First Links — 3.14.14

Americanizing Hanukkah
Rachel Gordan, Marginalia

The Cold-Water Appeal of Zibaldone
Morgan Meis, Smart Set

Has There Been a “Francis Effect”?
Laurie Goodstein, New York Times

On Christendom, Ghettoes, and Society
James Kalb, Catholic World Report

A Post-Automobile Society?
Jeffrey Ball, New Republic

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