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Risky Surgical Business

Almost two years ago, a woman who is dear to me announced she would undergo prophylactic surgery. Her decision to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes was painstaking; as a mother of young children, she didn’t relish the thought of slipping into early menopause, never mind the physical stress of surgery or disruption of her […]

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Measured Insularity Does Not A Monk Make

Haredi Jews have become accustomed to their portrayal in a variety of negative ways over the years, the result of our stubborn refusal to assimilate Western values and mores into our lives, our rejection of the notion of a multi-winged Judaism-bird (and, perforce, of conversions of non-Jews to “new Judaisms”) and, to our shame and […]

I’ll Have A Nutrient In My Beverage, Please

Technion researchers are figuring out a way to spike (in a good way) foods and drinks.

The Mame Loshen Has Legs

So, You Want Your School To Be More Like Camp?

A Former Israeli Squash Champion’s Positive Spin

The Art Of The Steal

Torture, War, And Bin Laden: A Jewish Perspective

So What Is It With Jews And Medicine?

The ‘Middle’ Movement Affirms, Updates Its Middle Path

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