Fictitious Living

By bzalcman November 9, 2009

What is it about our lives that fictional books and movies appeal to us more than non-fiction or real life stories? Why don’t people have enough confidence in their own lives, their own story, that instead they feel that they have to turn to movies and books while hoping that these things would happen to…

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Young Jews’ Attachment to Israel

By mmicner November 9, 2009

While compiling my thesis prospectus this semester, I have come across some very interesting information on American Jewish attachment to Israel. The most contemporary of this research suggests that American Jews have been consistently attached to Israel over time, with older people being more attached and young people being less attached. While this research fails…

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