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PONDERABLE

"God causes events to coincide, and we call them 'coincidences'."

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Outlook
The secret to capturing a moment for eternity
By Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier

Behind terse verse often lay inspirational gems waiting to be revealed.

A world renowned lecturer mines a well known biblical "story" to do just that


 

Reality Check
How 'greater Israel' has reached a crucial juncture
By Griff Witte

Jewish pioneers, after sacrificing for decades, see the Trump era as a chance to forever kill off the chances of a 'Palestinian' state

Get A Job!
Here's how to ace the job interview
By Rachel Loock

Whether you are interviewing for the first time or fifth time, here's things to remember

Wellness
Calm down, everybody! New guidelines on infants and peanuts -- from one of the world's foremost medical research centers -- may contradict everything you've heard before
By Ariana Eunjung Cha

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has just released formal, detailed guidelines for pediatricians and allergists

Passionate Parenting
We are sending kids the wrong message about adulthood. Here's what needs to change
By Judy Mollen Walters

The hard truth many of today's parents may not want to hear

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

Winter's finest vegetables are the heart of this savory, stunningly colorful bisque

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On this day in . . .

• 1297, Francois Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco

• 1790, President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York

• 1815, the War of 1812: During the Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British

• 1835, the United States national debt is zero for the only time

• 1889, Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' --- his punched card calculator

• 1918, President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I

• 1940, during World War II: Britain introduces food rationing

• 1963, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

• 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States

• 1973, The Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins

• 1975, Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband

• 1982, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions

• 1993, thousands gathered at Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion in Memphis to purchase the first issue of a stamp honoring the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" on what would have been his 58th birthday

• 2002, President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act

• 2004 , the RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II

• 2007, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced he would nationalize the nation's telecommunications and electric power industries controlled by U.S. companies

• 2011, the attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store, for which Jared Lee Loughner is subsequently arrested, kills six people and wounds 13, including Giffords

• 2015, three dissidents were abruptly released in what a leading human rights advocate said was part of Cuba's deal with Washington to release 53 members of the island's political opposition

• 2016, North Korea said that it had conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test, a claim greeted with widespread skepticism



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