This is my first post in this category, and I’m writing it well into the next week, but since it’s the first post, it’ll be an exception. Here are some important reads from last week:

• The Syrian Trauma by Peter Harling (Synaps)
• Art of the Lie by The Economist (The Economist)
• Why Linguists are Fascinated by the American Jewish Accent by Dan Nosowitz (Atlas Obscura)
• Why Donald Trump Should Not Be President by the New York Times Editorial Board (NY Times)
• Stop and Frisk Statute by Merriam-Webster (Merriam-Webster)
• The Jews You’ve Never Heard Of by Shira Telushkin (Tablet Magazine)
• American and Israeli Jews: Twin Portraits From Pew Research Center Surveys by Pew (Pew)
• Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect by Maria Konnikova (The New Yorker)
• An Ivy League professor on why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color: ‘We don’t want them’ by Marybeth Gasman (The Washington Post)
• The Reinventor by Gershom Gorenberg (Prospect)