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The shofar saves a rabbi’s life: a case study
My patient, an esteemed rabbi, underwent major abdominal surgery lasting several hours. Within one day postoperatively, he was instructed to blow into a mechanical device to help prevent respiratory complications.
How to Shmita in California
Shmita, the Torah-mandated break that refreshes every seven years, and which is observed in the coming new year, 5775, is being reinterpreted in Los Angeles.
U.S. providing additional $71 million in Gaza aid
The United States said it will provide $71 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Palestinians in Gaza.
How Israeli tech survived the war
“I know that for some of you, coming to Israel after a very challenging summer might cause hesitation,” Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai told a crowd of hundreds of techies wearing neon-pink wristbands and ID necklaces.
Climate change will be the number one issue in the 2034 midterm elections
On the day after the Sept. 23 UN Climate Change Summit in New York, sunset will bring the High Holy Days to Jews around the world.
Israel Supreme Court: Holot illegal, Africans jailed in desert must be freed within 90 days
The Supreme Court of Israel ruled this evening to close a desert prison called Holot, a facility that Israeli lawmakers created last December to indefinitely hold African asylum seekers who had \”infiltrated\” the border.
ISIS urges attacks on U.S., French citizens, taunts Obama
ISIS urged its followers on Monday to attack citizens of the United States, France and other countries which have joined a coalition to destroy the ultra-radical group.