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Category Archives: New York Times
Yisroel Pensack: Prime Minister Proposes English Health Care System Overhaul
According to an article by Sarah Lyall in The New York Times: LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday proposed a radical reorganization of England’s health care system, introducing legislation that would hand responsibility for most of the country’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Henry George, New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged 1909 Budget Bill, American, Britain, david cameron, England's health care system, land values, landlords, Lloyd George, National Health Service, prime minister, sarah lyall, socialized care, taxes, United States
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Yisroel Pensack: Tucson Shooter Had Sexual Gun Fetish, Photos Show
The New York Times reports: TUCSON — Law enforcement officials said Friday they have multiple photos of Jared L. Loughner posing with a Glock 9mm gun next to his naked buttocks and dressed in a bright red g-string. The photos … Continue reading
Posted in New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Arizona congresswoman, crotch, federal judge, Glock 9mm gun, Jared L. Loughner, law enforcement officials, naked buttocks, photos, Police, red g-string, same model of weapon, sexual gun fetish, Tucson shooter, walgreens
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Yisroel Pensack: Rep. Giffords’ Medical Progress Called a ‘Miracle’
It’s not often that The New York Times reports on “miracles”: TUCSON — …Representative Gabrielle Giffords continued Friday to make significant medical progress, her doctors said… Last Saturday, Ms. Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, was meeting with constituents in a Tucson … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, New York Times, Torah, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Arizona, Dr. G. Michael Lemole Jr., miracles, neurosurgery, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, thrice-daily prayers, Torah, Tucson, university medical center
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Yisroel Pensack: Should College Have Asked Court to Evaluate Student Who Became Tucson Shooter?
A New York Times article by A. G. Sulzberger and Trip Gabriel notes: TUCSON — Many people had a glimpse of the deep delusions and festering anger of Jared L. Loughner, but none seemed in a better position to connect … Continue reading
Posted in New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged A.G. Sulzberger, Andrew Longstreth, Arizona statute, court-ordered evaluation, involuntary evaluation, Jared L. Loughner, Laura J. Waterman, mental disorder, persistently or acutely disabled, Pima Community College, Reuters Legal, Trip Gabriel, Tucson
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Yisroel Pensack: New York Times Plays ‘Catch Up’ with Jewish Bloggers on Israel’s Subsidy Payments to Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Men for Full-Time Torah Study
This heavily-blogged topic is apparently news to The New York Times, which covers it at length today under the headline “Some Israelis Question Benefits for Ultra-Religious.” Isabel Kershner reports: JERUSALEM — Chaim Amsellem was certainly not the first Parliament member … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Israel, Judaism, New York Times, Orthodoxy, Torah, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged amalek, benefits, full-time Torah study, Isabel Kershner, R. Chaim Amsellem, shas party, ultra-Orthodox men, ultra-religious, welfare subsidies
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Yisroel Pensack: 40 Die in Chanukah Forest Fire in Israel in Country’s ‘Biggest and Deadliest’ Blaze
The New York Times reports: JERUSALEM — A fire raging in a northern Israel forest on Thursday has left at least 40 people dead, caused the evacuation of thousands of people, burned some kibbutz houses to the ground and prompted … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah, Circumcision, Greece, Israel, Judaism, New York Times, R. Ari Kahn, Sabbath, Torah, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged chanukah, fatal, forest fire, Givat Ze'ev, hebrew calendar, holy land, Jerusalem, Kislev, Nadav and Abihu, Rafi Alkaly, rosh chodesh, sons of Aaron, Syrian-Greek empire, Tevet
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