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Planting the seeds of Jewishness through education and responsibility
By Alexander Woodman – Sofia, Bulgaria The Ronald S Lauder Day School inauguration took place last month in Sofia, Bulgaria,…
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Our vanishing world: insects
About 12,000 years ago, late stone age humans precipitated the neolithic (agricultural) revolution that marked the start of the steady…
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Populist crusade against Pope Francis
By Punsara Amarasinghe It is true that many in Europe have stumbled upon a state of insecurity, xenophobia and skepticism…
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As the climate changes, architects and engineers need to design buildings differently
By Nicholas Rajkovich, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York In the past seven years, four major disasters…
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Lower refugee limits are weakening resettlement in the US
By Stephanie J. Nawyn, Michigan State University President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will cut the number of refugees…
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Why ‘woke’ NBA is struggling to balance its values with Chinese expansion
By Mary-Hunter McDonnell, University of Pennsylvania It’s not easy being a for-profit organization these days. Take the National Basketball Association.…
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Discussion with former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and President of the National Bank of Poland Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz
Leszek Balcerowicz is the inventor of Balcerowicz Plan (shock therapy), aimed to stabilize the post-Soviet Economy in Poland
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Human violence: Pervasive, multi-dimensional and extinction-threatening
Violence is pervasive throughout human society and it has a vast range of manifestations. Moreover, some of these manifestations –…
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Local communities play outsized but overlooked role in global fisheries
By John Virdin, Duke University and Xavier Basurto, Duke University Flying along the coast in Senegal, it’s impossible not to…
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Intelligence whistleblowers often pay a severe price
By Jennifer M. Pacella, Indiana University When President Donald Trump likened a whistleblower’s White House sources to spies and made…
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