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Apple’s “Jew or Not Jew” App — Should It Be Legal?
By
Brad Hirschfield
An Apple application that let users guess which French politicians or celebrities are Jewish was pulled from France’s App Store. but its American equivalent is still available. French activist groups said the “Jew or Not Jew?” app violated bans on compiling information on people’s religion and revealing that religion without their consent, according to United Press…
Is Realty TV Really Kosher? The Ethics Of Realty TV
By
Brad Hirschfield
I know, at first it seems that ethics and reality TV are about as connected as fire and water – one being the antidote for the other. But perhaps it’s not as simple as that, a conclusion supported by the recent spate of articles arguing that reality TV producers need to create, and commit, to…
Hard Core Atheist Secularists and Their Religious Counterparts Become Increasingly Alike
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Brad Hirschfield
Secularists, atheists really, are following other ethnic and religious identity groups in using academia to create and/or shore up a particular cultural identity. For example, noted atheist secularist, and editor of the Humanistic Bible, A. C. Grayling is opening a “secular university” this year. Jews, African-Americans and Hispanics have all used academic studies for just…
Litigating God
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Brad Hirschfield
An ugly fight over what prayers can be said, and by whom, at Houston’s national cemetery, is getting uglier. Plaintiffs are now suing the Department of Veterans’ Affairs over what they call “banning God at military funerals” and for making “Jesus unwelcome at gravesides” of fallen veterans. That simply isn’t true. And while as VA…
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