Set in 1967, the storyline of the Coen brothers' new film centers on Larry Gopnick, a Jewish physics professor in the Midwest who looks to his faith to make sense of his personal and professional tribulations.
Posts Tagged: "Jewish"
October 9, 2009: A Serious Man
October 9, 2009: Cathleen Falsani Interview
Read and watch more of Kim Lawton's interview with religion columnist Cathleen Falsani, author of “The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers.”
September 25, 2009: Harvey Cox
In his new book on the difference between faith and belief, this Harvard professor and scholar of religion says what it means to be religious is shifting significantly as the 21st century unfolds.
September 25, 2009: Harvey Cox Extended Interview
Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview in Cambridge, Massachusetts with theologian and Harvard professor Harvey Cox.
September 25, 2009: Yizkor Requiem
Composer and conducter Thomas Beveridge says his Yizkor Requiem is "a quest for spiritual roots" and a musical bridge between Christianity and Judaism.
September 25, 2009: Rituals of Yom Kippur
Rabbi Irwin Kula of the National Center for Jewish Learning and Leadership says Yom Kippur and the High Holidays are about life, not death. The paradox, he says, is that "one of the great ways to focus ourselves on life is to think about death."
September 11, 2009: Rabbi Irwin Kula Interview
"On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur thousands of people gather together and go through many, many prayers in which we ask ourselves, how have I done?"
September 11: Interfaith Relations Eight Years On
People of many faiths and religious backgrounds joined Muslims on September 3 at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, DC for a prayer service and Ramadan dinner to celebrate interfaith service projects.
August 28, 2009: Moishe House New Orleans
"We're already practicing tikkun olam--repairing the world--in our day-to-day lives," says Jonathan Graboies, a resident of Moishe House in New Orleans, "so in a way we're being Jewish even without being in the synagogue."
August 14, 2009: Greener Bar Mitzvah
It's good to use bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs to inculcate environmental values, says Rabbi Lawrence Troster, a religious environmental leader: "Protecting the Earth is a mitzvah, and I mean that in the sense of a commandment. We are required to take care of creation. It’s not a choice."












