Jewish Schools and Websites Promote Internet Safety

Technology expert Philip M. Rosenthal leads a discussion about Internet safety.

Believing that modern technology can be harnessed to create an atmosphere imbedded with holiness and beneficent human values, Chabad-Lubavitch schools, aided by the Judaism website Chabad.org, are working diligently to ensure that cyberspace continues to be a safe place for their students and teaching staff.

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Kidney Donation Catches On in Jewish Community

Renewal program director Rabbi Menachem Friedman, left, visited kidney donor Shmuel Waldman the night before a transplant operation.

In May 2010, Jacob Lefkowitz received a kidney donation that changed his life. He was on dialysis, going from state to state to get on lists for a donation, but the wait was long – about 10 years in New York alone. But thanks to Renewal, a Brooklyn-based non-profit that acts as a comprehensive resource for kidney donors and potential recipients within the Jewish community, the Manhattan resident received a kidney in just six months. He’s since returned to work and good health.

Striking Doctors Spent the Night in Kfar Chabad

Shturem, Arutz 7

Hundreds of Israeli doctors spent the night in Kfar Chabad on their way to Yerushalayim. They are participating in a country-wide protest march which began in Ramat Gan. They are planning to set up a protest tent opposite the government complex in the capital.

7 Best-Selling Medications Soon to Be Much Cheaper

CBS

In the next 14 months, seven of the world’s 20 best-selling drugs will be available in generic form, dramatically slashing the cost for patients but also decimating sales for the drug companies that created them. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy explains what they are and what this means.