Roi Ben-Yehuda
By Roi Ben-Yehuda
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Books Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
Getty Images The Five Percent: Finding Solutions To Seemingly Impossible Conflicts By Peter Coleman Public Affairs, 288 pages, $27.99 One of the great challenges of our time is finding ways to resolve intractable conflicts that have proven persistent, destructive and resistant to change. A groundbreaking new book by Columbia University professor Peter Coleman argues that…
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Culture Are the Smurfs Anti-Semitic Misogynists?
On Saturday, June 25, in more than 12 major cities around the world, hundreds of people are scheduled to congregate, their bodies painted blue from head to toe. No, this is not the filming of the sequel to “Avatar”; rather, it’s a global celebration of the beloved cartoon series “The Smurfs.” The occasion is the…
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