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15 Facts Every Jew Should Know About Jerusalem

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Your Tisha B'Av Fact Sheet

Your Tisha B'Av Fact Sheet

Why do we mourn on Tisha b'Av? A historical overview and a digest of the day's laws.

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When Tisha B’Av Is Observed on Sunday

When Tisha B'Av Is Observed on Sunday

On Shabbat, all public displays of mourning are strictly prohibited. This causes changes in many of the Tisha B'Av laws and customs.

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When My Child Began Hitting . . .

When My Child Began Hitting . . .

We have a Father, and He loves us and adores us. He wants to give to us and shower us with blessing and goodness. But He does ask for something in return, and it's for our own benefit: to be kind and respect one another.

By Elana Mizrahi

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Focus on Jerusalem
15 Facts Every Jew Should Know About Jerusalem

15 Facts Every Jew Should Know About Jerusalem

15 fascinating facts about this enchanting city.

By Mordechai Rubin

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Coffee and Scribbles on a Jerusalem Morning

Coffee and Scribbles on a Jerusalem Morning

By Miriam Karp

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Your Questions
What Does "Kvell" Mean?

What Does "Kvell" Mean?

Nachas, joy from our children and grandchildren, is among the sweetest pleasures a Jew can hope for.

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Why Avoid Danger During the 9 Days?

Why Avoid Danger During the 9 Days?

The reason for this is that it is an especially ominous time, as can be seen from the many tragedies that befell the Jewish people

by Yehuda Shurpin

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Parshah
Rebuke to Reward

Rebuke to Reward

A commentary on the haftarah for Shabbat Chazon

By Yitzi Hurwitz

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An Easy Life Versus a Meaningful Life

An Easy Life Versus a Meaningful Life

You can't move up the ladder by yearning for a life of ease. And so, while our forefathers and mothers didn't have easy lives, they had profoundly meaningful and spiritual lives—lives that charted our very course and destiny, and whose qualities are embedded in our spiritual DNA.

By Hanna Perlberger

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Jewish News
Raised in the Congo, She Will Now Start Up Chabad in Ivory Coast

Raised in the Congo, She Will Now Start Up Chabad in Ivory Coast

Couple determined to build Jewish life in West African nation.

By Dovid Margolin

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Berlin Jewish High School Takes Top Honors in German Capital

Berlin Jewish High School Takes Top Honors in German Capital

Regents also recognize Hebrew as tested subject for the first time.

By Yehuda Sugar

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Crowds of Visitors Safe After Blaze at Tomb of 16th-Century Sage

Crowds of Visitors Safe After Blaze at Tomb of 16th-Century Sage

25,000 gathered in Safed for ceremony marking passing of Rabbi Isaac Luria

By Yehuda Sugar

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Video
Why Moses Translated the Torah to 70 Languages

Why Moses Translated the Torah to 70 Languages

Something Spiritual on Parshat Devarim

By Yehuda Stern

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Every Home a Temple

Every Home a Temple

The Torah calls the Jewish people "a kingdom of priests." Here is what it means to you…

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The Story Behind Shabbat Chazon

The Story Behind Shabbat Chazon

The inner meaning of the Shabbat before Tisha B'Av

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Story
The Friday-Afternoon Blessing

The Friday-Afternoon Blessing

Living as a downtrodden shell of her former self, Leah's blank eyes reflected the agony that gripped her heart.

By Asharon Baltazar

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Living
Easy Overnight Breakfast Oats

Easy Overnight Breakfast Oats

By Miriam Szokovski

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Art: The Temple Descends From On High

Art: The Temple Descends From On High

By Moshe Braun

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News Alert: Trump’s damage control falters

 
 
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Trump’s damage control falters
President Trump on Wednesday said Russia does not pose a threat to the United States, contradicting his director of national intelligence on a critical security issue and deepening a controversy that began at his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Hours later, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump was actually indicating he was done answering questions when he responded “no” to a reporter who asked if he believes Russia is still seeking to meddle in U.S. political affairs.
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Overnight Health Care: Novartis pulls back on drug price hikes | House Dems launch Medicare for All caucus | Trump officials pushing ahead on Medicaid work requirements

 
 
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Welcome to Overnight Health Care, Wednesday edition.

While you were focused on the fallout from President Trump's walkback of his walkback, Novartis decided to freeze drug price increases, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services won't give up on Kentucky Medicaid work requirements, and House Democrats launched a Medicare for All caucus. Worry not. We'll get you caught up. We'll start with some drug pricing news:

 

Novartis pulls back on planned drug price increases

Taking a cue from Pfizer, Novartis on Wednesday became the second company to announce it won't raise drug prices this year. During a call with investors, CEO Vas Narasimhan said the decision was made because of the uncertainty surrounding the administration's drug pricing blueprint.

"We looked in June at the overall situation, the blueprint coming out, and we made the decision prior to some of the recent events that we were going to withdraw any further price increases, and make a commitment internally that we were not going to make any further price increases for the remainder of 2018," Narasimhan said.

The fine print: Just like Pfizer, Novartis isn't actually doing anything to LOWER prices, they're just freezing them. For now.

President Trump has been complaining about high drug prices since he was on the campaign trail, and Novartis and Pfizer have certainly raised prices on some of their products since then. Advocacy groups are not impressed, saying they want actual price cuts, not just delays of increases.

Why it matters: Novartis was already in hot water with the public after emails released by Democrats last week showed the company had a more extensive relationship with ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen than previously revealed. The announcement could be little more than a PR move or a way to curry favor with the administration.

What's next: Watch to see if other drug companies follow Pfizer and Novartis on this.

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House Dems launching Medicare for All caucus

More evidence that Medicare for All is gaining momentum among Democrats: the formation of a Medicare for All caucus.

The caucus will launch Thursday with about 60 members and will be led by Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Debbie Dingell (Mich.) and Keith Ellison (Minn.), with more expected to sign on in the coming weeks.

Ellison is the lead sponsor of H.R. 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, which has the support of a majority of the House Democratic Caucus.

The bill contains only an outline of how it would raise the trillions of dollars needed to establish universal health care, but it has become a focus of Democratic energy.

"It's the increasing view of everyone that single-payer is inevitable," said Dan Riffle, spokesman for Ellison.

"It's going to pass," he said, and the caucus will attempt to hammer home that message.

What to watch: If Democrats win back the House in November, talk of Medicare for All is sure to pick up. There could be hearings and even votes in the House on the idea next year.

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CMS takes new step forward on Medicaid work requirements

The Trump administration is not giving up on imposing Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky after a judge blocked the proposal last month.

CMS said Wednesday that it is going to reopen a new 30-day comment period on Kentucky's plan.

What that means: The move could allow the administration to show that it is giving further time to weigh concerns about the proposal, after the judge ruled that officials did not give adequate consideration to the coverage losses that could result.

Bottom line: The move shows how determined the Trump administration is to find a way to press forward with Medicaid work requirements, a key part of its agenda.

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Senate panel will vote next week on banning 'gag clauses.'

The Senate health committee will vote next week on a bill that would ban "gag clauses" that prohibit pharmacies from telling customers they can save money on a drug if they pay with cash instead of insurance.

Such clauses are sometimes inserted into contracts pharmacies have with insurers or pharmacy benefit managers -- the middlemen that manage pharmacy benefits for insurance companies and employers.

The clauses prevent a pharmacist from telling a customer if their $20 co-pay is higher than the pharmacy's cash price for a drug.

Why it matters: Some states have already passed these bans, but the bill from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) would establish some uniformity throughout the U.S.

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What we're reading

HHS secretary tries to reset agenda amid family-separations furor (The Wall Street Journal)

Health-care coverage is increasingly determined by where you live (The Wall Street Journal)

Medicaid under the influence: How drugmakers sway medication options for patients (NPR)

 

State by state

North Carolina state employees won't have to pay anything extra for health insurance next year (heraldsun.com)

Maryland analysts: Single-payer health care, proposed by Dem gubernatorial nominee, could cost state $24 billion a year (The Baltimore Sun)

 

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The judiciary strikes a blow to Medicaid reform

 
 
 
 
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