Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Netanyahu, Not Obama, Speaks for Us

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While under fierce attack from President Obama, the Israeli prime minister defends Western values and speaks the truth about Iran. The lea...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

It seems that for some infants the exact meaning of the word metzitzah is the difference between life and death...

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How Ancient Circumcision Rite Sparked Modern Schism By Elon Gilad (Haaretz) Galen and Hippocrates depicted in a 12th ...
Monday, March 02, 2015

The Rebbe called a meeting on Sunday of the Rabbinical Association, which will announce a huge protest rally in front of the of Israeli Consulate in Manhattan on Tuesday...

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Thousands of Satmar Hasidim are expected to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while he is planned to deliver a controvers...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

A Bad Call on Risky Circumcisions - a circumciser, or mohel, sucks blood from a newly cut penis with his mouth - The board should say no and take a stand for basic hygiene and common sense....

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By THE EDITORIAL BOARD - NYT The herpes simplex virus, common and relatively harmless in adults, can be deadly to babies. Such infe...
Friday, February 27, 2015

For years it’s been well known that many Hasidic (ultra-Orthodox) yeshivas in New York fall far short of the state’s education department requirement that private school curricula be “substantially equivalent” to those in public schools....

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Cheating Hasids / Charedim Out of a Future When Yeshivas Dump 3 R's for Torah and Talmud By Jay Micha...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

"Before vaccines existed, many infectious diseases killed millions of people per year. During the 1918 flu pandemic 50 million people died. That's greater than Argentina's current population. Perhaps, the older ones among you remember the polio epidemic that occurred in Argentina in 1956. At that time, there was no vaccine available against polio."

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One of the first patients I had to see as a pediatrician was Sol, a beautiful month-old baby who was admitted with signs of a ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

"The statistics for both abuse cases and drug overdoses in the Jewish community are staggering, with dozens of known cases reported since Rosh Hashana and over three dozen deaths of people under age 35 in the Jewish community in that same time period, underscoring the need for serious and immediate intervention. "....

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$1 million fund to fight abuse in Orthodox community NEWARK, New Jersey (Press Release) — Two hundred twenty participants from 102 org...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The Book of Leviticus: 'You shall not stand idly by wrong-doing...you shall speak out against those who commit evil, otherwise you share in their guilt' (19. 16-17)

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No Faith Is Free From Child Abuse Scandals or Cover-Ups What has been happening in Sydney and Melbourne is doubly shocking. Fi...