2016-03-19 18:53
"Mothers Facing Pollution Risks Find Allies in the Religious Right
The religious right and environmentalists are teaming up to protect women and their babies from the dangers of exposure to… Read More
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A commentary on rabbinic texts and toxicality
2016-03-19 18:53
There is a new call for papers for the Twentieth Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium at the University of Nebraska. Slated for October 28 and 29, 2007, the theme will be “‘The Moun… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The Green Zionist Alliance successfully got three resolutions adopted at the World Zionist Congress. Read below or read more.
· The first resolution will make S… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Haaretz reports that "Doctors at Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot and Harzfeld
Geriatric Hospital in Gedera have carried out dozens of illegal
experiments on hundreds of patients in their 90s and… Read More
2006-05-27 00:13
Every once in a while, perhaps one should put down the texts and actually venture out into the environment. You can go for a walk... or you can bike in the desert heat... Here are reports fr… Read More
2005-11-24 00:58
Tenafly NJ was home to a big communal and legal brouhaha over a proposed eruv. The eruv was proposed on June 1, 1999 and, once installation of the ritual boundary was underway in fall… Read More
2005-11-23 23:45
Since the Talmudic daf yomi readings are deep into the Jewish practice of eruv*, this post provides a range of useful links. You are welcome to add links through the comments page.
To my r… Read More
2005-10-03 19:29
Judges and judgments in the news. Tom DeLay indicted. A new Supreme Court Chief Justice sworn in, effectively ending the chance for a Rehnquist Memorial Amnesty inspired by Biblical law. A R… Read More
2005-10-03 18:50
Joined at the heart, it's painful to realize that these Israeli twins were doomed from start. Ha'aretz reports that the ultra-Orthodox parents would have used modern diagnostics (cf. my prev… Read More
2005-10-03 18:02
Touching and thoughtful post about ultrasound: Does Jewish law permit the use of ultrasound to diagnose the condition of the fetus? ADDeRabbi mentions one Rabbi's view: "His rationale is bas… Read More
2005-09-22 06:04
Fate spits in the face of The Good. Yesterday, the Talmud's daf yomi readings included:
"Let him spill the produce that becomes soiled to the ground" (Shabbat 142a)
"Shake the pillow so th… Read More
2005-09-22 04:49
Circumcision can be a hazardous activity in two ways, according to recent daf yomi readings (Shabbat ch. 19). For one, Jewish observance and performance of the bris milah (= covenant throug… Read More
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