August 2012 – Excerpted

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14 August 2012
/ Leave a Comment on The problem wth instant histories: an absence of historical perspective

The problem wth instant histories: an absence of historical perspective

…the problem with instant histories: an absence of historical perspective. If the recent economic uptick is sustained, the unemployment rate keeps falling, […]

6 August 2012
/ Leave a Comment on The Hafetz Hayyim oddly does not have challenged ideas

The Hafetz Hayyim oddly does not have challenged ideas

R. Yisrael Meir Ha-Cohen’s Sefer Chafetz Chayim is the only major work that touches on these issues, though it does not, to […]

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1 August 2012
/ Leave a Comment on Demographers tend to be a feisty crowd

Demographers tend to be a feisty crowd

The national Jewish surveys done in 1990 and 2000 were the subject of much controversy because of questions like these. Additionally, in […]