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18/01/2014 - 21:59

After the death of his father-in-law, Sholem inherited a fortune, gave up his career as a Hebrew essayist for one as a writer of Yiddish... →

12/01/2014 - 18:05

Much of the discussion in San Diego centered on what can be done to arrest the flight of young people from the movement. As reported by The... →

06/01/2014 - 16:01

Cohen, a lecturer on Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, cites S.Y. Agnon’s famous line regarding his own,... →

31/12/2013 - 15:25

2. It’s getting hotter, faster In September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its fifth assessment report... →

26/12/2013 - 18:56

“My Promised Land” combines road trips, interviews, memoir and straightforward history to relate Israel’s story. The book taps his... →

21/12/2013 - 13:12

The Danes knew long before the war that their army could not resist a German invasion. Instead of overtly criticizing Hitler, the Social... →

16/12/2013 - 18:26

All of this has led to a crisis of representation. Ordinary people feel that their supposedly democratic government no longer reflects... →

10/12/2013 - 13:38

Но теперь труд в той прежней форме уходит, и многие начинают говорить о цивилизации досуга, которая идет на смену цивилизации труда. Но... →

06/12/2013 - 16:13

In 2009, three New York physicians cared for a sixty-seven-year-old man who had major surgery and then picked up a hospital infection that... →

30/11/2013 - 16:03

You have been following Turkey since the 1970s, right? Yes, half of Turkey's population is under the age of 30, so they don't actually... →

23/11/2013 - 14:53

The women - mom and grandmom (who very likely shared the same household back in the day) - would rise before dawn for their first task of... →

17/11/2013 - 13:32

Depression burden in regions around the world, as measured by years living with disability, in 1990 (left) and 2010 (right). The region... →

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