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Sep 18, 2026, 1:10 AM

Walking in God’s Ways: Restoring Dignity to Aging

For over one thousand years, Jewish communities have repeated a powerful plea in our prayers leading up to and throughout Yom Kippur: Hear our voices, Shema koleinu… Do not cast us away in our old age; when our strength...

Reed Berger-Fleishman

Sep 17, 2026, 6:23 PM

What to know if you’re on GLP‑1 drugs and plan to fast for Yom Kippur

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Time your medication, prepare for the fast, and recognize when going without food and water may no longer be safe

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 16, 2026, 5:19 AM

USPI Part 2 – Mind as a Public Good and Pathways.

Author’s note: In the previous article, the index was referred to as both UPSI and USPI while the naming was being refined. The final name used here is USPI — the ʿUmar Stewardship Performance Index. The underlying idea has...

Carol Silver Elliott

Sep 16, 2026, 12:21 AM

We are beginning another year, 5787 on the Jewish calendar. These Days of Awe are a time for us to reflect on the year that is ending and think about the year that is to come. While making resolutions...

Sep 14, 2026, 12:16 PM

Folha de São Paulo / WHO, May 19, 2026 On May 5, health workers in Mongbwalu — a small town in the Ituri province of eastern Congo, near the Ugandan border — noticed something wrong. People were dying, including colleagues....

Andy Blumenthal

Sep 14, 2026, 6:45 AM

The Laps We Keep Walking

On Rosh Hashanah, we come to synagogue carrying more than a prayer book. We carry the year that was: the disappointments we did not expect, the fears we did not voice, the losses we still cannot quite name, and the...

Silas Anastacio

Sep 10, 2026, 10:10 PM

Fortunée de Picciotto Association Expands Pediatric Dental, Eye Care

Entity records record number of consultations and broadens free care for children and adolescents Marking more than a decade of service, the Fortunée de Picciotto Israelite Association is expanding its free healthcare offerings by incorporating implant dentistry into its dental...

Sep 8, 2026, 1:40 PM

This past December I became seriously ill, and only later did I understand how close the angel of death had come on that first night in the hospital. Fortunately, those caring for me made sure he was ultimately kept...

Sep 8, 2026, 1:20 PM

The Most Heartfelt Shehecheyanu I’ll Ever Say

It took double bypass heart surgery to teach me to stop bypassing the things that really matter. This Friday night Rosh Hashanah begins. At our dinner table I will raise my kiddush cup full of wine and say a blessing...

Carol Silver Elliott

Sep 2, 2026, 11:47 PM

Looking for Longevity

Maybe you saw the same story that I did recently, about the 91-year-old man who just completed a hike of the Appalachian Trail, a distance of 2,190 miles. He’d set a record as the oldest hiker to complete the...

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