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The USPSTF has issued draft recommendations for treating obesity in children, but doesn't recommend using weight loss medications.

Eric Alterman’s history of U.S. views of Israel asks why the topic is so lethal—and minds so unpersuadable.

From the blog of Richard D. Zelin at The Times of Israel

As more American Jews are distancing themselves from Israel, more Israeli Jews believe American Jews have lost their way and won't be Jewish in a generation from intermarriage.

From the blog of Michael Laitman at The Times of Israel

Perhaps you saw the letter. The one in which 175 Jewish studies and Israel studies scholars wrote, “we condemn the state violence that the Israeli government and its security forces have been carrying out in Gaza.” In the same letter, they wrote, “We also denounce expressions of antisemitism or Islamophobia in connection with ongoing events in Israel/Palestine.” Or perhaps you read the Instagram post by the account “Progressive Jews,” backing Palestinian rights and safety, freedom a...

As the West reviews its unflinching support for Israel As the West reviews its unflinching support for Israel The writer is a former caretaker finance minister and served as vice-president at the World Bank I write this as it is not clear even to those who have given their unflinching support to the Jewish state of Israel, how and when the current bloody conflict that is waging between the Palestinians and Israelis is likely to end. There are a number of reasons why the Americans and most of t...

In 1988, when James Zogby, the founder of the Arab American Institute, pushed Democrats to include a mention of Palestinian sovereignty in their platform, party leaders responded with a clear warning, he recalled: “If the P-word is even in the platform, all hell will break loose.” Eager to stave off an angry confrontation at the convention, the issue was shelved without a vote. Now, with violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories forcing...

Tensions Among Democrats Grow Over Israel as the Left Defends Palestinians Lisa Lerer and Jennifer Medina © Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and other progressive members of Congress delivered impassioned speeches about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the House floor on Thursday. In 1988, when James Zogby, the founder of the Arab American Institute, pushed Democrats to include a mention of Palestinian sovereignty ...

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