[INT: evening] London, Ritchie/Ciccone Mansion, dinnertime. The family sits at the table. RITCHIE: Rocco, tell your mum to pass the salt. MADONNA: Lola, tell your father that we have an appointment to see Rabbi Berg today and he’d better be there. ROCCO: I’ve had it with passing the salt to you two. I’m going to…

When you think of Barbie, you think of unrealistic body proportions that create insecurity in girls and promote an unattainable and superficial beauty ideal. When you think of Bratz, you think of those enormous eyes, and a wardrobe that you’d never wish on your daughter. But now there’s a doll for Jews who are concerned…

The Pew Forum released its second part of its landmark “United States Religious Landscape Survey,” and it explains quite a bit about why certain movies, TV shows, music and other media are well received while others are generally not. In short, it may be good news for faith blogs but bad news for pop culture.…

Everyone who either has a tween or knows one also knows that Disney churns out (more or less) family-friendly pop stars (see Hannah Montana) and one-offs like “High School Musical” (and its sequel) to unbelievable success–feeding the hopes, dreams, and first crushes of many a kid in America. Disney’s newest venture, according to a New…

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