Anatomy of a potential Syria military operation: Weapons targets defenses

"A confrontation between the U.S. and Syria appeared closer after President Barack Obama asked for congressional authority to attack the Syrian military. Administration officials said Syrian commanders loyal to President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons to kill about 1,500 Syrians and rebels on Aug. 21."

Anatomy of a potential Syria military operation: Weapons targets defenses

"A confrontation between the U.S. and Syria appeared closer after President Barack Obama asked for congressional authority to attack the Syrian military. Administration officials said Syrian commanders loyal to President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons to kill about 1,500 Syrians and rebels on Aug. 21."

Anatomy of a potential Syria military operation: Weapons targets defenses

"A confrontation between the U.S. and Syria appeared closer after President Barack Obama asked for congressional authority to attack the Syrian military. Administration officials said Syrian commanders loyal to President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons to kill about 1,500 Syrians and rebels on Aug. 21."

Anatomy of a potential Syria military operation: Weapons targets defenses

"A confrontation between the U.S. and Syria appeared closer after President Barack Obama asked for congressional authority to attack the Syrian military. Administration officials said Syrian commanders loyal to President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons to kill about 1,500 Syrians and rebels on Aug. 21."

Anatomy of a potential Syria military operation: Weapons targets defenses

"A confrontation between the U.S. and Syria appeared closer after President Barack Obama asked for congressional authority to attack the Syrian military. Administration officials said Syrian commanders loyal to President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons to kill about 1,500 Syrians and rebels on Aug. 21."

Britain's new chief rabbi takes office

"Ephraim Mirvis took office as the new chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth at a ceremony in London on Sunday.

Prince Charles joined Jewish and other faith leaders for the ceremony at St John's Wood Synagogue in north London.

Prime Minister David Cameron did not attend the ceremony but wrote on Twitter: "A warm welcome to @ChiefRabbi Mirvis and my thanks to Lord Sacks for the special contribution he made to our country as #ChiefRabbi."

South African-born Mirvis, the former chief rabbi of Ireland, takes over from Lord Jonathan Sacks who is retiring after 22 years in the post.

Mirvis, 56, has said uniting members of different branches of Judaism -- from liberals to the ultra-orthodox community -- will be one of his top priorities.

"Within our own ranks we need to build on that which unites us and not to concentrate so much on that which separates us," he said in an interview with the BBC.

"I will do my utmost to ensure that we will indeed achieve that unity."

The 2011 Census for England and Wales showed that 363,000 people identified themselves as of the Jewish faith, a rise of 3,000 over the last decade.

Around two thirds of the British Jewish community live in London. Outside the capital other major centres include Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and Gateshead.

Officially, the role of chief rabbi is to represent the United Synagogue, the main wing of orthodox Judaism in Britain. But the chief rabbi is traditionally seen as a national representative for all of Britain's 260,000 Jews.

Mirvis is currently rabbi at Finchley Synagogue in north London. He was chosen to replace Sacks after a two-year search.

He worked as a rabbi in Dublin before becoming Ireland's chief rabbi in 1985, a post he held until 1992.

Stephen Pack, Honorary President of the United Synagogue who oversaw the selection process, said Mirvis "understands what makes British Jewry tick, its enormous strengths and its peculiarities and sensitivities".

"Wherever he has gone, he has won friends and admirers," Pack wrote in the Jewish Chronicle newspaper.

Pack also paid tribute to Sacks, who he said had "carried out the role with intellectual brilliance and in swashbuckling style" for more than two decades."

Healthy Boost: Natural Energy Drinks Worth Trying

"Now that the cat is out of the bag on Monster Energy Drinks and 5-Hour Energy's link to FDA death reports, everyone wants to know what energy drinks they can safely sip on. Good thing the market is now full of naturally caffeinated alternatives to the products in the energy drink aisle.

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The Daily Meal has found other options to get your dose of energy - plus real vitamins and nutrients. Not only are they packed with natural sources of caffeine, like green tea leaf extract and green coffee bean extract, they contain vitamins A, B, B6, B12 (particularly known to boost energy), C, and a multitude of other antioxidants, polyphenols, and minerals, too.

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More important, though, is what's missing from this lineup of drinks: synthetic caffeine and other frowned-upon ingredients.

We think these make good alternatives for those looking to avoid the midday crash, and help sneak in some true health benefits at the same time.

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EBOOST

The EBOOST dietary supplements have a long list of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants on their ingredient lists - and as a bonus, it's easy to understand what the ingredients are. Take the EBOOST Acai Pomegranate dietary supplement: made with real acai fruit, green tea leaf extract, pomegranate fruit extract, mango, resveratrol from red grapes, Stevia leaf extract, and agave. And each supplement has about 110 to 150 milligrams of caffeine. Not to say you should do everything that Jillian Michaels and Oprah Winfrey tell you to do, but we think if they like it - it's a pretty solid choice.

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Frava

Combine "fruit" and "java" and what do you get? Frava, a natural fruit juice that uses green coffee bean extract for its punch of caffeine. With flavors like Pomegranate Acai (a powerful kick of antioxidants) and Peach Mango (with a powerful kick of vitamin C), you're getting the true benefits of juice with about two coffee mugs worth of caffeine. (One drawbacks of the drink: the use of sucralose and acesulfame potassium, two artificial sweeteners that some frown upon.)

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Scheckter's OrganicEnergy Drink

It's being hailed as the world's first 100 percent natural energy drink that uses all organic, vegetarian, and fair-trade ingredients. The drink, founded by former race car driver Toby Scheckter, is free of synthetic caffeine, artificial sweeteners, colors, and flavors, and toxic chemicals. And its ingredients read like a garden: organic raw Brazilian coffee seed, organic ginseng, organic gingko biloba, and organic guarana, among others. The drink delivers a 135-milligram dose of caffeine.

Click here to see more Energy Drinks Worth Trying

-Marcy Franklin, The Daily Meal "