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World Briefs: Citing Stolen Antiquities Scandal, Michael Steinhardt Resigns From NYU Board and more

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Citing Stolen Antiquities Scandal, Michael Steinhardt Resigns From NYU Board After 27 years in leadership roles at New York University, Michael Steinhardt, the Wall Street...
Dr. Howard Tucker holds the Guiness World Records certificate recognizing him as the oldest active physician in the United States.

100-year-old Jewish doctor is officially world’s oldest practicing physician

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Kristen Mott | Cleveland Jewish News via JTA The day after his 100th birthday on July 10, Dr. Howard Tucker headed downtown to throw out...
Doctors sitting on a couch

Participants needed for caregiving study

By Mala Blomquist As part of efforts to study the impact of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia disorders, researchers are looking for current caretakers of Alzheimer’s...
Participants at Camp Nai Nai Nai West

‘It’s my happy place’: Jewish camp experience for adults brings out the child in...

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By Caroline Kessler “What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘sex’?” Claire Perelman asks the men and women in their...
Dr. Rivka Brooks with Ukrainian refugee

At Polish clinic for Ukraine refugees, Hadassah’s doctors dispense medicine and expertise

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By Larry Luxner After Russian shelling intensified last month and a rocket exploded close to the Zhytomyr home of Nina, 76, she fled for Ukraine’s...
Pro-abortion rights signs in front of the Supreme Court

Leading Orthodox groups cheered the end of Roe v. Wade. Many Orthodox women are...

Pam Scheininger and J. David Bleich have this much in common: They are Orthodox Jews who are preoccupied with Jewish ethics and teach at...
seniors

Older, better, not faster, yet smarter

By Bob Roth After dining at a restaurant recently, I was nearly giddy with excitement. I called my dad, immediately sharing my enthusiasm for the...
Empty shelves

Jewish families grapple with baby-formula shortage

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By Channa Fischer For months now, stores have been struggling to stock enough baby formula, even as manufacturers insist that they are producing at full...
Albert Belmont's Jewish star gravestone

The legacy of Private Belmont

By Sasha Rogelberg Albert Belmont was one of about 450 Jewish soldiers buried under a cross in World Wars I and II. His story aligns with...
pro-abortion rights protesters

More than 1,000 Jews rally outside the US Capitol in support of abortion rights

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By Julia Gergely WASHINGTON (JTA) — As it was originally conceived over the last year, the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice was meant to be...