Rabbi Yair Melchior, the chief of rabbi of Denmark and a member of the Council of European Rabbis, clarified on Wednesday evening that the Danish Medical Association did not recommend a legal ban on circumcision before the age of 18. The clarification came following reports in the media that the Danish Medical Association had considered
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International, Jewish ReligionThe Danish Medical Association intends to pass a law banning the performance of circumcision until the age of 18, since “this is a decision which must be taken by a mature person themselves.” Will Danish Jews be able to perform a circumcision on their children? The heads of the Danish Medical Association demand legislation which
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International, Jewish ReligionWith little notice and stunning quickness, anti-abortion legislators in Ohio stand one signature away from enacting the nation’s most stringent abortion law in the hopes of sparking a nationwide reversal of the legal right of women to terminate their pregnancies. With a day left in their annual session, lawmakers Wednesday delivered to Gov. John Kasich
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USAAt New York’s Central Synagogue, five female ‘firsts’ discuss their experiences pioneering the clergy in ‘Breaking Bounds’ panel By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — They’d never be able to lift and carry the Torah. They’d look strange standing there on the bima (pulpit) wearing a yarmulke and prayer shawl. They don’t know how, or
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Jewish Religion, USAThe shock, grief and spotlight glare endured by Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, in the days following her husband’s 1963 assassination, was there for all to see. Yet who knows what she was truly thinking, feeling, screaming inside while wiping her husband’s dried blood off her famous pink dress, or watching Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA Paris court is due to return a highly anticipated verdict Thursday morning in one of the biggest – and most embarrassing – political scandals of French President François Hollande’s term. Hollande’s former budget minister, Jérôme Cahuzac, is charged with tax fraud and money laundering for allegedly hiding his wealth in tax havens around the
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InternationalViola Desmond, a Nova Scotia businesswoman who once refused to sit in a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theatre, will be the first woman other than the Queen to appear on a Canadian banknote. Desmond’s image will be featured on Canada’s next $10 bill, which will be issued in 2018. The announcement was
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InternationalRobert Reich, who served as secretary of labor during the administration of President Bill Clinton, appeared on CNN Wednesday night to deliver a message to Republican presidential-elect Donald Trump. Robert Reich: “Lemme just say, because Donald Trump is probably watching right now…” https://t.co/bD5Iskq7br — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 8, 2016 Reich, who also served in
HAIFA (Press Release) — Work routine has a calming power during times of extreme stress, such as war, researchers at the University of Haifa have concluded. | Adhering to work routine during the Second Lebanon War (2006) contributed to a reduction in stress. The strongest effect was found among women and, surprisingly, among people who
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — “The Wild East” is a concept that is vague and messy in a number of ways. Location is the most prominent vagueness. Where does the Wild East begin? On the eastern border of what was Israel prior to the 1967 war? With or without the expansion of Jerusalem legislated by
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWashington (dpa) – Donald Trump felt he should have been Time magazine’s 2015 Person of the Year, even before the first votes were cast in the Republican Party’s nominating process. Instead, the magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel last year for her leadership in Europe’s refugee crisis. “I told you @TIME Magazine would never pick
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USAWASHINGTON – It took nearly three years for Congress to pass the 21st Century Cures Act. The next question is: How long will it take the Food and Drug Administration to implement it? The legislation, designed to accelerate the introduction of new medical treatments by speeding up some FDA approval processes and boosting federal funding,
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has made many promises on immigration, including a new one Wednesday to “work something out” for the so-called Dreamers — young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. “We’re going to work something out that’s going to make people happy and proud,” Trump said in a Time magazine interview.
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International, USADonald Trump started a bit of a feud with Boeing on Tuesday when he declared “cancel order!” for the new Air Force One plane. He claimed the airplane would cost upward of $4 billion. However, the company said in a statement that Trump’s numbers were way off. The Hill reported that the contract was closer
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