Congregation ARIEL Russian Community Synagogue, Inc. v. Baltimore County, (D MD, March 28, 2018), is a challenge to a zoning denial of a synagogue's plans to build a new synagogue building on property it has purchased and to use an existing house on the property as a parsonage for its rabbi. The...
Month: April 2018
Unordained Music Minister May Claim NJ Parsonage Exemption
In Clover Hill Reformed Church v. Township of Hillsborough, (NJ Tax Ct., March 23, 2018), the New Jersey Tax court held that, even though he is not ordained, a church's Minister of Music qualifies as an
Are Water Worlds Habitable?
It looks like the galaxy is overflowing with worlds soaked in water, but scientists are divided on whether life there would succeed or fail -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-water-worlds-habitable/
ScienceTake: Hot Springs Lower Stress in Japan’s Popular Bathing Monkeys
Photogenic snow monkeys have been a long time tourist attraction, but only recently have scientists investigated their unusual behavior. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/science/japan-monkeys-hot-springs-stress.html?partner=rss
Nonfiction: A Reckoning With an Imperfect Science in ‘Blue Dreams’
Lauren Slater’s new book chronicles the history of mood-regulating drugs, weaving in her own lifelong struggle to get well and stay well. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/books/review/lauren-slater-blue-dreams.html?partner=rss
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