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...studies religion and politics, estimated that the American electorate of 2004 included about 14% of people who called themselves "unaffiliated believers," "seculars," or "atheists, agonistic." Only 6 members of the House of Representatives called their religious beliefs "unspecified" and no Senators did. In addition, the Senate has 11 Jewish members (about 3% of the electorate is Jewish) and 5 Mormons (fewer than 2% of Americans are Mormon...
...Everything Is Illuminated,” for instance, takes the form of a correspondence between two writers—one is a Ukrainian translator, and the other is Foer’s namesake, who communicates only through historical tracts of magical realism about the Jewish village of Trachimbrod. Never do we get an “I” in Foer’s books, and when we do, it’s always in reference to someone else...
Teeming, you ask? But it’s only three out of 27 skaters—surely a team that is one-ninth Jewish can’t be considered “teeming with Jews...
...We’ve never had this many Jewish skaters on the team,” says Grumet-Morris, the Crimson’s starting netminder for the lion’s share of his four years at Harvard. “There aren’t too many [Jews] in hockey...
...about this leaflet?” the stewardess asks, thrusting forward a flimsy piece of paper. “Famous Jewish sports legends...