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  CHEMED is excited to present their upcoming Medical Ethics Conference for medical professionals and their families to be held Thursday, February 14 through Sunday, February 17 at the Westin...

  By Dr. Esther Fogel At the last few weddings I attended, I couldn’t hear the person speaking next to me over the music. Blaring speakers and amplified instruments typify the...

  Dr. Norman Blumenthal, director of trauma, bereavement, and crisis response at Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services, was a keynote speaker at the Baltimore community-wide event titled “One Crucial...

A haredi mother of five from Jerusalem won the Tiberias Marathon on Friday, the first ultra-Orthodox woman to take first prize in the event. Bracha Deutsch, known by her friends...

BY RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bryant Johnson says pressure creates diamonds, and I think I just upped the carat level. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer did not know that his...

(JTA) — A Hasidic wedding in Brooklyn was cancelled Wednesday because the groom came down with measles. The New York City Department of Health ordered the wedding to be called...

(Kveller via JTA) There’s a measles outbreak in Israel. It’s spreading to Orthodox communities in the United States, and many are speaking out encouraging parents to vaccinate their kids. Two prominent Israeli moms...

By David T. Jacobs, MD Winter has settled in. The holidays have passed. At this time of year, warm spring and summer weather isn’t at the top of your mind....

Patients in St. John’s Episcopal Hospital’s Emergency Department will soon have access to additional state-of-the-art technology to assist in their diagnoses. St. John’s leadership announced that as part of...

Jonathan L. Brisman, M.D., a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in treating cerebrovascular conditions, including brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), carotid stenosis, and stroke, has opened an office at 923...