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Brownstones in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn (celebdu/flickr)Rejection Made Clear
Have you ever applied to buy a co-op and been rejected? Have you ever been told why? City Council member Hiram Montserrate is sponsoring a hotly contested bill that would require co-op boards state their reasons when they turn you away. Also: the science and politics of the world's most deadly diseases, Jesus in Judaism, and what our listners will be looking for when the Democrats debate.
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They're Just Not That Into You
Hiram Monserrate, New York City Council Member (D-District 21), wants co-op boards to disclose their reasons for rejecting a candidate, then Jonathan Butler, who runs the blogs Brownstoner.com and BrooklynRecord.com, reacts to this proposal and looks at the impact of New York's continuing low vacancy rates.
Read the results of Brownstoner's survey about the co-op bill
Jews and Jesus
The relationship of Jews to Jesus still looms large for both Jews and Christians. Joining us to discuss this complicated history is Jonathan Rosen, editorial director of NextBook, a organization that focuses on Jewish literature and culture, and Stephen Prothero, the chair of the religion department at Boston University and the author of several books, most recently
Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't (HarperSanFrancisco, March 2007).
Nextbook's Jewish Encounter Series
Event: What's He Doing Here? Jesus in Jewish Culture is being held Sunday, April 29th at the Center for Jewish History.
From the Brink
Celia Dugger, New York Times foreign correspondent, and Donald McNeil, New York Times science reporter, discuss their series "Diseases on the Brink", about diseases in the developing world for which they'll recieve a 2007 Overseas Press Club Award winner.
Open Phones: The Dems Debate
Listeners tell us what they'll be looking for from the democratic presidential candidates as they engage in their first debate.
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