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Today on Tablet, Liel Leibovitz talks church and state

by
Adam Chandler
August 17, 2012

Liel Leibovitz eloquently judges the merits of a new book arguing for a firm reestablishment of the separation of church and state in America. Check it out here.

In a splendid new book, Jacques Berlinerblau, director of the Program for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University, warns that the indispensable hedge that keeps church and state apart is being trimmed to within an inch of its existence and that if America is ever to be America again, we must rush to the hedge’s defense.

Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.