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If you know someone who cares about birds and the songs they sing, this is a lovely holiday gift–it’s a book that actually utters 250 (!) bird songs for you at the touch of a button. I recently purchased a copy to give away, but now I can’t decide which one of my friends or…

“But I don’t know how to buy a Christmas tree,” lamented the Jewish Mr. Chattering. “You’ll do fine, honey, just buy one that’s seven or eight feet high and don’t pay too much for it.” “I’m not Christian!” “But this helps me so much!” I said, shoving him out the door. “Just have them put…

There is no set way to celebrate the December holidays anymore. I’m not an advocate of “mixing everything up.” I’m just saying a lot of us are mixing it up through mixed-faith marriage, conversion, or inventive experiment. Last Christmas eve, I stepped out of church and noticed six Jewish friends standing there on the steps,…

If you are of the Everything-Happens-for-a-Reason school, you might be saying “Oh, Mary Cheney’s pregnancy is designed to teach those frumpy Cheney parents and the Religious Right that it’s not immoral for gays to have kids.” Could be. But actually, I think Bush and Cheney have always been more personally tolerant on gay issues than…
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