Blood
100 Blood Units Rushed To Peru To Save Stricken Israeli Tourist
(JTA) — A paramedic from Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency rescue organization is on her way to Peru with 100 units of blood for an Israeli tourist hospitalized there after contracting a serious blood-related illness. The paramedic left with the blood late Wednesday night after the Health Ministry of Peru gave permission to bring the…
Ethiopian Israelis Now Able to Donate Blood Without Restrictions
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ethiopian Israelis will be permitted to donate blood without restrictions. The new Health Ministry rules will take effect on July 1, Haaretz reported Tuesday, citing the Magen David Adom ambulance service. Blood donations from Ethiopian-born Israelis have been banned since 1977. The date of the new procedures was announced at the meeting…
What Defines Us as Jews? Actions — Not Ancestry.
Josh Nathan-Kazis’s exploration of his family’s Sephardic heritage reveals one powerful truth: It’s what we do, not our ancestors, that truly…
Ethiopian-Born Knesset Member Rejected As a Blood Donor
Israeli lawmakers called for an examination of Magen David Adom blood donation policies after an Ethiopia-born Knesset member was rejected as a donor.
Australian Jewish Man Saves Dying Stranger With Stem Cell Donation
The stem cells of an Australian Jewish man are a perfect match for a critically ill Jew who is believed to be dying from a rare blood disorder.
Orthodox Rabbis Vow To Resist Consent Forms for Controversial Circumcision Rite
Orthodox rabbis are vowing to resist New York’s new regulation requiring parental consent forms for a controversial circumcision rite known as metzitzah b’peh.
Are We Jews by Choice or Blood?
Is it a bad thing that so many have taken our historic story and woven it into their own personal narratives? Leonard Fein says Judaism based on choice is great for all of us.
Judge Rules Circumcision Consent Law Is Legal
A Manhattan federal judge refused to block a New York City regulation requiring people who perform circumcisions and use their mouths to draw away blood from the wound on a baby’s penis to first obtain written consent from the parents.
Judge Hears Arguments on Metzitzah Mandate
A federal judge heard oral arguments in a case that would require parents to sign a consent form before a controversial circumcision rite can be performed.
Israel Doctors Blast Blood-Sucking Circumcision Rite
The Israel Pediatric Association has declared war on metzitza b’peh, a controversial part of circumcision in which blood is sucked by the mohel.