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March 26, 2010

MARTY KAPLAN: How dumb do they think (know) we are

Marty Kaplan March 26, 2010

I know some scary smart people who never graduated from high school, and I know some real doofuses with graduate degrees, so I understand that the number of years of formal education that someone has racked up is no guarantee of intelligence. But every once in a while, I see some poll numbers that pretty convincingly correlate believing idiotic things with having less education, and not believing idiotic things with having more education.

The struggle of global placelessness

Jewish Journal March 26, 2010

On a deck in Boston, seven friends recently gathered for dinner. At the table was a white American man; his wife, an Italian woman he met in Switzerland; a Swiss citizen raised in Kenya; a German of Korean origin; a woman with Haitian, Chinese and European ancestry; the son of a black American and a German Jew; and an American with Indian blood.\n

The Tyranny of Perfection

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach March 26, 2010

The advent of Passover and Easter, which always fall around the same time, beckons a deeper discussion about one of the principle differences between Judaism and Christianity. In essence it is the difference between a values system based on struggle and a values system based on perfection.

UK warns of Israel travel amid passport scandal

Jewish Journal March 26, 2010

British citizens who travel to Israel should be aware that their passport details could be captured for \”improper uses,\” Britain\’s Foreign Office warned Tuesday.\n

Health care vote could mean tough campaign for some Jewish Dems

Jewish Journal March 26, 2010

A window was shattered by a pellet gun in an apparent vandalism attack at her Tucson district office. Sarah Palin has put her on the list of Democratic lawmakers she is targeting this fall. Arizona Tea Party activists are pledging to help defeat her bid for re-election.

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