Jewish World Review
Monday June 01, 2015


No man can consider himself truly married until he understands every word his wife is not saying.
— Lord Mancroft

Aspiring
Normal = Wonderful
By Rabbi Avi Shafran

For too many, sadly, life merely beats the alternative



Controversy!
A bitter battle for control of America's oldest synagogue
By Michelle R. Smith

The future the 250-year-old Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island may be decided today at a bench trial in US District Court in Providence



ISIS' War on Jewish History
Hebrew inscriptions, jewels of Palmyra's Jewish past, may be lost forever
By Ilan Ben Zion

Among the archaeological gems from Palmyra, the pearl of Syria's desert, at risk after the Islamic State's takeover last week are vestiges of its Jewish past, including the longest Biblical Hebrew inscription from antiquity: the opening verses of the Shema carved into a stone doorway (Above)



Coupling
11 ways to know if you are in a healthy relationship
By Emily Cummings

You may be happy now but should you continue?

Recognize the warning signs before it's too late --- they may not be that obvious






OOPS!
The Promises and Perils of Synthetic Biology
By David Ferry

Synbio was going to save the world. Now it's being used to make vanilla flavoring

FASCINATING



Nutrition
Are Freezing, Microwaving, And Drying Processes Killing Your Food's Nutrition?
By Samantha Olson

Most of us try to eat healthy every day, but what if the fruit and vegetables we're consuming are already damaged by the time they land on our plate?


Kanfer book




Ye$ You Can
How to Earn Up to 5% Interest From Your Bank
By Carolyn Bigda and Kathy Kristof

Banks pay almost nothing today, but a few offer generous returns if you follow certain rules



Consumer Intelligence
Take Charge of Your Credit
By Miriam Cross

New rules phased in over the next three years will make it easier to correct mistakes on your credit report. Until then, this is what you must know

IN-DEPTH



Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Alicia Ross

Part-adult smoothie, part-cold soup course and part-cocktail: Fruit soup shots add cool blast to warm summer evenings


4 books


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

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




Nate Beeler

John Cole

Paul Combs

John Darkow

Matt Davies

Jake Fuller

Walt Handelsman

Joe Heller

David Hitch

David Hitch BONUS!

David Hitch BONUS!

Jerry Holbert

Lee Judge

Steve Kelley

Jeff Koterba

Jimmy Margulies

Steve Sack

Gary Varvel

Michael Ramirez

Monica Crowley: Tom Steyer, Pope Francis, and climate change hypocrisy

Phil Perrier: Spy Pigeon Jailed In India




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Mark Steyn: Boy Meets Girl

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Bright Ideas

Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers

Reg Henry: Bad movies bond guys in critical way

Ann McFeatters: A little good news to go with the bad

(WHAT?!) Girl players leave high school soccer game after complaints from Muslim boys' team

Bill Whalen: Sorting The Republicans' 2016 Kingdom

Jay Ambrose: Will robots put you out of work?

Jeff Jacoby: It's socialism, not deodorant, that starves the poor

Jonathan Bernstein: George Pataki has a pro-choice problem

Albert R. Hunt: It's small stuff that wrecks presidential runs

Stephen Moore: GOP gluttons back into the hot tub

Laura Hollis: The Quiet 'Revolutions' of Personal Choice

Debra J. Saunders: All the World's a Stage --- Even San Quentin

Dick Morris: Nepotism Queen Chelsea Doesn't See Jobs As Challenge For Young

Bruce Bialosky: Is a College Education Still Worth the Cost?

Robert J. Samuelson: Economy caught in a vicious cycle of its own fear and ignorance

Joseph Curl: Obama's administration claiming dominion over all of America's streams, creeks, rills, ditches, brooks, rivulets, burns, tributaries, criks, wetlands -- perhaps even puddles -- in a sweeping move to assert unilateral federal authority

George Will: A summer break from campus muzzling

Mallard Filmore

Dry Bones




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