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City health officials are pushing back this week after an article in the religious publication Yated Ne’eman seemed to cast doubt that an infant recently contracted a fatal herpes virus from metzitzah b’peh, the controversial bris technique of oral suction. The piece, published last week, contains “a number of inaccurate statements and omissions,” according to […]

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I kept meaning to go to Girona. The Catalan city in the Pyrenees is the regional standout on the Caminos de Sefarad (“Paths of Sepharad”), an evolving Spanish network of Jewish heritage sites. But in June, it was already summery-hot; the beach beckoned, and Girona lies inland. So I headed north along the Costa Brava, […]

U.S. billionaire Ronald Lauder and French millionaire Patrick Drahi are following in the footsteps of U.S. casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who is already publishing an English edition of his Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom, by extending their Israeli media companies to an international audience. Lauder, a co-owner of Israel’s Channel 10, is buying the Hebrew […]

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