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• Interfaith dialogue is pointless without intra-faith reflection
• Former Hezbollah cleric praises Obama for reaching out to Muslims
• 'U.S. won't abandon legitimate Palestinian aspirations'
• Iran President Ahmadinejad calls rival candidates 'Hitler'
• Is self-deprecation killing Jewish comedy?

Interfaith dialogue is pointless without intra-faith reflection Posted: 10 Jun 2009 11:47 AM PDT Every day, another interfaith conference or dialogue seems to pop up somewhere in the world. ...

Former Hezbollah cleric praises Obama for reaching out to Muslims Posted: 10 Jun 2009 11:16 AM PDT "President Barack Obama's speech reaching out to Muslims had strong points," Lebanon's most influential Shiite cleric told former President Jimmy Carter, "but people are waiting for real results." ...

'U.S. won't abandon legitimate Palestinian aspirations' Posted: 10 Jun 2009 10:47 AM PDT The U.S. must create the conditions for the speedy resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Washington's envoy to the region said Wednesday in Ramallah, as he assured Palestinians that America would never abandon their "legitimate aspirations." ...

Iran President Ahmadinejad calls rival candidates 'Hitler' Posted: 10 Jun 2009 10:22 AM PDT Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday accused his election rivals of adopting smear tactics used by Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler and said they could face jail for insulting him. ...

Is self-deprecation killing Jewish comedy? Posted: 10 Jun 2009 09:59 AM PDT In "Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious" (1905), Sigmund Freud observes that a strict superego - or the conscience that punishes misbehavior - results in a correspondingly aggressive jest. ...

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