orthodox jewry is changing

Professor Chaim Waxman, prominent respected sociologist of Orthodoxy, has made assessment of the history, development, and current and situation of Orthodoxy in his short and comprehensive 178-page book, Social Change and Halakhic Evolution American Orthodoxy, with 48 additional..

wanda’s picks for august 2019

Virginia's 2019 Commemoration, American Evolution, partnership with Fort Monroe Authority, Fort Monroe National Monument and the City of Hampton, will host Commemoration of the First African Landing on Aug 23-25, 2019, Hampton, Va. ... The events being co-organized by Haas Institute,..

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poll: two in five americans still believe god created humans 10,000

Gallup poll conducted from June to 16, 2019 via landlines and mobile phone calls shows that 40 percent of American adults still ascribe to strict of humanity's origins, evolution to be true, and that God played in guiding the development of our species over time. ... Of..

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outdated immigration laws increase violence toward women

He is Associate Professor at University of California, Los Angeles in Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies. he is research fellow at Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and at Institute for Study of Labor, affiliate at UCLA California..

get out: jews & elite american universities

The evolution of even American universities into hotbeds of identity politics and very little else make them increasingly inhospitable to Jews and to Jewishness, identity that privileges the questioning and challenging of majority dogmas. ..

grazielle david

Grazielle David Grazielle David is PhD on Economic Development at State University of Campinas and Adviser at the Latin-American Fiscal Justice Network RJFALC... ..

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third time a charm? trump tries again to slash state department

it bears repeating at time when United States is facing crises across the globe, investing in diplomacy and development advances American interests, values, and security... ..

the personal and the political

Toni Morrison is the author of Playing in Dark Whiteness and Literary Imagination in which she analyzes the role of race and the effects of living in racialized society on the development of American in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. . ..

the politics of protecting hate speech

At a time when the support for free speech is sliding and people on the left and on the right are more than willing to shut down their opponents it’s worth revisiting professor Walker’s story of why hate speech is protected in the US and why the current First Amendment doctrine has played a crucial and..

marijuana use during pregnancy has almost doubled

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also warned expectant mothers that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active chemical in cannabis, can harm a baby's development. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends women avoid the drug while pregnant or nursing a child. . ..

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the best and worst states for a life well-lived

The metric used by Measure of America is called American Human Development Index, slightly modified version of Mahbub ul Haq's internationally applied Human Development Index.. American of the index quantifies the many socioeconomic differences that exist in the..

ellen johnson on cnn tonight

Johnson will be discussing Newsweek poll revealing that 91% of Americans believe deity, half reject the findings of science, and 62% say they would not vote for Atheist running for public office.. atheist, atheism, Paula Zahn, Ellen Johnson, American Atheists, Newsweek, evolution... ..

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