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Hereditary cancers aren’t just a women’s problem. Jewish …

WEBSharsheret, the national Jewish nonprofit that educates the community about cancer risks, is calling attention to a lesser-known risk of the BRCA mutation.

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URL: https://www.jta.org/2022/11/28/health/hereditary-cancers-arent-just-a-womens-problem-jewish-men-need-to-take-precautions-too

The Jewish Faucis: Orthodox doctors battle COVID — and …

WEB“The only way to solve this problem within the communities is to educate within our own communities because they trust us,” one doctor said.

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New Jewish project puts youth mental health crisis front …

WEBAmid what's being described as a youth mental health crisis, the Jewish Federations of North America is spearheading a first-of-its kind, $2.75 million wellness …

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Thousands of Orthodox Jews participated in a COVID-19 …

WEBPeople congregate outside of Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar in Brooklyn, where state officials halted a planned 10,000-person wedding in October 2020.

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In Orthodox communities where pregnancy is prized, …

WEBUnfounded claims that the vaccines cause infertility is causing fear in a community where large families are prized, even as 37-year-old mother of three …

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What Israel has learned from its battle with COVID-19

WEBA health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to a pregnant woman at Clalit Health Services in Tel Aviv, Jan. 23, …

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New trauma-sensitive approach for aiding Holocaust …

WEBSince its establishment in 2015, the center has assisted 35,000 Holocaust survivors, as well as nearly 5,000 older adults with a history of trauma and 6,000 family …

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Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews are acting like they have herd …

WEBA week later there were just over 800 confirmed coronavirus cases across New York City. More than 100 had come from just one Borough Park clinic serving …

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So What Is It With Jews And Medicine

WEBThe first is the dichotomy between anti-Semitism and assimilation. “As much as Jews have tried to fit in and have continually made huge contributions to the medical …

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Hugs, slinkies and trauma care: How the Israeli health …

WEBTEL AVIV — Israeli health, military and government officials have been preparing for what a release of hostages from Gaza would look like since Oct. 7.But on …

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Why Orthodox communities are at the center of a measles outbreak

WEBAn Orthodox woman pushes a stroller in Lakewood, N.J., in 2013. (Dennis Fraevich/Flickr) Weisinger, a former board member of the Orthodox Jewish Nurses …

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Telling The Truth About Mental Illness

WEBEither their children are struggling with mental illness, or they are new in their grief for a child who has taken his or her own life. Sometimes they are seeking …

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More than 2,700 health workers signed a pro-ceasefire letter that

WEBMore than 2,700 health care workers signed a call for a ceasefire in Gaza that is being submitted to The Lancet, a prestigious medical journal.

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Rachel Levine is named an admiral, becoming the most senior …

WEBAssistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine in uniform as an admiral, in Washington DC on the day of her swearing-in, Oct. 29, 2021. (Office of the Assistant …

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Unique therapy program offers troubled Jewish youth a distinctly

WEBKIBBUTZ HAZOREA, Israel — Throughout high school, B. rarely did his homework, struggled to complete school assignments and used marijuana on a daily …

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Leading American medical journal faces down its own history of

WEBA special exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race," explores how the Nazis developed racial health …

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For war-related rehab, leading Israeli hospital uses innovative

WEBEven before the smoke began to clear from Hamas’s deadly Oct. 7 attack, Israeli healthcare professionals realized they were facing a series of unprecedented …

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Auschwitz Museum says Lauren Boebert's tweet about vaccines …

WEBAntisemitism watchdogs have consistently urged public officials and others to refrain from comparing public health and lockdown measures to the Holocaust and Nazi …

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FBI reports ‘credible threat’ to New Jersey synagogues, urging …

WEBLocal, state and federal law enforcement agencies were collaborating with local Jewish institutions and national Jewish security groups to ensure safety for Jews in …

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A history of a pivotal era in Palestine wins a top Jewish book prize

WEBThe Palestinians, meanwhile, emerged from the revolt weakened politically, economically and militarily. Historians on both sides agree that the failure of the revolt …

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The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter …

WEBMembers of the Brooklyn Dodgers celebrate after a 9-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, tying the New York Giants for first place in the National League …

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Columbia says it 'will not divest from Israel,' moves to close

WEB“Suspension for Gaza is the highest honor. Viva Palestina!” said a sign fastened to a student’s back in one picture posted as an Instagram story by Columbia University …

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Two more hostages, including an American Israeli, are seen in …

WEBA hostage poster showing Keith Siegel can be seen at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport. His wife Aviva was freed from Gaza in November, but posters from when they …

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American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is seen alive in

WEBA protester holds a poster with a photo of 23-year-old U.S.-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin as people gather with signs calling for the release of hostages held by …

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David Lee Roth, Van Halen's proudly Jewish former frontman, is …

WEBDavid Lee Roth is done running with the devil. The Jewish rock star, best known for fronting Van Halen during the influential band’s heyday in the 1970s and ’80s, …

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