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Monday, May 25, 2015

On Religion: A Catholic School Meets a Challenge by SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

Xavier in Manhattan put on “The Laramie Project” to applause but little controversy, unlike when the play came out a decade ago.

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Friday, May 2, 2014

On Religion: A Play’s View of a Bigoted Past Holds a Mirror to a Violent Present by Samuel G. Freedman

A Jewish Community Center in Kansas reflects on the lessons of “To Kill a Mockingbird” in the aftermath of fatal shootings there.

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Friday, May 18, 2012

On Religion: On Religion - Since the Opening Curtain, a Debate: Is Willy Loman Jewish? by Samuel G. Freedman

Even Arthur Miller himself changed his view of his character’s religion and ethnicity over the years.

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

On Religion: Loopy and Profound, Show Tells the Drama of Missionaries’ Work by Samuel G. Freedman

“The Book of Mormon” offers insight on stage into the experiences of believers taking their faith to foreign lands.

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