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A Healthy Body and Soul

WebIn Judaism, the prevention of sickness and the sanctity of the body, both in physical and emotional health, is an important concept.The word for “healthy” in Hebrew is beri’ut …

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Good Medicine : Chapter 1

WebThe major developments of the 1990s include two opposing trends: increasing privatization, on the one hand, and implementation of the National Health Insurance Law, on the …

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Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Diseases

WebA number of genetic disorders occur more frequently in certain ethnic populations. In the Ashkenazi Jewish population (those of Eastern European descent), it has been …

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Israeli Ministry of Health

WebThe Ministry’s Vision. Upholding the basic right to health and health promotion for the entire Israeli population, through a medical system striving for the utmost excellence and …

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Good Medicine : Chapter 4

WebResearch grants from the Ministry of Health's Chief Scientist's Office was the most frequently reported source of funding. Of funding received outside Israel, the United …

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Israeli Innovations in Medical Technology

WebThe Israeli Biotechnology Organization, an industrial arm working in cooperation with the Israel Manufacturers’ Association, is trying to “re-import” managers, i.e., to convince …

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Bergen County, New Jersey

WebBERGEN COUNTY, district located in the northern part of the state of New Jersey, U.S., bordering the Hudson River, and including 70 individual municipalities.Bergen County's …

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Daily Prayer Of A Physician

WebThe following prayer is attributed to Maimonides (Rambam), a 12th-century Jewish physician in Egypt, but was most probably written by Marcus Herz, a German physician, who was a …

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Overview of Jewish Dietary Laws & Regulations

WebAll blood must be drained from the meat or broiled out of it before it is eaten. Certain parts of permitted animals may not be eaten. Meat (the flesh of birds and mammals) cannot be …

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Dr. Eugene Lazowski

WebDr. Eugene Lazowski, also known as "the Polish Schindler" is a hero of the Holocaust who risked his life saving thousands of Jews in Poland. When the Germans invaded Poland …

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Background & Overview of Nazi Medical Experiments

WebDuring the Holocaust, the Nazi Party carried out a series of medical experiments to advance German medicine without the consent of the patients upon whom the experiments were …

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The Auschwitz “Hospital”

WebAuschwitz-Birkenau: The Auschwitz “Hospital”. The camp authorities designated Blocks 19, 20, 21 and 28 as the "camp infirmary" for sick prisoners. Prisoners often referred to them …

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The Role of a Physician in Jewish Law

WebThe Jewish view of medicine is possibly best expressed by the Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law) when it explains both the great opportunity and the awesome responsibility …

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Environmental Issues in Israel

WebGlobally, 482,000 premature deaths can be attributed to air pollution every year, according to the report. The estimated cost of damage caused by air pollution tops $1.6 trillion …

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Florida Jewish History

WebThe first known Jews moved to the panhandle of Florida, the city of Pensacola, in 1763. (It is possible, however, that the explorer Ponce de Leon came to the area in 1513 with some …

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The Bedouin in Israel

WebThe Bedouin in Central Israel. No Bedouin lived in central Israel in 1948. The fact that 10,000 currently live in this region is the result of migration from the Negev, due to two …

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Views on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2020:

WebCory Booker* was born on April 27, 1969, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Harrington Park, New Jersey.His parents, Carolyn Rose (née Jordan) and Cary Alfred Booker, were …

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The Nazi Euthanasia (T-4) Program: Background & Overview

WebTo implement the euthanasia program, special carbon-monoxide chambers were constructed. According to Milton Meltzer: Between December 1939 and August 1941, …

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Hebrew Greetings & Congratulations

WebAlthough Jews have adopted the languages of the countries in which they live, they have always tended to retain traditional forms of greetings and congratulations either in …

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Nazi Persecution of the Mentally & Physically Disabled

WebThe Nazi regime used the term as a euphemism: its aim was to exterminate the mentally ill and the handicapped, thus "cleansing" the "Aryan" race of persons considered …

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