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Nehemia Stern

Nov 1, 2013, 12:05 AM

Conscripted Prescriptions: A Not-So-Modest Proposal

The recent kerfuffle over the failed Obamacare roll-out has got me thinking. Israel has a disturbing shortage of doctors and nurses. In 2010 the Ministry of Health released a report detailing the severity of the problem. By 2015 it...

Jun 23, 2013, 11:52 PM

Blood, Organs, and a Road of Good Intentions

Medical authorities within the state of Israel put a lot of effort into blood donation and collection. At any moment any number of disasters – natural or otherwise – could befall the Jewish State. An adequate supply, or indeed...

Feb 7, 2013, 2:38 PM

Saving Religion from the State

"I want the State to hold religion in its hands, and not the other way round" -David Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion was a smart man. He understood the secret, and for over 60 years his political descendants have duped the Israeli public. A...

About Me

Nehemia Stern is a PhD Candidate in the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University. He lives in Jerusalem and is trying to find as many ways as possible to procrastinate while finishing a dissertation.