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Apple’s health tech takes early lead among top hospitals
Apple Inc\’s healthcare technology is spreading quickly among major U.S. hospitals, showing early promise as a way for doctors to monitor patients remotely and lower costs.
Are anti-vaxxers’ religious exemption claims grounded in actual religious laws?
As the debate on vaccination heats up again in the U.S., some anti-vaxxers are requesting exemptions from vaccinating their children on religious grounds. But what do their faiths, including Judaism, actually say about the issue?
A day in the life of Jewish summer camp
Think summer camp is all fun and games? It is those things, but there’s a lot more to it. Just talk to some of the many veterans — from a camper to a songleader to a yoga instructor — of JCA Shalom’s residential summer camp in the hills of Malibu.
Russian-Jewish author explores breaking rules to get by
When Boris Fishman began writing “A Replacement Life,” his award-nominated debut novel about a frustrated writer who forges Holocaust restitution claims for Soviet Jews in Brooklyn, he had no idea that the premise of his work-in-progress was playing out in real time.
Sundance festival: Israeli films explore family, war
Two female Israeli directors premiered their films last week at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
New York’s Shefa School seeks to be catalyst for day schools serving kids with disabilities
For years, homework was a “battle” in Johanna Shlomovich’s home.
Sony’s Pascal stepping down as co-chair of movie studio
Amy Pascal will step down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and start a production company at the studio that was hit by a major cyberattack last year, the company said on Thursday.