I have witnessed the insidious effects of coercive control in the lives of victims and their children. Get abuse is one form of coercive control.
The leader of Norway’s Jewish community praised his country’s parliament for passing an act enshrining ritual circumcision for boys.
California “Super Lawyer”/magician Stephen M. Levine likes to joke that he can make legal troubles disappear. Ditto for rabbits and quarters.
At 2 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, Amelia Barnachea waited in a copy shop in downtown Los Angeles, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. \”I\’m exercising,\” the diminutive Filipina-American home health aide explained, looking very spry for her 72 years.
The state of Berlin declared circumcision legal. Berlin became the first of Germany\’s 16 states to declare the practice legal following a Cologne court ruling in June that non-medical circumcisions on children amounted to a criminal offense, according to the German news agency DPA.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) claims it exists to protect our rights. My question is this: Who will protect us from the NRA?
West Bank settlements are legal under international law, according to an Israeli committee set up to review the legal status of West Bank land.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will submit a plan to legalize several West Bank outposts and avoid the demolition of another.
In a world where nuclear weapons could soon be in the hands of a rogue nation like Iran, an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be fully justified. Despite its ban on aggressive war, Article 51 of the United Nations Charter clearly recognizes a state’s inherent right of self-defense.
Women\’s and human rights groups in Israel criticized the Israel Bar Association\’s decision not to appoint any women to a committee that appoints rabbinical judges.
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