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Life More Ordinary
In this week\’s double Torah portion, Tazria-Metzorah (Leviticus 13, in particular), God instructs Moses and Aaron on the role of priests when people take ill.
After the Miscarriage
The pain and anguish of infertility has been passed down from matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca and Rachel to women today. But while our traditions have given us words to say and ways to act during other lifecycle events — death, birth, marriage — there is little guidance for how to help a friend or loved one deal with the loss of a pregnancy or the pain and despair of infertility.
Prop. 73: The Devil’s in the Details
Much of the literature against Proposition 73 correctly emphasizes that many teenage girls will seek underground abortions, rather than have their parents (or guardians, foster parents or other legal designees) learn that they are pregnant.
Set, Spike, Kiss
I\’ll never play the violin in high heels again. OK, I\’ll be back in sticks in six weeks, and I never played the fiddle. But I did play an important game of volleyball.
The Doctor Is In
Listening to Howard Dean reminds me of going to a doctor who starts out the visit by saying, \”Bill, you really look sick.\”
Maybe I do, but I don\’t want to hear it expressed quite so bluntly. Just like I didn\’t want to hear Dr. Dean saying in Los Angeles Dec. 15, \”The capture of Saddam has not made America safer.\”
Dean\’s pessimism was hard to take, especially right after the bearded villain was hauled out of the ground by American troops.
Jewish Prescription For Health Care Ills
Is our national health care system beyond cure? Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and Dr. Alexandra M. Levine, medical director of the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, believe that the Jewish community can take a role in advancing remedies for our nation\’s health care ills.
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“Screams Before Silence”
Remembering Ken Holtzman, Outstanding Jewish Pitcher for the Cubs and A’s.
Why Are Presidential Statements About Jews So Weak?
UCLA Hillel on Pro-Palestinian Encampment: Jewish Students “Feeling the Intensity of the Situation”
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