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aids
Put to the test: A young woman talks life with HIV
Naomi Pfefferman
May 25, 2016
While growing up in a suburban Jewish home in Granada Hills, Kelly Gluckman never thought she could become HIV positive.
Shkreli insults Congress on Twitter after refusing to testify
Jewish Journal
February 4, 2016
Former Turing Pharmaceuticals Chief Executive Officer Martin Shkreli on Thursday called members of Congress \”imbeciles\” on Twitter, moments after he refused to testify before a House of Representatives committee on why his company raised the price of a lifesaving medicine by 5,000 percent.
Gay-rights pioneer, playwright Kramer subject of new HBO doc
Avishay Artsy
June 24, 2015
When young gay men began dying in 1981 of a rare form of cancer called Kaposi’s sarcoma, waves of shock and fear spread throughout the gay community.
Donald Sterling TV tirade puts surprise spotlight on Jewish free loan groups
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2014
Not every celebrity endorsement is a welcome one.
Henry Waxman: Governed by tikkun olam
Jonah Lowenfeld
February 5, 2014
The rain during Noah’s flood lasted 40 days and 40 nights. The Torah was given to Moses during a 40-day stay at the top of Mount Sinai. The Israelites wandered for 40 years in the desert.
Diagnosis put brother on mission
Naomi Pfefferman
November 7, 2013
David L. Neale, a prominent bankruptcy attorney and major donor to AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), was stunned when the call came from Brazil in late 1999: His younger brother, John (not his real name), then in his mid-30s and previously robust, was gravely ill in Rio de Janeiro.
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