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News What About Spiralling Health Costs?
The decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of nearly all of President Barack Obama?s health reform plan is very good news for those tens of millions of Americans who due to poverty or preexisting illnesses had no access to health insurance. The court decision is purely a legal one ? pronouncing the…
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Fast Forward Jews Ask Gunter Grass To Skip Synagogue Visit
Gunter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning poet banned from entering Israel, is being asked not to visit the Gdansk syangogue. Grass, 85, will arrive on Friday in the Polish city of his birth to open an exhibition of his paintings. ?We wish to Gunter Grass very fruitful and pleasant stay in Gdansk,? Michal Samet, chairman of…
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News Jewish Groups Praise Court’s Health Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold President Obama?s landmark Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 vote, with Chief Justice John Roberts voting in the majority. The Court upheld the most controversial provision of the law that required all American citizens to purchase health insurance or face a tax penalty. The court struck a provision…
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Israel News Israel’s Health Care Outpaces U.S.
The heated debate over health care reform, reignited by the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s plan, has drawn attention, once again, to the issue of government involvement in health care management and the effectiveness of a system based on universal coverage. For Israel, this is a Rubicon crossed long ago. Despite the…
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Fast Forward Dad in Jewish ‘Pimp’ Case Slams Prosecutor
Prosecutors dropped all charges against a group of men who had been accused of sexually abusing a young Brooklyn haredi Orthodox woman for eight years. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office dropped the charges on Tuesday against four Crown Heights men accused of raping and forcing the woman to serve as a prostitute in their neighborhood…
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News More Jews opt for cremation
The numbers are still small, relative to the non-Jewish community.
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Fast Forward Charles Barron Loses Race for Congress
New York City Councilman Charles Barron, a fierce critic of Israeli policy who was opposed by Jewish lawmakers and top party officials, was trounced his bid to secure the Democratic nomination in a Brooklyn congressional race. Barron lost decisively to state Assemblyman Hakeen Jeffries Tuesday in the fight to succeed 24-year incumbent Rep. Edolphus Towns,…
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News Warm and ‘Utterly Jewish,’ Nora Ephron Left Us Way Too Soon
When my husband and I decided to move from the Upper West Side to the Upper East Side of Manhattan, several friends and family members made me feel like a traitor. Nora Ephron, however, sent me a list of restaurants, hair salons, nail salons, and dry cleaners. She said I was making the best move…
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