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The expulsion that backfired: When Iraq kicked out its Jews
Bent on destroying Israel, and gripped by anti-Semitism, Baghdad 'pauperized' its Jews and forced them to leave for nascent Jewish state in 1951-2. It was Iraq that suffered
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The evolution of anti-bat sensory illusions in moths
Prey transmit sensory illusions to redirect predatory strikes, creating a discrepancy between what a predator perceives and reality. We use the acoustic arms race between bats and moths to investigate the evolution and function of a sensory illusion. The
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The Collapse: Analyzing the End of American Jewry's Golden Age
How cosmically lucky the American Jewish community is, blessedly sited at the intersection point of two forms of chosenness, two forms of exceptionalism. A perfect storm of mazel, one might say: American Enlightenment universalism and Jewish particularism
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The End of Aspiration - Quillette
Since the end of the Second World War, middle- and working-class people across the Western world have sought out—and, more often than not, achieved—their aspirations. These usually included a stable income, a home, a family, and the prospect of a co
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Sheba medical team finds treatment for 4th leading cause of cancer death
“In the history of oncology, there have been only two or three studies that have shown some benefits for pancreatic cancer,” said Dr. Raanan Berger, head of Oncology for Sheba Medical Center.
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A Values Proposition - Areo
This week, the Los Angeles Review of Books published a piece that includes the following sentence, about a man whom the author does not like: “He posts things on Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, …
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The End of the American Century
What the life of Richard Holbrooke tells us about the decay of Pax Americana
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The Golan Heights and the Depths of Hypocrisy
The perennial issue of Israel’s borders flared up once again last week when President Trump announced that the U.S. will recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the volcanic plateau that Israel conquered from Syria in 1967. To say that thi
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Hamas violently disperses demonstrators on 3rd day of internal protests
Ramallah asks Egypt to intervene; Fatah official: 'This is not the occupation, it's Hamas gangs terrorizing Gaza'; conflicting reports on alleged self-immolation by one man
