No longer true. Sex and religion are big topics when I meet relatives (and potty-mouthed scatological jokes involving God and sex top the list). Politics bore us more and more (though we all wish Harper will be overthrown).

Middle East, not so hot on the topic. It just brings out the most intransigent intolerant people.

If you want to post a link to that article with a brief snippet giving a description of what it talks about, so people can go read it, I don’t mind… but I’m not going to let you repost the entire article on here.

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The Tragedy of Dogma at All Costs

By Rabbis Reuben Poupko and Chaim Steinmetz, Co-chairs, Canadian Rabbinic Caucus

(snipped by blogowner)