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Weekend of July 22-24, 2016

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--- Martin Buber

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Outlook
Balaam and Dostoevsky
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

A man can be an acclaimed spiritual leader, gifted poet and prophetic orator, and simultaneously be an evil bigot, capable of genocidal schemes

Etc.
Russian synagogue with dark past invites Pokemon hunters
By Cnaan Liphshiz

Bucks almost universal agreement about appropriateness and decorum

The Human Condition
Babies and their situational ethics
By Ana Swanson

How researchers convinced babies to abandon their morals

Wellness
7 things you believe about your teeth that aren't true
By Dr. Benjamin Greene

Over the years, stories have circulated that have misled people about their dental health. Here are seven common myths about your teeth

Wealth Strategies
3 Best Mutual Funds to Buy When Everyone Else Is Panicking
By Kent Thune

When the market inevitably tanks again, these mutual funds stand to benefit

Life Hacks
How to prevent a dispute with a home contractor from blowing up in your face
By Jill Chodorov

If you refuse to pay for shoddy work, the remodeler could file a mechanic's lien --- which ultimately could result in the forced sale of your home to pay the debt

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Visi R. Tilak

These bold and intense Indian flavors charm and tingle the taste buds (5 RECIPES!)

[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]

• Nate Beeler

• Matt Davies

• Bob Englehart

• Bob Gorrell

• Dave Granlund

• David Horsey

• RJ Matson

• Rick McKee

• Jack Ohman

• Dana Summers

• Gary Varvel

• Michael Ramirez

Mark Davis: Cruz should recognize that only thing that matters is defeating Clinton

Julia Gorin: CNN Headline: Albanian Couple Arrested in France Attack

[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ]

On this day in . . .

• 1376, according to German legend, a piper -- having not been paid for ridding the town of Hamelin of its rats --- led the town's children away, never to be seen again

• 1793, Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing north of Mexico

• 1796, surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party

• 1864, during the American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta, outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill

• 1916, a bomb hidden in a suitcase exploded during a Preparedness Day parade on San Francisco's Market Street, killing 10 people and wounding 40. The parade was in support of the United States' entrance into World War I

• 1933, Wiley Post becomes first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes

• 1934, outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents

• 1937, the United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States

• 1942, the Nazis, ym"sh, began transporting Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp. ALSO: the United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands

• 1975, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in voting to restore the American citizenship of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee

• 1987, in a dramatic turnaround, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev indicates that he is willing to negotiate a ban on intermediate-range nuclear missiles without conditions. Gorbachev's decision paved the way for the groundbreaking Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with the United States

• 1991, police in Milwaukee arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer

• 1994, O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. ALSO: A U.S. federal judge ordered The Citadel, a state-financed military college in Charleston, S.C., to open its doors to women

• 1995, Susan Smith was convicted by a jury in Union, S.C., of first-degree murder for drowning her two sons. (She is now serving life in prison.)

• 1998, President Clinton, with Republican lawmakers at his side, signed a bill designed to mold the Internal Revenue Service into a friendlier, fairer tax collector. ALSO: Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia

• 2003, members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, whose actoins were almost as evil as their father's

• 2004, the September 11th commission issued a report saying America's leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the devastating attacks of 9/11, but stopping short of blaming President George W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton

• 2010, congressional investigators said U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N,Y, appeared to have violated several ethics rules but the probe would continue before deciding on any further steps toward the 80-year-old former House Ways and Means chairman

• 2014, a Hamas rocket exploded near Israel's main airport, prompting a ban on flights from the U.S. and many from Europe and Canada. ALSO: Johann Breyer, an 89-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect, died at a Philadelphia hospital hours before a U.S. ruling that he should be extradited to Germany to face trial

• 2015, prosecutors in Colorado urged the death penalty for Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes, saying he deliberately and cruelly killed 12 people (Holmes ended up being sentenced to life in prison when the jury could not unanimously agree on execution). AND: Federal grand jury indictment charged Dylann Roof, the young man accused of killing nine black church members in Charleston, South Carolina, with 33 counts including hate crimes that made him eligible for the death penalty.

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