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Judaism

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Economics

Russ Roberts: Why Economists Suck at Explaining Life

The EconTalk host and Wild Problems author talks about the limits of cost-benefit analyses.

Nick Gillespie | 9.28.2022 3:16 PM

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Russ Roberts: Why Economists Are Irrelevant

The host of EconTalk and author of Wild Problems says our biggest decisions don't submit to easy cost-benefit analyses.

Nick Gillespie | 9.7.2022 3:42 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Religious Rites

Charles Oliver | 6.30.2022 4:00 AM

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Comics

Tennessee School Board Pulls Maus From Eighth-Grade Curriculum

A grim sign of the bureaucratic mentality controlling public education

Brian Doherty | 1.27.2022 5:50 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: The Killing Floor

Charles Oliver | 12.28.2020 4:00 AM

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Reason Roundup

Jews and Catholics Ask Supreme Court To Stop NYC Religious Services Ban

Plus: DOJ argues for right to kill civilians, tech CEOs are back before Congress today, Dolly Parton helped fund COVID-19 vaccine, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.17.2020 9:30 AM

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Hate crimes

DOJ Intervention Dramatically, Irrationally, and Unconstitutionally Increases the Penalty Faced by a Woman Accused of Slapping Jews

How can prosecuting a black woman for slapping Jews in 2020 be authorized by the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in 1865?

Jacob Sullum | 1.29.2020 5:50 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Uncovering a Problem

Charles Oliver | 1.13.2020 4:00 AM

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Hate crimes

Are We Experiencing a Nationwide 'Anti-Semitism Crisis'?

Hate crime data suggest that claim is overblown.

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2020 12:01 AM

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Hate crimes

New York Charged Grafton Thomas With Attempted Murder for Assaulting Jews With a Machete. Why Are the Feds Prosecuting Him for the Same Attack?

A crime in Monsey leads to a redundant prosecution that hinges on the defendant's anti-Semitism.

Jacob Sullum | 12.31.2019 3:30 PM

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Antisemitism

Trump's Order Aimed at Fighting Anti-Semitism Is Constitutionally Problematic, but It's Not Anti-Semitic

Erroneous reporting set off a bizarre backlash that obscured the real problem.

Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2019 3:05 PM

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Reason Roundup

Everyone Is Confused About Trump's Executive Order on Judaism

Plus: the foundations bankrolling bad tech policy, they is the word of the year, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.11.2019 9:50 AM

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Does Middle East Peace Require a Two-State Solution or a Palestinian Defeat? A Debate

Should Israel negotiate with Hamas and Fatah, or are they unwavering enemies in a protracted struggle?

Todd Krainin | 3.29.2019 12:45 PM

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Germany

Far-Right German Party Tries to Recruit Jews by Attacking Muslims

But many of the Alternative for Deutschland's leaders have questionable track records when it comes to anti-Semitism.

Joe Setyon | 10.1.2018 12:10 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Black Market Goods

Charles Oliver | 7.25.2018 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: The Terrorists Have Won

Charles Oliver | 8.9.2017 4:00 AM

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Nazis

What Uncle Sam and Jim Crow Taught Hitler

When Nazi lawyers went looking for racial legislation to emulate, they turned to the United States.

Matthew Harwood | 4.15.2017 6:00 AM

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Israel

Getting Too Close

Charles Oliver | 1.14.2016 6:00 AM

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Islam

Norway's Muslims Organize to Protect Jews

Ring around the synagogue

Charles Paul Freund | 2.20.2015 11:30 AM

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Egypt

Don't Go There

Charles Oliver | 1.8.2015 6:00 AM

Politics

We're Living in Kinky Friedman's America

Texas Gov. Rick Perry: 'I'm more Jewish than you think I am.'

Jesse Walker | 6.22.2014 2:01 PM

Culture

Israeli Woman Faces Fines for Refusing to Circumcise Son

Levied by Rabbinical court

Reason Staff | 11.26.2013 7:20 PM

Culture

Norway Introduces Legislation to Regulate Circumcision

Connected to non-medical circumcision of boys under 18

Reason Staff | 11.14.2013 6:50 PM

Culture

Factory Fire Leaves Nation with Knish Shortage

Please make do for now

Reason Staff | 11.11.2013 3:40 PM

Culture

Jews in Europe Report Rise in Anti-Semitism

Almost a third have considered emigrating out of fear

Reason Staff | 11.8.2013 12:10 PM

Culture

Why Can't Hinduism Rid Itself of Fake Gurus?

This "flaw" may be the price of avoiding dogmatism

Shikha Dalmia | 11.3.2013 10:00 AM

Politics

Bloomberg Awarded $1 Million Prize by Jewish Charitable Group

He sure could use the money, we're sure

Reason Staff | 10.21.2013 7:30 PM

World

Iran's President Acknowledges Jewish Holocaust

Repudiates denials by his predecessor

Reason Staff | 9.25.2013 4:20 PM

Culture

Israelis Celebrate Jewish New Year

Even with troubles on the borders

Reason Staff | 9.4.2013 2:50 PM

Culture

Ancient Torah Scroll Found in Italian University Library

Dates back to 12th or 13th century, not the 17th, as had been mistakenly thought

Reason Staff | 5.29.2013 2:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Do You Know Who Else Asked Students to Write About Why Jews Are Evil?

Charles Oliver | 4.24.2013 6:00 AM

World

Israeli Court Rules for Women Singing at Western Wall

Growing tension between nation's Orthodox Jews and more progressive members

Reason Staff | 4.11.2013 4:20 PM

Culture

France's Grand Rabbi Resigns in Plagiarism Scandal

Also lied about academic record

Reason Staff | 4.11.2013 3:20 PM

Economics

Rise in Anti-Semitic Attacks Linked to the Euro Crisis

Anti-Semitic violence rose by a third in 2012

Reason Staff | 4.8.2013 9:08 AM

Politics

Morsi Advisor Says Jews Can Return to Egypt

Says Jews "are more worthy of Egypt than of Israel"

Reason Staff | 12.28.2012 1:08 PM

Hate crimes

Hate Crimes Down, Says FBI

Ronald Bailey | 12.11.2012 10:31 AM

Judaism

The Cabal Reveals Itself

Michael Moynihan | 11.8.2007 5:02 PM

Culture

Hating Jews

When do anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism overlap?

Cathy Young | 2.1.2004 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Inside the Spiritual Jacuzzi

What JewBus, Unitarian Pagans, and the Hot Tub Mystery Religion tell us about traditional faiths.

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2003 12:00 AM

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