Nov. 20, 2009 Rabbi David Aaron: How to make every second of your life come first Caroline B. Glick: Whither American Jewry Nov. 19, 2009 Binyamin L. Jolkovsky: Please Listen to this Godcast (5 minutes) Jonathan Tobin: ADL Crosses the Line with Report Bashing Obama Critics Nov. 18, 2009 Rabbi Yonason Goldson: What Judaism has to say about the secret of the Mona Lisa's smile JWisdom.com: The (Jewish) Dating Game with Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff (8 minutes) Nov. 17, 2009 Steven Emerson: How Does the 4th Amendment Impact Terror Finance Investigations? JWisdom.com: If Frank Sinatra married Edith Piaf with Rabbi Y.Y. Rubinstein (2 minutes) Life lessons from what would be regarded as the most inappropriate lyrics ever sung Nov. 16, 2009 The Jewish Ethicist by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir : When borrowing is stealing JWisdom.com: Deconstructing faith with Rabbi Warren Goldstein (9 minutes) Nov. 13, 2009 JWisdom.com Sarah's subjective reality with Rabbi Sroy Levitansky ( 6 minutes) Caroline B. Glick: Obama's failure, Netanyahu's opportunity Nov. 12, 2009 The Kosher Gourmet By Marialisa Calta : A sweet sweet potato treat JWisdom.com Does God get tired? with Rabbi Harvey Belovski ( 5 minutes) Nov. 11, 2009 Rabbi Avi Shafran: Jews and money: When anti-Semitism isn't JWisdom.com Marriages are not made in Heaven with Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff (VERY fast 15 minutes) Nov. 10, 2009 Michael Doyle: Author of book exposing CAIR ordered to remove supporting documents from Web JWisdom.com If the creation so loudly shouts the existence of the Creator, why aren't more people believers? with Rabbi Naftali Brawer (9 minutes) Nov. 9, 2009 Mark Steyn: Shooter exposes hole in U.S. terror strategy JWisdom.com It's never too late to have a happy childhood with Sarah Chana Radcliffe (5 minutes) Nov. 6, 2009 Rabbi Berel Wein: Choosing to hear JWisdom.com Zero to 1/60th: How to Empower An Hour with Gavriel Aryeh Sande (7 minutes) Caroline B. Glick The mullahs' big week Suzanne Fields A Fallen Wall for Fallen Man Nov. 5, 2009 The Kosher Gourmet: Three scrumptious -- but simple -- butternut squash dishes JWisdom.com Hidden Hints: Unlocking Faith & Prayer with Rabbi Jay Yaacov Schwartz (10 minutes) Nov. 4, 2009 Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger: Should prayers be covered? JWisdom.com When God played peacemaker With Rabbi Sroy Levitansky (5 minutes) Nov. 3, 2009 Martin Peretz: Beware, Barack. Beware, Rahm. Beware, Axelrod JWisdom.com Are you are closet idolater? With Sara Yoheved Rigler (10 minutes) Nov. 2, 2009 Paul Greenberg: The Holocaust is now on Facebook JWisdom.com Abraham's Strange Change With Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer (5 minutes) Oct. 29, 2003 Mortimer B. Zuckerman: Graffiti On History's Walls (MUST-READ!)

Jewish World Review April 12, 2006 / 14 Nissan, 5766 Who cares about Katie Couric? By Kathryn Lopez http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Forgive me if I don't get all sisterly joyful over "Today Show" co-host Katie Couric's milestone move to CBS. Forgive me if I laugh at the use of the word "milestone." It's 2006, and I just can't get excited about the fact that "she's gonna make it after all." And don't we have more important people — even media people — to talk about? "Couric would be the first woman in broadcast network history to fly solo at 6:30 p.m.," Howard Kurtz reported in an early story on the Couric move. Of course, that woman thing, besides the undisclosed raise she's getting on her $15 million to $16 million a year salary, is what makes her career move big news. And Howard Kurtz is a media reporter, so of course it is news to him. But, more broadly speaking, why is it news? The nightly news isn't even the big deal it once was. According to "The State of the News Media 2004," the "big three" no longer have the impact — the audiences — they once did. (In 1969, 85 percent of American homes were tuned in. Today, you can subtract that by 59 percent.) I am no more interested in Couric hosting "The CBS Evening News" than I would be if Matt Lauer were. It should be just as interesting (not very) if Matt were getting an evening-anchor gig. She may have more hair, but her questions can be just as asinine. In fact, the Couric buzz is only interesting in ways that are irritating. First off, who hasn't heard all about how men and women are supposedly equal? Equal pay for equal work! Half and half the household chores! Such popularly accepted mantras always ignore that a) many wage discrepancies reflect time women take off in their careers to have and/or raise children; b) the obvious fact that moms and dads are different, each with difference choices and responsibilities. But, anyway, point here is: If we're so equal, why hail Katie more than a Lester Holt or any other male would could have plausibly gotten the spot? And if we have to focus on women in the media, there's a multitude of women much more interesting than Katie Couric. Take these two examples: Syrian journalist Bahia Mardini and Yemeni Rahma Hugira. As Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute points out, "When U.S. journalists report the news, they need only worry about their ratings. When their Middle Eastern counterparts do so, they must worry about the safety of their husbands and children. The families of both Bahia Mardini and Rahma Hugira have paid a price, yet they do not hesitate. Their boldness makes U.S. obsession with fashion, style, and Katie Couric seem petty and sad." Now it's not quite fair to compare Couric to gals whose lives are in serious danger under the brutal hand of tyranny. So how about a little closer to home? Claudia Rosett, who covered the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in China, exposed labor camps in North Korea and writes for the "Wall Street Journal," among other places, is the bane of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's existence — and thankfully so. For a while, Rosett seemed to be single-handedly exposing the corrupt Oil-for-Food scandal, which robbed the Iraqi people of much-needed aid. Don't get me wrong. I read "People" on the train. And I was a tad obsessed with Katie's convenient black ensembles during the days after the 2004 presidential elections (mourning George Bush's victory). But it's not all that important. And neither is Katie's new job Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. Comment by clicking here. Archives © 2006, Newspaper Enterprise Assn.

Arnold Ahlert  Mitch Albom  Michael Barone   Dave Barry  Tony Blankley  Andy Borowitz  David Broder  Stratfor Briefing  Mona Charen  Linda Chavez  Ann Coulter  Greg Crosby  Larry Elder  Suzanne Fields  John Fund  Frank J. Gaffney  Lloyd Garver  Jonah Goldberg  Julia Gorin  Jonathan Gurwitz  Paul Greenberg  Lewis Grossberger  Victor Davis Hanson  Betsy Hart  Nat Hentoff  David Horowitz  Laura Ingraham  Cheri Jacobus Jeff Jacoby  Paul Johnson  Jack Kelly  Ed Koch  Ch. Krauthammer  Michael Ledeen  John Leo  David Limbaugh  Kathryn Lopez  Rich Lowry  Michelle Malkin  Jackie Mason  Dick Morris  Bill O'Reilly  Jim Mullen  Clarence Page  Kathleen Parker  Dennis Prager  Wesley Pruden  Tom Purcell  Jonathan Rauch  Celia Rivenbark  Robert Robb  Cokie & Steve Roberts  Pat Sajak  Debra J. Saunders  Culture Shlock  Roger Simon  Michael Smerconish  Thomas Sowell  Mark Steyn  John Stossel  Cal Thomas  Bob Tyrrell  Diana West  Dave Weinbaum  George Will  Walter Williams  Byron York  Mort Zuckerman  Robert Arial  Chuck Asay  Baloo  Chip Bok  Dry Bones   Lisa Benson  John Branch  Gary Brookins  John Cole  J. D. Crowe  John Deering  Brian Duffy  Everything's Relative  Mallard Fillmore  Jake Fuller  Bob Gorrel  Joe Heller  David Hitch  Jerry Holber  Steve Kelley  Jeff Koterba  Dick Locher  Chan Lowe  Ranan R. Lurie  Jimmy Margulies  Rick McKee  Michael Ramirez  Kevin Siers  Jeff Stahler  Ed Stein  Danna Summers  John Trever  Gary Varvel  Kirk Walters  How 2  Lori Borgman  The Savvy Consumer  Elder matters  Fixit  Dr. Peter Gott  GET A JOB! by Marty Nemko  Richard Lederer  Tech Maven  Every Monday Matters  Nutrition Myths  Bookmark These  Bruce Williams  How Stuff Works