Top Egyptian official calls Holocaust a ‘myth’

Published on January 30, 2013

A top Egyptian official close to President Mohamed Morsi called the Holocaust a myth.

The myth of the Iranian-American Jew

Published on April 4, 2012

This one’s for our children — the teens and 20-somethings who were born in this country or who’ve lived here most of their life, who have no memory of Iran except what’s been passed on to them or what they’ve constructed with their imagination.

Opinion: Shout down the Sharia myth makers

Published on August 10, 2011

The threat of the infiltration of Sharia, or Islamic law, into the American court system is one of the more pernicious conspiracy theories to gain traction in our country in recent years.

“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” Q & A with Author Eric Greene [VIDEO]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on August 5, 2011

Religion: The ‘first and worst’ explanation

Published on October 23, 2008

It belongs to the terrified childhood of our species, before we knew about germs or could account for earthquakes. It belongs to our childhood, too, in the less charming sense of demanding a tyrannical authority: a protective parent who demands compulsory love even as he exacts a tithe of fear.

Defender of Faith:
Rabbi David Wolpe explains why faith matters

By Tom Teicholz
Published on September 18, 2008

As we get older, we no longer ask so many questions aloud. Our questions become more private: Why? Why are we on this earth? Events occur, and we ask: Why me? Or, why not me?

Image and Reality in L.A.

By Yuval Rotem
Published on August 19, 2004

Critics say Los Angeles is all image. The city, they claim, presents an illusion to the world much like the movies Hollywood projects on its big screens. The myth goes that it's a city of facades, with the favored tools are the editor's airbrush or the plastic surgeon's scalpel. There are no friendships here, only contacts and connections, they say.