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Jewish World Review

June 18, 2013


Imagination is the dream of the conscious mind.  —   Rabbi Shraga Silverstein


UPDATED


Dennis Prager: Why Some Scientists Embrace the 'Multiverse'

Mallard Fillmore

Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Well, THAT certainly explains it!

Greg Crosby: Gullibility: It's Not Just for the Young Anymore

Lenore Skenazy: The Guns Are Toys; The Principal Is a Danger

Tom Purcell: Immaturity and the Modern Male

Arnold Ahlert: A Comprehensive Sellout (BULL'S EYE)

Bernard Goldberg: Freedom in an Age of Terrorism

A. Barton Hinkle: Citizens and the State: the problem is bigger than you think

Debra J. Saunders: Obama Is No Fool on Syria

Wesley Pruden: An abundance of villains

Dan K. Thomasson: Tax reform may have effective Dynamic Duo

Dale McFeatters: A debt of honor to U.S. forces' translators in Afghanistan

Mona Charen: The Unmentionable Injustice

Rich Lowry: The enforcement game

Byron York: Immigration debate is all about border security

David Limbaugh: Who Is Being Dishonorable? Dishonest?

Cal Thomas: Then what in Syria?

Thomas Sowell: The Loss of Trust

THINK TOONS, NEW CONTRIBUTORS!

Nate Beeler

Paul Combs

Bill Day

Sean Delonas

Sean Delonas BONUS!

Bob Englehart

David Fitzsimmons

Glenn Foden

Andy Marlette

Andy Marlette BONUS!

RJ Matson

Milt Priggee

Christopher Weyant

Robert Arial

Glenn Foden

Bob Gorrell

Walt Handelsman

David Horsey

Jeff Koterba

Jimmy Margulies

Rob Rogers

Dana Summers

Gary Varvel

Michael Ramirez


l'chaim!
Black to the Future: American Apparel Gets Biblical
By Rabbi Simcha Weinstein

We've come a long way . . . or have we?



past & present
Minnesota Nazi: How did Nazi hunters miss Michael Karkoc?
By Patrik Jonsson

US, German, and Polish authorities, after evidence uncovered by the Associated Press, are now taking a look at 94-year-old Michael Karkoc's reputed past as a Nazi commander. 'Nazi hunters' have had major successes and notable failures in finding and deporting Nazis



reality check
All the ways you're being watched
By Kate Irby, Ali Watkins, Trevor Graff and Kevin Thibodeaux

Our aim is not to make you paranoid. Really, it isn't



geo-politics
G-8 meeting will test NSA leaks' effect on U.S. influence
By Don Lee

On the surface, President Obama would seem to have a strong hand as he heads to the annual Group of 8 economic summit. Instead, the meetings today and Tuesday seem set to provide the first test of how much his administration's international agenda has been complicated by revelations of U.S. surveillance of telephone use and the Internet






on law
Fort Hood shooting: Judge nixes Nidal Hasan defense strategy. What now?
By Patrik Jonsson

For many Americans, Hasan's maneuverings are cause for frustration and anger. Delays and Hasan acting as his own attorney have inflicted additional anguish on survivors and victims' families, some say








gezunt/ on health
Why the stigma for migraine sufferers?
By Stacey Burling

Condition that affects 12 percent of the adult population and can leave some people in terrible pain more days than not is largely being discounted or ignored by researchers



ess, ess/ eat, eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Lisa Abraham

A team of testers headed to the kitchen to check out the latest round of gadgets that are supposed to make cooking and entertaining easier and more fun




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Frank & Ernest
The Grizzwells
Herman
Moderately Confused
One Big Happy
Prickly City
Shoe
The Wizard of Id


NEW CONTRIBUTORS

Nate Beeler
Daryl Cagle
Patrick Chappatte
Randall Enos
Bob Englehart
Andy Marlette
Andy Marlette BONUS!
Steve Sack
Bill Schorr
Christopher Weyant


Lisa Benson
Lisa Benson BONUS!
Chip Bok
John Cole
John Deering
Jake Fuller
Bob Gorrell
David Hitch
Jerry Holbert
Steve Kelley
Jimmy Margulies
Michael Ramirez

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AppTitude: Scour neighborhoods during house hunt

Ask Doctor K by Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.: Right level of vitamin d is source of controversy

Bruce Williams on JWR: Early inheritance may end up in wrong hands; understanding life estates

Monica Crowley: Reversal of Fortune

Neil Steinberg: Computer crimes go way back


[ I N S I G H T ]

Mark Steyn: The digital superstate useless when it matters

Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Ironies; the mites ate the cheese

Mitch Albom: A father's takes his long last chance to say good-bye

David Shribman: America slips its bonds: Project Mercury lifted off in a more innocent time, but inspires us still

Kathryn Jean Lopez: A better choice

Kathleen Parker: Googled to tears

Star Parker: Why 2 black Republicans switched parties

Dale McFeatters: Court's gene ruling makes sense

Debra J. Saunders: Research: a Health Hazard

Dana Milbank: The left turns compliant on violating civil liberties

Clarence Page: Too many secrets spoil our safety

Jack Kelly: Bigger is not better in surveillance: Obama's security bureaucracy threatens freedom without catching terrorists

Dave Weinbaum: Twenty questions for liberals about the Obama administration

Mallard Filmore

Dry Bones

Bill O': Who's Your Daddy?

George Will: Tax-based morality: Slipping the constitutional leash




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Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski: A spiritual budget: Religious economics and being a ruler

John P. Martin: Hitler insider's missing diary found

Matt Pearce: NSA surveillance disclosure could affect court cases

Peter Tinti: US bounties changes strategy on (Wild, Wild) West African jihadis

Daniel Pendrick, M.D.: Memory loss? Old age may be the least of it

Lauren F. Friedman: But it's all natural! Should we have an instinctive preference for herbal remedies?

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Streisand and Alicia Keys in Israel; "Girls" Stuff; Mel Brooks, Another TV special; Superman (who is Jewish) returns --- Israeli plays his mom

The Kosher Gourmet by Sharon K. Ghag : Bored with salad? Bling it up a bit (4 effortless recipes that will result in a 'WOW

Stephanie Hanes: Little girls or little women? The Disney princess effect

Fred Weir: In tweak to US, Russia would 'consider' asylum for Snowden

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: What's so special about Omega-3 supplements?

Morgan Housel: What newspapers were saying when you should have been buying

Pete Spotts: How cockroaches evolved so as to bypass 'roach motels'

The Kosher Gourmet by Anjali Prasertong: Deep-dish cookie: Warm, gooey and a little over the top

Rabbi Yonason Goldson: My intolerance of the faithful

Joseph A. Slobodzian: Faith healing and third degree murder: Thorny legal case

Lindsay Wise: Few options for online users to avoid spying, experts say

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: There are plenty of nutritional food bargains out there

Harvard Health Letters: Can bariatric surgery control diabetes?

Zach Murdock: Superglue helps doctors save infant's life

The Kosher Gourmet by Celebrated chef Mario Batali : As good as grilling gets: Rib eye with dry mushroom spice rub

Rabbi David Aaron: Beating jealousy

Caroline B. Glick: Wounded . . . and dangerous

Clifford D. May: Al Qaeda vs. Hezbollah

Harvard Health Letters: Fighting back against allergy season

Kimberly Lankford: Grandparents who use FSA to cover grandkid's braces and other must-know info

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom:J ewish Tony Nominees/Tony Awards; Jewish Teen Actor In Sci-Fi Flick; Jewish singer in "Voice" finals

The Kosher Gourmet by Anjali Prasertong: A tart filling so good it might not make it to the crust

John Rosemond: Mom, Dad: Talk More and listen less

Kristen Chick: Egypt court sentences 43 pro-democracy workers to prison

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: Mushrooms Have Medicinal As Well As Culinary Value

Morgan Housel: Why you never learn from your investment mistakes

Don Lee: In China, kindergarten rivalry takes deadly turn

The Kosher Gourmet by Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan: 30-Minute Coq au Vin isn't a dream

Molly Hennessy-Fiske: Military judge to consider letting Fort Hood shooting defendant represent himself

Richard A. Serrano: Pvt. Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks trial also a test for government

Mark Trumbull: Have degree, driving cab: Nearly half of college grads are overqualified

Kim Lankford: What to do when long-term care insurance premiums rise

Deborah Netburn: Study: Adults' mouth bacteria may help babies

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom: Jewish Contestant on 'The Voice'; Will Smith's 'Jewish movie family'; Bravo Gives Long Island Jews the Jersey Shore Treatment; Magicians and More

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Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski: Emotion v. intellect

Clifford D. May: Why They Fight

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Andrew Connelly and Helene Bienvenu: The Little Synagogue that Refused to Die

Dennis Prager: The 'Muslims-Killed-by-the-West' Lie

David Clark Scott: Open war on teachers?

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Environmental Nutrition editors: NuVal labeling to the rescue?

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