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Even the reports of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pacemaker surgery evoke Biblical references to God hardening the heart of the Egyptian pharaoh in moments of crisis. (Gali Tibbon / AFP via Getty Images, via JTA)
Dr. Scott B. Lasensky, a visiting assistant professor of Israel and Jewish studies at the University of Maryland, responds to the indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Read MoreThe Selichot service acts as a spiritual launching pad for the High Holiday season, writes Hazzan Emanuel C. Perlman.
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Hazzan Emanuel C. Perlman, Cantor Emeritus of Chizuk Amuno Congregation: "During evolving 'seasons' over a 54 year span, Joel H. Zaiman was my rabbi, my teacher, mentor, colleague, role model and a man that I admired and loved as a cherished friend."(Handout photo)
Rabbi Joel H. Zaiman was the standard bearer for excellence.
Read MoreDan Hoffman, owner of Canton Games, picks his favorite board games.
Read MoreWere we doing to animals what had been done to Jews during the Holocaust? Do animals being non-human justify what we are doing to these innocent, sentient beings?
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Flipping His Whig: Millard Fillmore (right) succeeded Zachary "Old Rough and Ready" Taylor as president in July of 1850. (Wikipedia)
Despite personally abhorring the institution of slavery, Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850 with its Fugitive Slave Act because he desperately wanted to preserve the union.
Read MoreWe were all curious about the older man with the bushy beard and overalls who stood for hours each day at the end of his driveway along Park Heights Avenue.
Read MoreMore than 100 people attended Towson University’s Oct. 29 vigil for the victims of the Pittsburgh shooting.
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Dr. William T. Carpenter Jr.: Schizophrenia is a clinical syndrome, a cluster of disease processes that can vary from person to person.” (Photo by Aaron Levin)
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Schizophrenia Center have been studying the genetics of schizophrenia among Ashkenazim, or Jews of Eastern European descent, said Dr. Fernando Goes, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the JHU School of Medicine.
Read MoreFrom surgery to pediatrics, to mental health and gerontology, the path of Ayurveda was the main form of medicine in India for thousands of years.
Read MoreIt can feel very daunting to come out in the Orthodox world, and each person’s support makes a positive impact.
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