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    Break­through: Eliz­a­beth Hugh­es, the Dis­cov­ery of Insulin, and the Mak­ing of a Med­ical Miracle
    Arthur Ainsberg
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    God of Our Under­stand­ing: Jew­ish Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty and Recov­ery from Addiction
    Rabbi Shais Taub
    Cover of Jewish Ethics and the Care of End-of-Life Patients: A Collection of Rabbinical, Bioethical, Philosophical, and Juristic Opinions
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    Jew­ish Ethics and the Care of End-of-Life Patients: A Col­lec­tion of Rab­bini­cal, Bioeth­i­cal, Philo­soph­i­cal, and Juris­tic Opinions
    Peter Joel Hurwitz, Jacques Picard, Avraham Steinberg, eds.
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    The Hadas­sah Jew­ish Fam­i­ly Book of Health and Wellness
    Robin E. Berman, Arthur Kurzweil, Dale L. Mintz, eds.
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    Promise Me: How a Sis­ter’s Love Launched the Glob­al Move­ment to End Breast Cancer
    Nancy G. Brinker
    Cover of Pretty Is What Changes: Impossible Choices, The Breast Cancer Gene, and How I Defied My Destiny
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    Pret­ty Is What Changes: Impos­si­ble Choic­es, The Breast Can­cer Gene, and How I Defied My Destiny
    Jessica Queller
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    Excerpt Fri­day

    Today’s Excerpt Fri­day fea­tures Chap­ter 8 from Main­tain­ing Recov­ery from Eat­ing Dis­or­ders: Avoid­ing Relapse and Recov­er­ing Life (Nao­mi…
    Nao­mi Feigenbaum
    September 23, 2011
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    Starv­ing Souls: A Spir­i­tu­al Guide to Under­stand­ing Eat­ing Dis­or­ders — Anorex­ia, Bulim­ia, Binging…
    Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser
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    Med­i­cine in Trans­la­tion: Jour­neys with My Patients
    Danielle Ofri
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    Lar­ry’s Kidney
    Daniel Asa Rose
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    The Good, The Bad and the Delicious

    Ear­li­er this week Stacey Bal­lis wrote about Rosh Hashanah cook­ing and fast­ing on Yom Kip­pur for the Vis­it­ing Scribe. Her newest…
    Stacey Bal­lis
    September 3, 2010
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    Sex and Judaism

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterJust read about an inter­est­ing new title com­ing out in June from Danya Rut­ten­berg (Sur­prised By God): The Pas­sion­ate Torah: Sex and…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    May 7, 2009
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    Libi Adler
    November 6, 2008
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