At 18, Carolyn Jessop was forced to become the fourth wife of a man 40 years her senior. She fled with all 8 of her children in the middle of the night, outrunning her husband and the church police, AKA "the God Squad."

Avraham Burg says that Israel's emphasis on the Holocaust has become obsessive, feeding an unhealthy nationalism crippled by paranoia. Daniel Gordis wonders, if Israel does not remember, then who?

Just over 70 years ago, Eva Fahidi and Magda Brown stood before Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele. He waved them to the right -- to live. This week they tell their story, from 2011.

Two Holocaust survivors share their story. Plus, has Israel's mandate to 'never forget' made its leaders fearful and paranoid?

Laura Lee Wright says that houses of worship have long ignored the needs of the disabled. A need for wheelchair ramps is just part of the challenge.

Adam McHugh, a proud introvert and ordained Presbyterian minister, is trying to change the extroverted culture of many church services, which alienate quieter worshippers.

David Murrow says men are turned off by the "Victorian parlor motif" of flowers and lace at many churches.

We hear from people who, for one reason or another, feel rejected, excluded, or ignored in their houses of prayer. On our list: introverts, the disabled... and men.

Nadia Bolz-Weber is covered in tattoos, swears like a sailor, and has logged a lot of time in church basements, wrestling with addiction. She is also a Lutheran minister for ex-cons, addicts, sinners and outsiders.

Religion should be covered like sports, Jews make good copy, and, let's be real, CrossFit is not a religion. Mark Oppenheimer reflects on nearly seven years at The New York Times.