RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Israel has a decade of lessons to offer.
Since Israel’s health minister decided in 2013 to stop requiring fluoridation, pediatric dental health has worsened
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Opinion Bobby Kennedy helped shape my Jewish values, so I wrote a biopic. Cue the RFK Jr. wrecking ball.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tarnished a name that long inspired me
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Culture Is RFK about to ban goyslop — and what on earth is that?
Online, an antisemitic term for low-quality food has gone mainstream in the wake of RFK's war on Big Food
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Politics Trump taps RFK Jr., whose anti-vaccine activism has included antisemitic comments, to lead Dept. of Health and Human Services
Kennedy has claimed that COVID was “ethnically targeted” to avoid Ashkenazi Jews, and has compared vaccine mandates to the Holocaust
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Film & TV RFK Jr. (and Stanley Kubrick) don’t want you to drink the water
The Kennedy heir has vowed to eliminate fluoride from American taps, in a move straight out of ‘Dr. Strangelove’
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Politics RFK Jr. ends long-shot presidential campaign, which included series of bizarre comments about Jews
At the same time, Kennedy was a vocal defender of Israel, calling its war in Gaza “a moral war” and stating, “Self-defense means destroying Hamas"
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Culture Cub Your Enthusiasm: In RFK Jr.’s bear story, a plot worthy of Larry David — or Samson
There is a biblical — and HBO — connection to the bear in Central Park
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Culture RFK Jr.’s brain worm has a Talmudic history — and may be a punishment for eating pork
The candidate’s parasite calls to mind a different leader’s brain bug
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