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Proving Religious People Aren’t Crazy
Friday, December 7, 2012 by Steve Fuller | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In The God Problem, sociologist Robert Wuthnow defends believers against charges of irrationality.  The fact that he needs to do so is a sign of the times.
I’ve Got Friends in Low-lying Places . . . I’ve Got Friends in Low-lying Places . . .
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

It would be tragic if Israel were to lose the vote of any of its few reliable supporters at the UN, but that is just what might happen over the next few years—not due to any political intrigue but on account of global warming.
Cooking the Culture
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Talya Halkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new food culture has emerged in Jerusalem, celebrating not authenticity but new taste syntheses.  Would that the same were true of the city’s politics.
Kuwait’s Palestinian Expulsion
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Steven J. Rosen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Arafat called what Kuwait did to its Palestinians “worse than what has been done by Israel to Palestinians in the occupied territories.”  But the international community said nothing.