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Outlook
Warped 'wisdom'
By Rabbi Berel Wein


Popularizing the Bible for the masses as psychodrama, a rebuke of history and psychology is not elevating it or ourselves


 


Most Pro-Israel Presidency Yet?
Trump, Netanyahu put the kibosh on Obama's 'eff you, Israel' plans
By Guy Taylor



The Jewish community threw their weight behind Obama twice and with just days before leaving office, he wanted to say 'thank you'





Reality Check
Israel and the rising new West
By Caroline B. Glick



Next year will see general elections in Holland, France and Germany, and nationalist parties in all three countries are likely to win or at a minimum be profoundly strengthened

MUST-READ





Controversy
Jewish family flees town after being falsely blamed for canceling a school's Christmas play
By Colby Itkowitz



They received threats after a local news report triggered stories in Fox News and Breitbart





Wellness
Almond drink? Soy juice? Some lawmakers want to crack down on what can be sold as 'milk'
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.


Call it the war on milk, or perhaps the war on what's not milk





Last Minute
15 fantastic non-toy gifts for the holidays
By Jamie Davis Smith


Gifts that they will use!



Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Susan Barocas


4 exotic recipes for authentic alternatives to ubiquitous potato pancakes (Includes a history of the 'it' Chanukah food)


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Sean Delonas

Nate Beeler

Chip Bok

Dave Granlund

Rick McKee

Michael Ramirez



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On this day in . . .


1783, George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis

1788, Maryland passed an act to cede an area "not exceeding 10 miles square" for the seat of the national government; about 2/3 of the area became the District of Columbia

1913, the Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve

1947, the transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories

1948, seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo

1958, dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world's highest self-supporting iron tower

1968, the 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea

1970, the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattanis topped out at 1,368 feet, making it the tallest building in the world

1972, the 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism

1979, Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital

1986, Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling

2006, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment; Iran immediately rejected the resolution

2009, Richard and Mayumi Heene, the parents who'd pulled the "balloon boy" hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show, were sentenced by a judge in Fort Collins, Colo. to jail --- 90 days for him, 20 days for her.

2010, Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled that former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was a resident of the city and therefore eligible to run for mayor. (He eventually won.)

2012, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's eldest son, Tagg, said his father "wanted to be president less than anyone I've met in my life," the Boston Globe reported

2014, the movie "The Interview" was put back into theaters when Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a limited release of the comedy that had provoked an international incident with North Korea and outrage over its canceled showing

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Amber Phillips & Aaron Blake: 7 hugely important races for governor that GOPers must guard to cement governing control of America

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Bright Ideas

Greg Crosby: Year 2017 Coming Right Up

Mona Charen: One Man's Impact

Bernard Goldberg: They Preach Diversity at the New York Times -- But Don't Practice It

L. Brent Bozell III: The real War on Christmas . . . is a real war

Suzanne Fields: Putin and Trump: a Very Odd Couple

(RUSSIAN-GERMAN JOURNO) Leonid Bershidsky: Why I don't yet buy the Russian hacking story

David Filipov: Russia's President Vladimir Putin to Democratic Party: Get over it, losers

David Limbaugh: Dems Care About Their Power, Not About Russian Hacking

Jonah Goldberg: Media guilty of double standard on terror attacks

Rich Lowry: The biggest danger for Trump is being captured by the GOP

Charles Krauthammer: The bill for Obama's abdication of American authority abroad comes due

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore

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