Hebrew University study: Extended acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases risk of ASD/ADHD
For the first time, prolonged use of medication containing paracetamol or acetaminophen by pregnant women has been linked to an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in...
George Shultz
When Natan Sharansky gained his freedom, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz was the first person to phone him. That was because Shultz had campaigned directly with Soviet leaders for Sharansky’s release and with...
Stanley Fischer
Stanley Fischer has held many important academic, business and policy-making positions at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and Citicorp. From 2014 to 2017, he served as vice chair of the U.S. Federal...
Let My People Know
US is a prime funder of UNRWA education. Therefore US Congress conducted its first GAO study of new PA texts used in UNRWA schools Yet the US State Department has now asked Congress to not publicize the...
Trysts with the Nobel Prize in Literature
RICHMOND, California — The measurement of time changes after you retire. You do not have to go to work, and you can do pretty much what you want to do within financial and physical limits....
Walter Lowdermilk (1888–1974)
How would the State of Israel survive, much less thrive, in a land where water resources were so scarce?
The genius who solved this riddle was Walter Lowdermilk. Raised in the rugged, arid terrain of...
The Portman factor
That so many Jews care so deeply about what an actress has to say about the State of Israel and its prime minister tells us a lot about Jewish insecurity in 2018. But while...
A story of tremendous generosity from a family from Mexico
Shaare Zedek Medical Center officially dedicated the Eduardo and Jovita Cojab Building in the hospital's downtown campus. The building has been a Jerusalem landmark for close to one and a half centuries and was...
Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis is one of the most outstanding historians of the Middle East. Yet unlike far too many Mideast scholars, Lewis never combined his natural scholarly sympathy for the Arab and Muslim peoples of...
The Summit of the Americas’s Big Themes: Corruption and Venezuela Easier Said Than Done
Though not often given much attention as part of our foreign policy agenda, an important gathering of the heads of state of the Western Hemisphere took place last weekend. This was the 8th Summit...