Jewish World Review
Tuesday November 22, 2016
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Humor of all types is notoriously subjective. That's true not only between different people but even within an individual at different times. This subjectivity is often masked when your in a group because laughter is contagious.
— Robert Mankoff

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Dennis Prager: Feminism Makes Weak Women

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: These Shoes Weren't Made for Walkin' | The Entrepreneurial Spirit

Argus Hamilton's: News in Zingers (SUPER SIZED)

Cal Thomas: Black America since MLK

Christine M. Flowers: Protesting, privileged college kids know nothing about social injustice

Marc A. Thiessen:'Hamilton' and the implosion of the American left

Andrew Malcolm: Watch for the useful theater around Trump's interviews for his Cabinet

Byron York: Attorney General Jeff Sessions is Dems' nightmare

Kelly Riddell: The left attacks Jeff Sessions on his past, but excuses Keith Ellison

Matt Lewis: Trump and Twitter: He's mastered a latter-day 'fireside chat'

John Kass: How to survive a post-election meltdown on Thanksgiving

Jay Ambrose: Critics give Trump's excesses run for the money

Amanda Carpenter: If anyone wants to blame women for Trump's win, they ought to start with Hillary Clinton

Rich Lowry: Trump's supposed 'Muslim registry' is just more fake news

Wesley Pruden: The continuing education of the reluctant scholar

Thomas Sowell: Backward-Looking 'Progressives'

Mallard Filmore


THINK TOONS


Nate Beeler

Lisa Benson

Chip Bok

Jake Fuller

Bob Gorrell

Dave Granlund

Dave Granlund BONUS!

Steve Kelley

Jimmy Margulies

RJ Matson

Dana Summers

Gary Varvel

Michael Ramirez


Archive
He wrote the songs that made our souls sing
By Binyamin L. Jolkovsky


Over the weekend, one of this century's most influential composers and singers of biblically themed (Chassidic) music passed away in Brooklyn at the age of 92.

Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker abhored the limelight.

In 2008, however, JWR's Gavriel Aryeh Sanders managed to score a rare interview with him in which he discusses the historic back story of one of his most popular songs, provided, which is known to stir the soul.

You need not be familiar with Jewish liturgy or have fluency in the Holy Tongue to be uplifted by this audio presentation.





Declassified
Trump's National Security Picks Want to Air Obama's Iran Secrets
By Eli Lake


For years, many Republicans and conservatives have charged that President Barack Obama was shielding embarrassing intelligence and policy details about Iran in order to support the nuclear deal reached last year



Coupling
9 reasons why your relationship is going nowhere
By Hannah Rose


Help save a marriage --- yours or a friend's





Complexities
A Nobel that helps explain the hole in a bagel
By Mark Buchanan


The 2016 winners in Physics seems to have left many people perplexed



Wellness
The breathing trick that can make you more productive
By Seth Porges


The idea that breathing exercises can somehow calm you down is an ancient one. But few people understand exactly how breathing can relieve stress and increase workplace productivity



Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Diane Rossen Worthington


Simple soup offers cozy comfort in cool weather








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Sean Delonas

Nate Beeler

Lisa Benson

Chip Bok

John Darkow

Bob Gorrell

Dave Granlund

Jake Fuller

Gary Varvel

Adam Zyglis

Michael Ramirez



Marilyn Penn: Manchester By the Sea: A Review

Dennis Byrne: Donald Trump to Democrats:'I won'





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Mark Steyn: Advice for the Loyal Opposition (SPOT ON)

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

Argus Hamilton's The News in Zingers

The Fact Checker: The Truth Behind the Rhetoric: The claim that '99 percent of women have used birth control'

Jeff Jacoby: Eminent injustice in cranberry country

Mona Charen: Reconciliation

Michael Reagan: The Trump Transition Tizzy

(FOREIGNER'S VIEW) Leonid Bershidsky: Where to look for covert Russian influence

Kathleen Parker: 2016's biggest loser: Truth and consequences

Dan Balz: From an improbable to first independent president

Amber Phillips: 10 things to know about Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general

Bruce Bialosky: Thoughts vs. Feelings

Debra J. Saunders: 'Sanctuary' Means Career Criminals Can Run and Hide

Edward Luttwak: Enough hysterics. Donald Trump's foreign policy isn't reckless or radical

George Will: Higher education is awash with hysteria. That might have helped elect Trump

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore



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