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There is plenty to be said for the strong Dutch team at the World Cup in South Africa. With players like Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, they’re among the tournament’s […]
Fact: over half the world’s population lives in cities. Fact: all developed cities like New York, Tokyo, Singapore and London, are in a race to become “wired”. Fact: the most […]
July 1st marked the 100th day since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, a major part of the Obama administration's health care overhaul. The same day, the administration unveiled a […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
Articles at The Times (of London) now sit behind a paywall: two bucks a day or four bucks a week; The New York Times is building a paywall as you […]
Online dating is "an incredibly unsatisfying experience," says Duke behavioral economics professor Dan Ariely, the author of "Predictably Irrational." In fact, his research has found that each date you set […]
We've covered variousdesignsolutions for the vision-impaired. But what about the hearing-impaired? While the sight is visual in nature and thus more organically linked to design, can the auditory sense be […]
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The size of the Jewish community in America is a quantum leap from what it is in any European country—and its sheer scale makes it more "exciting."
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The modern incarnation of anti-Jewish sentiment is "demonic anti-Zionism," which is focused on Israel, rather than on Jews as individuals.
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Jews have developed a negative self-image in the wake of the Holocaust, defining themselves as a people apart, nature’s victims.
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The U.K.’s top rabbi hopes to make the country's Jewish voice "much more self-confident and willing to engage with the world."
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A conversation with the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom.
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If people are able to work fewer hours in the labor market, it means they can take that freed up time and begin meeting their needs in new ways that […]
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As a society, we need to invest in areas and activities that we’ve been neglecting: our communities, our families, and our planet.
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A conversation with the Boston College sociologist and economist.
"Corruption has marred every aspect of Somali society," says Afyare Abdi Elmi, a professor of International Affairs. It is, he says, the most corrupt country in the world.