Description
Last week, the Jewish world lost several giants, including Professor Daniel Kahneman, a leading scholar of behavior economics, and Senator Joseph Lieberman, an American politician and statesman. Noam and Mijal reflect on their legacies and ask us to consider what we can learn from their incredible lives.
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Cass Sunstein on Kahneman
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Kotzker Rebbe and the Binding of Isaac
The Gift of Rest: Lieberman's book about shabbat
Can the nation survive with a vice president who isn't allowed to bind sheaves on a Saturday?
Lieberman's VP acceptance speech
Ethan Tucker's eulogy for Lieberman
Lieberman on 18Forty podcast
The Golden Age of American Jews is Ending
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