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Lisa Lurie, one of the Cancer Be Glammed co-founders, on left, and Allderdice teacher Julie Farber, who with her top jewelry students in partnership with Pittsburgh-based website Cancer Be Glammed, paired the students with women coping with cancer in order to craft pieces of jewelry for them. Women were given their personalized jewelry May 4 at a gathering at the Summerset at Frick Park Community Center. (Photo courtesy of Paul Firemen)
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An estimated 805,600 women will be diagnosed with some sort of cancer this year in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. And 79,560 of them, almost 10 percent, will be in Pen...
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to resign if peace talks with Israel fail.
Abbas made a statement indicating that he would quit over a failure of the rece...
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(Editor’s note: This is the first in a four-part series about raising awareness of Ashkenazi genetic diseases.)
Jeanne Rogal was diagnosed with Gaucher disease in 1966 at the age of 3. Growing...
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OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring training sessions will take place Thursdays, Sept. 23 and 30 or Wednesdays, Oct. 13 and 20, from 10:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at OASIS, 10th Floor Macy’s Downtown. OAS...
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NEW YORK -- The MASA study-in-Israel initiative is giving eight U.S. colleges or systems a total of $400,000 over the next two years.
MASA will give $50,000 each to Arizona State University, Barna...
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JERUSALEM -- The Obama administration reportedly suggested that Israel extend its current settlement freeze for three months, which Israel appears to have rejected.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...
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Matt recently described the possibility of a green coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis south of Jerusalem. Israel is shipping their cleantech expertise to their neighbors, thereby fosteri...
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WASHINGTON -- Don't expect a familiar American echo now that West Bank settlers are gearing up to fight the possible extension of Israel’s settlement freeze.
Activists on the left and right in Isr...
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WASHINGTON — Heading into a period of intense diplomatic activity, Israel and the pro-Israel community are taking what may appear to be an atypical wait-and-see approach.
That sentiment and the Hig...
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LOS ANGELES -- Neila is coming. Please rise.
On Yom Kippur for the past 15 years, as a lay cantor I have led the Neila service for the small congregation to which I belong, the Movable Minyan in L...
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How do you convey a journey that spans your entire life?
I recently returned from a two-week trip to Europe with my younger daughter, Avi, and two of my grandchildren, Boaz and Isaac Munro. Among o...