Rabbi Breitowitz Provides Halachic Overview of Children’s Hospital Case

Following the unfortunate passing of Motl Brody, Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz - a noted halachik authority on medical ethics - distributed a halachic overview on this complicated case. We contacted Rabbi Breitowitz and he provided us with a revised version of this discussion for OU distribution. We thank Rabbi Breitowitz and appreciate his perspective.

Israel Boycotts UN Racism Conference

Israel has decided to boycott the United Nations conference on racism scheduled for next year

Obama Transition Israel Analysis

While the incoming Obama Administration's foreign policy plans, regarding Israeli-Arab issues or any others, can't really be formed until key positions such as Secretary of State and National Security Adviser are announced, the Transition Team does have a national security working group in place and they must be discussing options for the new team.

Lieberman Keeps Chairmanship

Another False Obama Rumor

There's going to be a lot of flat out nonsense put out there, especially during the Transition period, and reports - especially from foreign media who have little understanding of what a U.S. presidential transition is like (overwhelmingly busy trying to fill thousands of Executive Branch posts) and little access to real information from the Transition Team - ought to be read skeptically.