In a recent telephone survey, researchers presented the following set of symptoms to hundreds of hematologists and oncologists from around the world: A 42-year-old man has complaints of chronic fatigue and bone pain, while suffering from a low blood-platelet count and an enlarged liver and spleen. Had the patient been real and not hypothetical, he…
My *zayde *Harry died long before I was born. In photos, he is tall, skinny, handsome. He wears jaunty hats and sharp suits. He has my uncle Michael’s bushy eyebrows; wide, kind brow, and laugh lines. His mouth is often pulled sideways in an ironic grin. My bubbe Olla died when I was 13. She…
Deuteronomy is often singled out as the book of the Torah that cares most about social institutions. It is the only one that contains legislation concerning kings and prophets — both found in this week’s portion, Shoftim. A careful look at these texts suggests that this legislation is trying to curb the power of these…
Bloom’s Syndrome Definition: Bloom’s syndrome is a recessive disorder characterized by growth deficiency, sun sensitivity, immunodeficiency, and a predisposition to diabetes and cancer. Genes in people with Bloom’s syndrome are more likely to mutate, causing chromosomes to break. In a survey of Bloom’s syndrome cases in Israel in the 1970s, the carrier frequency of the…
A new poll shows GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island narrowly beating Demcratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse in a general election match-up, 43% to 42%, with 15% undecided. The poll, conducted by the Rhode Island polling firm Fleming & Associates for Channel 12 (WPRI), also showed that Chafee’s GOP primary challenger, the Club for Growth-backed…
With so much attention being focused on the Democrats’ chances of taking back the U.S. House and Senate, Rachel Kapochunas of CQ Politics has written a tidy little piece about the party’s chances for also gaining at the state level. Currently, Republicans control 20 state legislatures and Democrats control 19, while 10 legislatures are split….
Lisa Sopher of New York City writes: “Someone recently mentioned to me that the term ‘big Kahuna’ comes from Hawaii, where it means ‘high priest,’ and I was wondering if there was any connection between this term and the kohen gadol [high priest] of the Hebrew Bible.” No, Ms. Sopher, there is no connection, apart…
Weeks after Tennessee State Senator Steve Cohen won the Democratic nomination for the state’s ninth district congressional seat, negative sentiment about his win is still coming from the African-American community. The Tri-State Defender, a monthly African-American newspaper, has run an article about the race, as reported by local TV station WMCTV. Rev. Dwight Montgomery with…
Here’s the wedding announcement from his office: On Friday, August 18, 2006, Congressman Steven Richard Rothman was married to Jennifer Anne Beckenstein, in an afternoon ceremony performed by Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman. Attending the service was a small gathering of family and friends including Congressman Rothman’s two teenage children, John and Karen Rothman, and Ms….
Despite his repeated public statements in support of Israel, the pro-Israel bona fides of Ned Lamont, Connecticut’s Democratic Senate nominee, have been a continual source of debate throughout the campaign – in part because of the company (Maxine Waters, Marcy Kaptur) that he keeps. Now, it looks like Lamont has a new friend: Israeli Deputy…
.. He’ll be on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, today at 5:30, and on MSNBC’s Imus in the Morning, tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. Meanwhile, Democratic nominee and rival Ned Lamont is scheduled to be at a Move-on fundraiser in NYC on Thursday evening.
