Is Buddhism a Religion?

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on February 25, 2013

Pagan inspiration

Published on August 15, 2012

“Beware of being lured into their ways ... Do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did those nations worship their gods? I too will follow the same practices!’” (Deuteronomy 12:30).

Hume: Buddhism OK with forgiveness, but Christianity embraces

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 8, 2010

Tiger Woods needs Jesus

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 6, 2010

Mmmmm ... Reese’s Jesus Buddha Cups

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 31, 2009

So a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew and a Buddhist walk into a room of atheists ...

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 9, 2009

Dalai Lama threatens to resign if violence continues

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 18, 2008

Meditation—not just for your average JewBu anymore

By Merissa Nathan Gerson
Published on July 19, 2007

The model for the day was dying for the sake of rebirth. Think meditation, think spiritual awakening, think psychoanalysis.

Dalai Lama Concepts Inspire Works of 3 Jewish Artists

By Morris Newman
Published on August 10, 2006

To paraphrase an old rye bread ad, you don't have to be Buddhist to admire his holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, or at least that's so in the case of at least three Jewish artists, who lend their artistic voices to "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," an exhibition currently at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Buddha in Auschwitz

By Perry Garfinkel
Published on June 22, 2006

It sounds like the set-up for a politically incorrect joke: Did you hear the one about the journalist who began his journey in the Buddha's footsteps in Poland? But what was I doing in Oswiecim, in the southwest corner of Poland? It might make more sense knowing the German name by which Oswiecim is better recognized: Auschwitz.

A Day in Shul with the Dalai Lama

By Julie G Fax
Published on October 14, 1999

"What is Buddhism?" the interpreter reads from a card collected from the audience. "Tell us, as in the story of Hillel, as if you are on one foot."

The Dalai Lama tilts his head to one side. "Hmmmm," he says, then, his deep voice raising an octave or two, "Buddhism is Buddhism."

He erupts into giggles, his shoulders hunched forward and his head bouncing, as he delights in this joke with his audience.