On Jan.22, 1984, Ronald Reagan issued a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday in January as National Sanctity ...

In synagogues around the world where the Five Books of Moses are read in the traditional triennial cycle on the Sabbath, the 21 verses that tell the story of Moses’ birth through his marriage — the ...

to win a later war, united. In “The “Egyptian” Midwives: Who were the midwives who risked their lives to save male Hebrew babies—Israelites or Egyptians? A text discovered at the Cairo Genizah sheds ...

Shortage raises rates of maternity intervention, while improving access to care could potentially save 4.3m lives a year, say experts A global shortage of nearly a million midwives is leaving pregnant ...

Debuted at the Shifra & Puah Partnership Dinner, a creative new video traces the legacy of the Hebrew midwives across generations—while unveiling meaningful raffle opportunities tied to the campaign’s ...

to win a later war, united. In “The “Egyptian” Midwives: Who were the midwives who risked their lives to save male Hebrew babies—Israelites or Egyptians? A text discovered at the Cairo Genizah sheds ...

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The Book of Exodus opens with one of the central challenges of any people seeking to survive: establishing its existence and ensuring continuity. The Torah tells us that when the Israelites went down ...

HaRav Dov Begon is Head of Yeshivat Machon Meir. “And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, the name of the one was Shifra and the name of the other Puah" (Exodus 1:15). Rashi explains: ...

Midwives in the Upstate are mourning the loss of Dr. Janell Green Smith, a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate for maternal health.According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives, Dr. Smith ...

Last week, Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburg and Dr. Abed Halaila held an unexpected and moving joint press conference. A year ago, Ginsburg, who is closely associated with Chabad and with many of the “hilltop” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photos: Instagram) The American College of Nurse-Midwives called Dr. Green Smith’s death a “profound failure of the systems meant ...