The upcoming movie “The Spirit” (set to be released on Christmas day) is based on the popular comic book series and follows a cop who returns from the dead to fight crime. The film stars Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes, and was written and directed by Frank Miller.

People go to church to seek answers. But seldom are those people sons of rabbis looking for insight into their own Jewish heritage. All of that changes with My Jesus Year, a new book by Benyamin Cohen that also bears the subtitle “A Rabbi’s Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith,”…

Here’s why it took me two months to finish Stephenie Meyer’s “Breaking Down”: I couldn’t stand it. Fellow Idol Chatter blogger and “Twilight” uber-fan Donna Freitas wrote that some fans had problems with the “happy ending.” That was not my biggest problem with the book. I don’t discriminate against happy endings–I was happy when Bella…

Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the new Jewish year, but this new year brought a tough break for Jewish Living Magazine. Touted a year ago as the Jewish answer to Martha Stewart Living, the glossy magazine hoped to compete in a world where it’s becoming increasingly difficult for a magazine of any sort to…

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