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July 2, 2009

Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski: The hallmark of a person

Abe Novick: Up, up, and aliya

July 1, 2009

Rabbi Avi Shafran: The Road Taken

The Kosher Gourmet by Marialisa Calta: Get into the holiday spirit with these Star-Spangled desserts

June 30, 2009

Rabbi Binyomin Ginsberg: What makes a great parent?

Caroline B. Glick: Ideologue-in-Chief

June 29, 2009

The Jewish Ethicist by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir: Beware of 'Caveat Emptor'

Steven Emerson: ACLU pushing for more money for Hamas

June 26, 2009

Rabbi Yoni Posnick: Learn the secret to a healthy marriage from a scriptural villain

Caroline B. Glick: Barack Obama vs. International Law

June 25, 2009

Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf: The Absurd Power of Truth

Jordan "Gorf" Gorfinkle's strip: Everything's Relative

June 24, 2009

Rabbi Yonason Goldson: Advancement of technology is a wake-up call for humanity

The Kosher Gourmet by Andrea Weigl: Summer on a stick: Making frozen treats can be easy, creative and fun

June 23, 2009

Martin M. Bodek: 'On Surnames': And so, We Begin

Caroline B. Glick: The Obama Effect

June 22, 2009

The Jewish Ethicist by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir: Working for a corrupt firm

N. Richard Greenfield : Where are American Jews?

June 19, 2009

Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski: Emotion v. intellect

Caroline B. Glick: Israel's rare opportunity

June 18, 2009

Jonathan Rosenblum: Sometimes it is more essential to define the nature of evil than good

Jordan "Gorf" Gorfinkle's strip: Everything's Relative

June 17, 2009

Rabbi Yonason Goldson: The Language of Confusion

The Kosher Gourmet by Linda Gassenheimer: Nothing pleases Dad more than a thick, juicy onion-smothered steak. Add home-Baked Potato Chips and …

June 16, 2009

The Jewish Ethicist by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir: Career v. Careersism

Caroline B. Glick: Obama's losing streak and Israel

Richard Z. Chesnoff: ‘Palestinians’: Never Missing an Opportunity …

June 15, 2009

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu: How Judea and Samaria can become 'Palestine'

Daniel Pipes: Where Netanyahu's speech failed

June 12, 2009

Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski: Some big thoughts about not acting so big

Caroline B. Glick: Obama's High Commissioner

June 11, 2009

Victor Davis Hanson: Our historically challenged President

Mitch Albom: Beware the True Believers

Lewis Grossberger: What we learn from the new Hitler photos

June 10, 2009

Mort Zuckerman: What Obama and his advisors won't -- or refuse to -- grasp about Israel and the Muslim world

The Kosher Gourmet by Steve Petusevsky Lotsa pasta: Tips, techniques and (amazing) taste

June 9, 2009

Anne Bayefsky: Obama's stunning offense to Israel and the Jewish people

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.: America's first Muslim president?

June 8, 2009

The Jewish Ethicist by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir: Merchant must take responsibility for careless shopper?

Mark Steyn: A superpower that feeds on mediocrity cannot survive for long on leftovers from the past

Richard Z. Chesnoff: How do you say 'kumbaya' in Arabic?

June 5, 2009

Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski: In quest of spirituality

Caroline B. Glick: Obama's Arabian dreams

Charles Krauthammer: The Settlements Myth

June 4, 2009

Paul Greenberg: The War Comes to Little Rock

The Kosher Gourmet by Judy Hevrdejs: Splash it on! Tap your inner jazz musician and improvise when stirring up a vinaigrette

June 3, 2009

The Jewish Ethicist by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir: Q. Should terrible teacher be exposed?

Jonathan Rosenblum: The Israel Lobby: Missing in Action

June 2, 2009

Dennis Prager: The Speech President Obama Won't Dare Give in Egypt

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.: Pressure on Israel raises war risk

Oct. 29, 2003
Mortimer B. Zuckerman: Graffiti On History's Walls (MUST-READ!)

Jewish World Review January 4, 2008 / 26 Teves, 5768

Doornails of 2007

By Greg Crosby


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http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | For those who are keeping score, here is a list of notable people who checked out this past year. You will undoubtedly find more than a couple of surprises here.

JANUARY
Tillie Olsen (writer)
Yvonne De Carlo (actress)
Iwao Takamoto (animator)
Carlo Ponti (producer)
Robert Anton Wilson (author)
Ron Carey (actor)
Art Buchwald (columnist)
Denny Doherty (actor/singer)
Emiliano Mercado Del Toro (World's oldest man, 2005-2007) Died January 24, 2007. Born August 21, 1891. Also the world's oldest person for the month before his death.

Tige Andrews (actor/painter)
Bob Carroll, Jr. (writer)
Charles L. Fontenay (journalist/writer)
Sidney Sheldon (writer/producer)
Molly Ivins (writer)

FEBRUARY
Gian Carlo Menotti (composer)
Barbara McNair (singer/actress)
Frankie Laine (singer)
Anna Nicole Smith (model)
Ian Richardson (actor)
Walker Edmiston (cartoon voice)
Joseph Gallo (businessman)
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (historian)

MARCH
Thomas Eagleton (senator)
Ernest Gallo (businessman)
John Inman (actor)
Brad Delp (musician)
Richard Jeni (comedian)
Betty Hutton (actress)
John Backus (compiler developer)
Calvert DeForest (comic)
Luther Ingram (singer/songwriter)
David Honigsberg (writer/rabbi)

APRIL
Benjamin "Bob" Clark (director/writer)
Stan Daniels (writer/producer)
Johnny Hart (cartoonist)
Barry Nelson (actor)
Roscoe Lee Browne (actor)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (writer, teacher)
Don Ho (entertainer)
Kitty Carlisle Hart (actress/game show participant)
Paul Erdman (economist, writer)
David Halberstam (writer)
Boris Yeltsin (former Russian president)
Warren Avis (entreprenuer)
Bobby "Boris" Pickett (singer/songwriter)
Jack Valenti (former MPAA chief)
Al Hunter Ashton (writer/actor)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor)
Dabbs Greer (actor)
Tommy Newsom (saxophonist/arranger)
Tom Poston (actor/comic)
Gordon Scott (actor)

MAY
Walter Schirra, Jr. (astronaut/businessman)
Terry Ryan (writer)
Lloyd Alexander (writer)
Charles Nelson Reilly (director/comedian)

JUNE
Steve Gilliard (writer)
Edwin Traisman (food scientist)
Mala Powers (actress/teacher)
Don Herbert (teacher)
Kurt Waldheim (U. N. chief/Austrian president)
Ed Friendly (TV producer/racehorse owner)
Bob Evans (entrepreneur/farmer)
Liz Claiborne (fashion designer)
Fred Saberhagen (writer)
Joel Siegel (movie critic)

JULY
Beverly Sills (opera singer/chair of the Met)
Boots Randolph (saxophonist)
Kerwin Mathews (actor)
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (writer)
Charles Lane (actor)
Doug Marlette (cartoonist)
Lady Bird Johnson (former First Lady)
William Tuttle (Make-up artist)
Tom Snyder (Talk show host)
Michelangelo Antonioni (director)
Ingmar Bergman (director)

AUGUST
Merv Griffin (singer/producer)
Phil Rizzutto (sportscaster/baseball player)
Brooke Astor (philanthropist)
Max Roach (jazz drummer/composer)
Leona Helmsley (businesswoman/ex-con)
Miyoshi Umeki (actress)

SEPTEMBER
Madeleine L'Engle (writer)
Luciano Pavarotti (opera star)
Jane Wyman (actress)
Brett Somers (actress)
Alice Ghostley (actress)
Marcel Marceau (French mime, member of the French Resistance, helped hide Jewish children from the Nazis and later served as a translator for US troops) Lois Maxwell (actress)

OCTOBER
George Grizzard (actor)
Robert Bussard (physicist)
Carol Bruce (actress)
Lonny Chapman (actor/teacher)
Deborah Kerr (actress)
Joey Bishop (comedian)
Teresa Brewer (singer)
Peg Bracken (writer)
Eve Curie Labouisse (humanitarian/writer)
Friedman Paul "Chef Tell" Erhardt (chef/writer)
Porter Wagoner (country singer)
Robert Goulet (singer/actor)

NOVEMBER
Paul Tibbets (pilot)
Laraine Day (actress)
Norman Mailer (writer) Delbert Mann (director)
Ira Levin (writer)
Dick Wilson (actor Mr. Whipple in the Charmin commercials)
Herbert Saffir (Building engineer)
Robert Cade (nephrologist)
Evel Knievel (Daredevil)

DECEMBER
Ike Turner (singer/songwriter)
Judith Meuli (writer)
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman (musician/actor)
Dan Fogelberg (singer/songwriter)
Michael Kidd (choreographer/ dancer)
Oscar Peterson (jazz pianist)
Benazir Bhutto (politician)


One year, so many celebrities. I don't think I've missed anyone of note in this list — if I have, let me know. Happy New Year and remember one thing about this world of ours … no one gets out of it alive! Enjoy yourself and be good to people.

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