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In Orthodox communities where pregnancy is prized, vaccines and

WEBUnfounded claims that the vaccines cause infertility is causing fear in a community where large families are prized, even as 37-year-old mother of three …

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The Jewish Faucis: Orthodox doctors battle COVID — and …

WEB“The only way to solve this problem within the communities is to educate within our own communities because they trust us,” one doctor said.

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Hereditary cancers aren’t just a women’s problem. Jewish men …

WEBSharsheret, the national Jewish nonprofit that educates the community about cancer risks, is calling attention to a lesser-known risk of the BRCA mutation.

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Orthodox Jewish Health Care Workers Give Covid Advice that Few …

WEBOn March 17, the White House organized a call with 15 leading Orthodox rabbis in New York City, including prominent chasidic leaders, to urge the community to …

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Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews are acting like they have herd immunity.

WEBA week later there were just over 800 confirmed coronavirus cases across New York City. More than 100 had come from just one Borough Park clinic serving …

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What Israel has learned from its battle with COVID-19

WEBA health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to a pregnant woman at Clalit Health Services in Tel Aviv, Jan. 23, …

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New Jewish project puts youth mental health crisis front and center

WEBAmid what's being described as a youth mental health crisis, the Jewish Federations of North America is spearheading a first-of-its kind, $2.75 million wellness …

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New trauma-sensitive approach for aiding Holocaust survivors …

WEBSince its establishment in 2015, the center has assisted 35,000 Holocaust survivors, as well as nearly 5,000 older adults with a history of trauma and 6,000 family …

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Why Orthodox communities are at the center of a measles outbreak

WEBAn Orthodox woman pushes a stroller in Lakewood, N.J., in 2013. (Dennis Fraevich/Flickr) Weisinger, a former board member of the Orthodox Jewish Nurses …

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Israel to close medical schools for foreign students, ending …

WEB“The human resource shortage in the healthcare system is a national problem that was neglected for years, and today, most medical students study abroad,” …

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Hugs, slinkies and trauma care: How the Israeli health system will

WEBTEL AVIV — Israeli health, military and government officials have been preparing for what a release of hostages from Gaza would look like since Oct. 7.But on …

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So What Is It With Jews And Medicine

WEBThe first is the dichotomy between anti-Semitism and assimilation. “As much as Jews have tried to fit in and have continually made huge contributions to the medical …

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Jewish philanthropist donates $1 billion to Bronx med school

WEBIn 2021, the most recent year for which tax documents are available, the Gottesman Fund disbursed more than $24 million to dozens of groups and institutions, …

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Telling The Truth About Mental Illness

WEBEither their children are struggling with mental illness, or they are new in their grief for a child who has taken his or her own life. Sometimes they are seeking …

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Rachel Levine is named an admiral, becoming the most senior …

WEBAssistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine in uniform as an admiral, in Washington DC on the day of her swearing-in, Oct. 29, 2021. (Office of the Assistant …

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Ady Barkan, healthcare activist who fought Lou Gehrig's disease, …

WEBAdy Barkan, an Israeli-American lawyer and one of the country’s most visible progressive activists for single-payer health care, died Wednesday at a hospital in …

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Auschwitz Museum says Lauren Boebert's tweet about vaccines …

WEBThe Auschwitz Memorial told Rep. Lauren Boebert that her tweet comparing vaccination efforts to Nazi Germany “is a sad symptom of moral and intellectual decline.”

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FBI reports ‘credible threat’ to New Jersey synagogues, urging …

WEBLocal, state and federal law enforcement agencies were collaborating with local Jewish institutions and national Jewish security groups to ensure safety for Jews in …

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Jewish groups demand further action to combat antisemitism at …

WEB(New York Jewish Week) – On Tuesday night, as police cleared protesters out of a Columbia University building and arrested more than 100 people, lawyer Gerard …

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Biden on campus pro-Palestinian protests: 'Dissent must never …

WEBWASHINGTON — In his first address about the pro-Palestinian protests rocking campuses nationwide, President Joe Biden said “order must prevail” but rejected …

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Steven Skybell's Jewish story shines at the heart of Broadway's

WEBThe creators of the 2024 revival, Skybell said, “really highlight the Jewish problem that is in ‘Cabaret.’ They weren’t giving it the short shrift in terms of what the …

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Former Dartmouth Jewish studies chair thrown to the ground by …

WEBPolice arrest a Dartmouth College professor during a crackdown on students' anti-Israel protest, in Hanover, New Hampshire, May 1, 2024. (Screenshot)

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How one public official made Palm Beach County the largest …

WEBThe Israel Bonds organization, an arm of the Israeli government, announced it has sold more than $3 billion in bonds since Oct. 7, nearly three times its normal annual …

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More than 25% of arrested Columbia protesters were not …

WEBStudents/demonstrators lock arms to guard potential authorities against reaching fellow pro-Palestinian protesters who barricaded themselves inside Hamilton …

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I'm not letting pro-Palestinian protesters decide my choice of …

WEBOutside Johnson Chapel, where the Admitted Students Day opening remarks would take place, protestors crowded by the single door, with megaphones and …

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The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter …

WEBMembers of the Brooklyn Dodgers celebrate after a 9-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, tying the New York Giants for first place in the National League …

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Jewish novelist Paul Auster, bard of Brooklyn, dies at 77

WEBPaul Auster, left, fellow writer Salman Rushdie, center, and Shimon Peres chat at a breakfast honoring Israeli writer Amos Oz on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in …

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