Monthly Archives: March 2020

Jewish Schools, Pesach Programs Not Always Rushing To Return Money

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Luke Ford

So Jews who send their children to Jewish schools typically pay $20,000 a year and more. Now that these schools have shut down and are unlikely to re-open until the fall at the earliest, they are not rushing to return … Continue reading →

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Aesthetics & Politics

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Luke Ford

Nick Whitaker: How do you think about aesthetics in political theory? Jonah Bennett: I think aesthetics is one of the more important points in political theory because it’s one of the most immediately legible and visceral. There’s certainly the more … Continue reading →

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Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2020 book: * Arguing against widespread credulity puts me in the minority. A long line of scholarship— from ancient Greece to twenty- first- century America, from the most progressive to the most reactionary— portrays … Continue reading →

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Professor William B. Helmreich Dies From The Corona Virus

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Luke Ford

In his last year of life, the professor read and enjoyed my 2004 book Yesterday’s News Tomorrow: Inside American Jewish Journalism. When I was getting into Judaism in the 1990s, I read many of his books including “Wake Up, Wake … Continue reading →

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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, Third Edition

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2010 book (and here are maps of national cultures on six dimensions): * 11th juror: (rising) “I beg pardon, in discussing . . .” 10th juror: (interrupting and mimicking) “I beg pardon. What are … Continue reading →

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