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Religion and Middle East Update


March 8th, 2007 · Christianity, Islam, Israel and the Middle East, Judaism, Law and Legal Affairs, Religion, World Affairs

  • Is reli­gious belief an evo­lu­tion­ary acci­dent or a help­ful adap­ta­tion? (Or why not a sim­ple acknowl­edge­ment of another aspect of reality?)
  • Amer­i­cans are igno­rant and une­d­u­cated when it comes to their own reli­gions. A Boston Uni­ver­sity pro­fes­sor is try­ing to fix that
  • On Israeli kib­butzim, social­ism is dying and cap­i­tal­ism is thriv­ing
  • From Tem­ple to syn­a­gogue to retreat cen­ter?
  • The other Israelis: Arab cit­i­zens of a Jew­ish state
  • Glob­al­iza­tion and transna­tion­aism may make tra­di­tional aliyah out­dated