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Jewish World Review

March 17, 2013


We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.  —   Benjamin Disraeli



virtuous video
A night of miracles and celebration of children
With South African Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein

Jewish? Not, but know a Jew? Please watch and PLEASE SHARE this very warm, uplifting 5-minute presentation that includes musical accompaniment (and translation). It's about the authentic -- and eternal -- message of Passover.

Any Jew and, for that matter, believing Christian will be thankful that you did. GUARANTEED!

WE CAN MAKE THIS GO VIRAL! It deserves to!



controver$ey!
Georgia nuclear power plant could be Solyndra redux, report says
By Mark Clayton

Findings say the two-reactor $14 billion Vogtle plant is just one example of the US government not protecting US taxpayers well enough against the risks of federal loan guarantees to new nuclear power projects



nutrition
Support is Slim for Supplements
By Christine M. Palumbo, M.B.A., R.D.

Weight-loss supplements may boast miraculous fat-burning and trimming properties, but there's little proof to back up most of these claims

A look at some of the most popular



gezunt/ on health
Prevent pain from computer use
By Harvard Health Letters

If you're spending hours reading e-books or exchanging email on a tablet computer such as an iPad, you're also running the risk of neck and shoulder pain. But simply adjusting your viewing angle provides relief






in the money
Nine financial rules you should never forget
By Morgan Housel

Ignore at your own risk



kochavim/stargazing
Jewz in the Newz
By Nate Bloom

Bonnie Franklin, Valerie Harper; LA mayor's race; Albert Brooks on going to shul



ess, ess/ eat, eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Faith Durand

SMOKY, EXOTIC SOUP Has Maximum Flavor With Minimum Effort



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Archie
Dilbert
Ripleys Believe It Or Not!
Andy Capp
Bliss
The Born Loser
Flo & Friends
Frank & Ernest
The Grizzwells
Herman
Moderately Confused
Momma
One Big Happy
The Other Coast
Prickly City
Shoe
The Wizard of Id



Chuck Asay
Lisa Benson
Jerry Holbert
David Horsey
Rob Rogers
Jeff Stahler
Jeff Stahler BONUS!
Dana Summers
Gary Varvel
Michael Ramirez

(Attention working columnists and editorial cartoonists: Think you have what it takes to be featured on JWR? Drop us a note by clicking here. Readers, please make suggestions, as well.)

[ L I F E S T Y L E S ]

Tech Q&A by Steve Alexander: She can't send e-mail but still receives it; laptop loses wifi connection when asleep

Ask Doctor K by Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.: Natural sleep aids don't appear to do much good

Bruce Williams on JWR: Keeping home as a rental makes sense; IRA double whammy


Peter Brookes: Don't dismiss N. Korean threats

Neil Steinberg: Truth isn't whatever you wish it to be



[ I N S I G H T ]

Wesley Pruden: There's nothing like a brawl

Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Advances in Animal Research

Greg Schwem: The TV remote is Harvard's answer to birth control

Greg Crosby: Vet Prices Going Up Thanks to ObamaCare

Lori Borgman: How about some coffee, Sugar?

Suzanne Fields: Leaning in to Hear the Grrr Become a Growl

Mona Charen: Hoping for the Real Deal in Francis I

Rich Lowry: Bloomberg, the leading high-handed scold

Dale McFeatters: Iraq War spurred medical progress, at great cost

Deroy Murdock: Dems, choose between rhetoric, reality

Diana West: Why does Obama need 1.6 billion bullets?

Dave Weinbaum: Filibuster this! RINOs get out of the way!

David Limbaugh: GOP Must Launch Reality Offensive

Michelle Malkin: Time To Opt Out of Creepy Fed Ed Data-Mining Racket

Jonah Goldberg: Who would follow our example on Keystone?

Mallard Filmore

Dry Bones

Thomas Sowell: Intellectuals and Race: Part IV

Charles Krauthammer: Codify the drone war: The war on terror needs a new rulebook

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