Groups laud Obama stem cell order
Jewish groups applauded President Obama’s decision to lift the executive order restricting federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. More ▸
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: Hadassah woman
The French first lady brought her elegance and humanitarianism to a glitzy fund-raiser in Paris for Hadassah Medical Organization’s hospital in Jerusalem, perhaps boosting Israel’s image to boot. More ▸
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Removal of family planning provision roils groups
Two Jewish organizations have expressed disappointment that a provision to make family planning services more accessible under Medicaid was removed from economic stimulus legislation. More ▸
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Pelosi’s family planning remarks anger Agudah
Agudath Israel of America asked U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to repudiate her statement that funding birth control reduces government costs. More ▸
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As Israel mulls options in Gaza, rockets hit country’s North
By Marcy OsterKatyusha rockets were fired on northern Israel from Lebanon, sparking fears that the conflict with Hamas would open on a second front, but Israeli and Lebanese officials downplayed the incident. More ▸
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Jewish women protest in Toronto’s Israeli Consulate
By Ron CsillagEight Jewish women were arrested after they entered the Israeli consulate in Toronto and began protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza. More ▸
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Major Liberal Groups Avoid Rapping Obama on Warren Pick
Unifying the country requires reaching out to those with whom you disagree. That’s what a couple of top Jewish leaders are saying about Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his swearing-in next month. Others in the community, however, say the president-elect’s choice is a disappointing kickoff to his administration. Critics… More ▸
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New Prayer Books Revive Forgotten Women’s Liturgy
On the evening of May 27, 2002, a Palestinian terrorist walked into an ice cream parlor in the central Israeli city of Petach Tikvah and detonated the explosives strapped to his chest. More than 30 Israelis were wounded in the attack. Two lives were claimed: 18-month-old Sinai Keinan and her 56-year-old grandmother, Ruti Peled. Even… More ▸
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Emanuel Rackman, Leading Orthodox Thinker, Dies at 98
Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, a leading Orthodox thinker and an early champion of women’s rights, died Monday in New York. He was 98. Tributes poured in from around the world this week, many of them praising Rackman for being an Orthodox pioneer in trying to ease the plight of agunot — women whose recalcitrant husbands denied… More ▸
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Aronson to Guide Birthright Israel Foundation
The outgoing leader of one of the country’s largest Jewish federations will head the Birthright Israel Foundation, the foundation announced. Robert Aronson, who announced this fall that he was stepping down as the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit after 20 years at its helm, will take over as president and CEO of… More ▸
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