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October 17, 2014
Obama appoints Ebola ‘czar’; Texas health worker isolated on ship
President Barack Obama appointed a former White House adviser as U.S. Ebola \”czar\” on Friday and a Texas health worker who may have had contact with specimens from an Ebola patient was quarantined on a cruise ship amid growing concerns about the spread of the virus in the United States.
Islamic State flying three jets in Syria
Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war said on Friday, saying it was the first time the militant group had taken to the air.
Israel holds Ebola identification training exercise at Ben Gurion airport
Israel is holding an Ebola identification training exercise at Ben Gurion Airport.\n
Rabbi Avi Weiss to step down as rabbi of Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
Rabbi Avi Weiss, spiritual leader of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, announced that he will step down as rabbi of the congregation.
Secretary Ban: “Being born in Gaza is not a crime”-but what Hamas did to its people is
UN Secretary General Ban just visited Gaza and Israel. He expressed shock of the devastation visited upon the people of Gaza as well as the damage done UN facilities during this summer’s conflict.
Joining Islamic State is about ‘sex and aggression,’ not religion
It is easy to look to religion for an explanation of why young men – and some women – become radicalized. But it is psychology, not theology, that offers the best tools for understanding radicalization-and how best to undo it.
Top U.S. Ebola point men are Jewish
Any mother, Jewish or otherwise, would kvell over the accomplishments of her three sons, although at the moment she might wish that the youngest one weren’t constantly in the news.
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