Because he did not apply. Rabbi Korobkin was the runner-up to Steven Weil in the 2000 search for a successor to Abner Weiss. He did not throw his hat in the ring this go round. By temperament, Rabbi Korobkin is more of a scholar than a pulpit rabbi. I believe he’s pursuing a PhD in Islam at UC...

The atheist sign stolen from the Capitol rotunda this morning turned up a few hours later at country music station KMPS. According to the Seattle Times, a KMPS employee said the sign was turned in at 10a by someone who didn't say where they'd gotten it. The person only said to give the sign ...

It feels like months since the last one. Julie Fax writes this week: While the advent of legal marriage for same-sex couples in California seems heaven-sent for some, for others it is yet another signal that earth is moving further away from heaven. Without a religious basis for defining marria...

Rabbi Daniel Pressman of Saratoga, CA, tells Slate: "People always e-mail me stuff like, ‘Oh, Rabbi, you should see this article,’ or, ‘Click on this YouTube link, there’s a funny Passover video.’ The job itself provides opportunities for wasting time. Personally, ...

Godtalk Update: after Rabbi Lapin discussed Berkeley's actively discouragement of  Marine recruiting, a listener writes: "This is a Godtalk topic?!?" Later Lapin managed to get into the religious conversation: "I don't like the BBC, I don't like PBS, and I don't like NPR... they ...