MST on KATR 930 AM in Douglas, Bisbee, and
      Sierra Vista, Arizona.
      “Caplis and Silverman,” KHOW 630 AM, Denver, Sept. 29, 2006.
      “Hidden Treasures and Heartfelt Conversations,” KOOP-FM, Austin, TX, Sept. 27, 2006.
      “Eight Forty-Eight,” WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, Sept. 26, 2006. To hear the broadcast, click here, scroll to September 25, 2006, “A Holy Mess” and click on “Listen.”
      “Louie B. Free Show,” WASN-AM (Cleveland), Sept. 21, 2006. To hear the broadcast, click here, click on September 21, part 1, and move the cursor to the 3 hour mark (different systems indicate different
                starting times.)
      “In the Spirit,” WRPI-FM (Albany, NY), Sept. 21, 3:00 pm EST
      “Lars Larson Show” Westwood One Radio, Sept. 12, 2006, to listen, click here.

CLAL Leader Cited for Book (from JTA Breaking News, 3-14-07)

"What Drives Altruism? Study shows some brains are hard-wired to do good" (from New York Jewish Week, 2-16-07)

"Rabbi to discuss embracing the ‘sacred messiness of life'" (from Arizona Jewish Post, 2-16-07)

Brad Hirschfield on the "Sacred Super Bowl" -- Calling it America's biggest civic religious event, Brad Hirschfield was interviewed on radio
and quoted in print (see "Bearied in Hype? Then Get Hip" article referenced below) on the Super Bowl.
       WJBC, "The Drive" on Feb. 1, 2007.
       Illinois Radio Network on Feb. 1, 2007.
       Air America, Phoenix, "The Mike Newcomb Show" on Feb. 2, 2007.

"The meaning of mess—What can, or should, you do about an out-of-control desk?" (from Allentown Morning Call, 2-9-07)

"Bearied in Hype? Then Get Hip" (from Indiana Post-Tribune, 2-9-07)

"Shabbat Bo: ‘A Night Of Watching,’ But Who Dares To Look?" (from , 2-9-07)

"Rabbi author believes life is messy, but rewarding" (from , 2-2-07)

"Rabbi-author finds ‘sacred messiness’ across religious divides" (from J. Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, 1-19-07)

Brad Hirschfield discussing Building Bridges TV series around the country: 
      “The Mitch Albom Show” on WJR-AM (Detroit, MI,) aired Monday, November 13, 2006.
       WJBK TV, Channel 2, Detroit, MI, “Fox 2 News Morning,” aired Friday, November 3, 2006
       Lars Larson Show” on Westwood One Radio, 6:00 p.m., aired Thursday, November 2, 2006.
       “The Mike Newcomb Show,” Air America Phoenix, aired Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

"A Week of Fire and Light" (from beliefnet.com, 12-29-06)

"Jewish Voices, Jewish Values" (from the New York Jewish Week Directions, 12-29-06)

"Saying Yes to Mess" (from the New York Times, 12-22-06)

Gay Rights Dialectic (from the Washington Post Letters to the Editor, 12-22-06)

"Shining Light On Hanukkah" (from the Tampa Tribune, 12-22-06)

MPTV-36 to premiere program based on Kula’s ‘Yearnings’ (from the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, 12-22-06)

"Rabbis debate issues on Portland airwaves" (from Jewish Review, 12-22-06)

"On human rights holiday, group seeks commitment to tikkun olam" (from JTA, 12-22-06)

"The Fire And The Light: A Chanukah Debate" (from New York Jewish Week, 12-15-06)

"Gay Rabbis Look Kosher" (from the New York Post, 12-15-06)

"God-vs.-science debate" (Brad Hirschfield's letter to the editor of Time Magazine, 12-8-06)

"The 'Yearning' for Torah learning goes to TV" (from JewishJournal.com, 12-8-06)

"Conservative Rabbis Reconsider Stance on Gay Sex" (from the Washington Post, 12-1-06)

"Joining the Spiritual Conversation: A rabbi’s PBS program shows how Judaism is relevant to modern life—for Jews and non-Jews" (from , 12-1-06)

"Hirschfield And Kula Launches At KXL" (from All Access, 12-1-06)

"A Rabbi Takes Judaism to Prime Time" (from the Forward, 12-1-06)

"Making Jewish Wisdom Applicable to All" (from Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, 12-1-06)

"Kula Uncovers 'Hidden Wisdom' in New TV Special" (from Idol Chatter on Beliefnet.com, 12-1-06

"Two Rabbis on the radio" (from Idol Chatter on Beliefnet.com, 12-1-06

"Rabbis get talk-radio show" (from JTA “Breaking News”, 12-1-06

"Give Thanks, Truly…" (from South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 11-17-06

U.S. Jews, Muslims and Christians clear the air on new television show (from JTA, 11-17-06

"‘McLaughlin’ Meets ‘God Squad’" (from The NY Jewish Week, 11-17-06

We're all hypocrites — and that's the good news (from The Chicago Sun Times, 11-17-06

Irwin Kula appears in the Forward’s Top 50 (from The Forward, 11-17-06

"Listening to partial truths (from The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, 11-17-06

"Trying to Build Religious Bridges (from The Buffalo News, 11-3-06

"Building Bridges — Arab Cable Network and Rabbi Create Interfaith TV Series (from The Detroit Jewish News, 11-3-06

"Ethics of a Jewish Lifeboat (from NY Jewish Week, 11-3-06

Irwin Kula on “South Florida Today” (WTVJ (NBC-TV affiliate) on November 2, 2006, 10-27-06

"Look Who’s Talking to God (from Beliefnet.com, 10-27-06

"Gibson interview has some skeptical (from Los Angeles Times, 10-20-06

"Experts: Forgive Doesn't Mean Forget (from USA TODAY, 10-13-06

"Gimme Temporary Shelter (from the Forward, 10-13-06

"Introspection Would Serve Us All(from USA TODAY, 10-6-06

"Sacred, Yet Messy(from , 10-6-06

"Life’s Sacred Messiness(from Beliefnet.com, 9-29-06

"We Are What We Eat(from NY Jewish Week, 9-29-06

Irwin Kula on “Colorado & Co.,”(on KUSA-TV, Denver, October 4, 2006, 9-29-06

What Adam and Eve Didn’t Tell You”(from  O Magazine, October 2006, 9-22-06

Sorry, Ali McGraw: Love means apologizing, continuously and messily”(from JTA 9-22-06

Allen Says He Embraces His Jewish Ancestry(from the Washington Post 9-22-06

Swearing and the Soul(from Beliefnet.com 9-15-06

Five Years After 9/11... Strolling Through Time(from NY Jewish Week 9-8-06

“Counting Back to Creation”(from the

“Younger Jews seeking cultural connections” (from The Charleston Post and Courier 9-29-06)

“Allen Says He Embraces His Jewish Ancestry”(from the Washington Post

“Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero” - PBS Re-Aired Frontline Special on 9/11/06

CLAL's Time for a New God and Freaks Like Me Shown at 4th Annual Global Peace Film Festival in Orlando on 9/16 & 9/17/06(www.peacefilmfest.org

“Gibson gets probation after no-contest plea”(from USA TODAY

Online access to funerals offered by West Babylon chapel (from NY Newsday 6

'End Times' Religious Groups Want Apocalypse Soon (from The LA Times 6

Why This Week Shouldn't Be Different From Others (from The Forward

A Jewish View of the Ethical Challenges Posed by the Shiavo Case 
(from Beliefnet.com

In Schiavo tragedy, we find a hard lesson(from Kansas City Star)

In Martin Luther King's Footsteps
(from Kansas City Star)  

Most American Jews Don't Worry about Intermarriage, Assimilation or Anti-Semitism: [An Interview with] Rabbi Kula(from San Diego Jewish Times)

Evangelists

Making Value Judgments

What Interfaith Dialogue Requires

Political Spectrum Spreads to Extremes over Cultural Issues

Many Religions, One Purpose
Finding God in Each Other

Faithful Find Wisdom in Spider-Man's Tales

Beheadings Allowed by Islam, but only in Extreme Situations

The Violence of Religion, the Hope of Religions

Rabbi On A Mission To Bridge Gaps


Between 'Passion' and Purim - An Interview with Brad Hirschfield

Wrestling For Inclusion - a Review of Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality and the Jewish Tradition, a New Book by CLAL Rabbi Steven Greenberg (from The Jewish Week)

The Re-Branding of Judaism (from The Jewish Week)

After Months of Contention, 'The Passion' Arrives in Theaters (from The New York Times)

Inequity: Is it a Sin?
(from The Christian Science Monitor)
 

Rethinking just war theory in a time of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction
(from Newsday)

A Moment of Grace
(from Newsday)

Sacred Reverberations
(from The New York Jewish Week)

Messianic Israelites Blend Faith, Education At Tampa Conference (from The Tampa Tribune)

Virtual Lit
(from The Jewish Week)

Breaking TV's Jewish Barrier (from The Dallas Morning News)

No Simple Task: Breaking TV's Jewish Barrier (from The Forward)

Jewish Wisdom for the Masses (from Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Rabbis Voice Opposing Views on Same Sex Marriage (from Canadian Jewish News)

 

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