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Jewish World Review

Jan. 31, 2008
Ignorance is bliss only to the ignorant. —  Rabbi Shraga Silverstein


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people of the book
Were They Really So Wrong?
By Jonathan S. Tobin

Neocon ideas are believed to have sunk Bush, but are the alternatives realistic?




on media
Jewish TV network going national
By Lisa J. Huriash

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America gets first-of-its-kind cable channel tomorrow

4 books


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NOW IN ARTICLE FORM!

"Conversations with Yourself: A practical guide to greater happiness, self-development and self-empowerment"

The quality of your life is the quality of your on-going self-talk!

Most people unconsciously engage in internal self-talk, and in this series, best-selling author Rabbi Zelig Pliskin guides the reader to achieve conscious awareness of meandering mental chatter and to transform it into a steady stream of purposeful thought.

Today: ‘I Should Have …’

[ JWisdom — Awesome Audio ]

Today: Great Jewish Questions: So --- Why All The Jewish Hand Washing? by Rabbi Mordechai Becher

Is ritual hand washing a significant part of observant Jewish life or is it a subtle form of OCD? Three enlightening answers

RUN TIME: 8 minutes

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The Wizard of Id
9 to 5
Andy Capp
Baloo
Bliss
The Born Loser
Bound and Gagged
Bottom Liners
Flo & Friends
Frank & Ernest
The Grizzwells
Herman
Mallard Filmore
Moderately Confused
Momma
One Big Happy
The Other Coast
Prickly City
Shoe
State of the Union




Robert Arial
Chuck Asay
Chip Bok
John Branch
John Cole
Paul Combs
John Deering
Brian Duffy
Jake Fuller
Joe Heller
Jerry Holbert
Steve Kelley
Dick Locher
Kevin Siers
Scott Stantis
Danna 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.)

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Savvy Consumer by Vicki Lee Parker: Account can help you save

Four ways to botch estate planning

Dr. Peter H. Gott: Hypothyroidism likely cause of nausea, cramping

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Heather Robinson: They All Follow the Crowd, Man

Arnold Ahlert: The Three Amigos

Marilyn Penn: Judea Pearl's Confusion



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Victor Davis Hanson: Dems want to lose — but GOPers don't want to win

Argus Hamilton skewers politics and contemporary "culture"


NADER WARNS BLOOMBERG NOT TO RUN
Only room for one egomaniac in race, activist says
  —  Andy Borowitz


Jeff Jacoby: Congress helps itself. Again.

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Bob Tyrrell: Bill's Red Neck

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