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The intersection of faith, culture and politics
Weekend of June 16-18, 2017

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"Praying only for oneself is like ... refusing to assist fellow citizens in the repair of their walls ... In a congregation, one makes up for the defects of the other."

--- Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi

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Inspired Living
Conflicting visions: Religion v. 'reality'
By Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo

The need -- and duty -- to view life (and our world) as it truly is

Profound concepts; simple language

Reality Check
Burying Obama's legacy
By Caroline B. Glick

Obama and his failed policy paradigm were roundly rebuffed this week, leaving no doubt where the current administration stands

OOPS!
Tillerson Flip-Flops on Palestinian Prisoner Payments
By Jack Moore

The U.S. secretary of state changes his mind, twice

Prevent a Divorce!
14 ways to be the worst wife in the world (without realizing it)
By McKenna Park

Sure, you love your hubby dearly. But if you are doing these things, he's resenting you. It's not too late --- yet

You know somebody who should be reading this article

Investing Strategies
Why Most Stocks Are Stinkers (and What You Can Do About It)
By Steven Goldberg

A handful of stocks is responsible for virtually all the gains in the stock market since 1926. The rest...

Wellness
People think juice is good for them. They're wrong
By Heather Ferris, Elvira Isganaitis & Florence Brown

Step away from the juice bar

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Ellie Krieger

A sumptuous breakfast, straight from the heart

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On this day in . . .

• 1487, during the Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses

• 1779, Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the siege of Gibraltar begins

• 1858, as he accepted the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

• 1871, University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology

• 1883, baseball's first "Ladies' Day" took place as the New York Gothams offered women free admission to a game against the Cleveland Spiders. (New York won, 5-2.)

• 1897, a treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later

• 1903, Ford Motor Company incorporates

• 1955, Pope Pius XII excommunicated Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron for expelling two priests from his country. (However, the ban was effectively lifted in 1963 when the Catholic Church declared that Peron had merely been threatened with excommunication)

• 1958, the Supreme Court, in Kent v. Dulles, ruled that artist Rockwell Kent could not be denied a passport because of his communist affiliations

• 1976, the Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children

• 1978, President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties

• 2011, U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., announced he would resign after admitting he sent sexually suggestive photos on online social networks Facebook and Twitter. He left office the following week

• 1999, Kathleen Ann Soliah, a fugitive member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, was captured in St. Paul, Minn., where she had made a new life under the name Sara Jane Olson

• 2000, Israel withdraws from Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms. ALSO: Federal regulators approved the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corp.; the new entity became Verizon Communications Inc.

• 2003, a divided Supreme Court said the government can force medication on mentally ill criminal defendants only in the rarest of circumstances

• 2007, a North Carolina State Bar disciplinary committee said disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong would be disbarred for his disastrous prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused

• 2008, a California Supreme Court ruling that overturned the state's bans on homosexual marriage became final at 5:01 p.m. Pacific time

• 2012, Egyptians began going to the polls for a two-day runoff to choose their first freely elected president; Islamist candidate Mohammed Morsi emerged the winner. AND: China launched its most ambitious space mission to date, carrying its first female astronaut, Liu Yang, and two male colleagues on a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that ended safely

• 2016, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, in a livestream to his supporters from Vermont, said he would work with Hillary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party, adding that his "political revolution" had to continue and ensure the defeat of Republican Donald Trump

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