At a Seder in Nepal, I felt like the wicked son. Then a bluegrass-and-Buddhist Seder invited me in
Sitting among strangers on the other side of the world, a young New Yorker gains a new perspective on ritual, faith and community
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Opinion The Gory Bloodsport That Brought Father And Son Together
A few months before I began rabbinical school in Jerusalem, my father proposed that we take a trip to Nepal. I was 22 and in the middle of writing the Great American Novel, but I didn’t mind the interruption. I welcomed the prospect of trekking together through the rugged and remote mountain kingdom, a father…
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Breaking News Nepal Bans Surrogate Births — Worry for Gay Israelis
Nepal’s Supreme Court has issued an injunction to stop women from carrying surrogate pregnancies, depriving Israel same-sex couples of the option to begin the pregnancies there. The injunction, issued this week, came as the court will rule on a petition to ban the process outright in Nepal. The petition argues that surrogacy exploits poor women’s…
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Breaking News Day-Old Israeli Twin Baby of Surrogate Mom Dies in Nepal
An Israeli baby born to a surrogate mother in a Nepal field hospital died less than a day after his birth. The baby boy, a twin, died Wednesday night in Kathmandu in a tent in a field hospital set up following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on April 25 that has killed thousands. Following the earthquake,…
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Breaking News Israel Evacuates 4 Surrogate Babies From Nepal After New Quake
Israel will evacuate four Israeli babies born to surrogate mothers in Nepal following the second major earthquake to hit the Asian nation in three weeks. A Magen David Adom mission was scheduled to leave for Nepal on Tuesday night, Ynet reported, after one of the fathers called for assistance from Israel earlier in the day…
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Breaking News 2 Spanish-Language Networks: Israeli Aid to Nepal Was Cover for Baby Trafficking
Israel used its humanitarian aid mission to Nepal as a cover for trafficking 25 Nepalese babies, two Spanish-language networks reported. Iranian HispanTV and Venezuela’s Telesur networks broadcast the reports. Telesur is the national public television channel in Venezuela, which is rebroadcast throughout Latin America on other public television networks. HispanTV broadcast the original report, which…
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Breaking News Israel Closes Field Hospital in Nepal After Treating 1,400 Patients
Israel closed its field hospital in Kathmandu at a joint ceremony with its Nepali counterparts. The 60-bed field hospital, which treated over 1,400 patients during its 10 days of operation, was closed on Sunday, Reuters reported. The hospital performed 90 life-saving surgeries, and delivered eight babies, six by Caesarean section, according to the Times of…
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Breaking News Body of Missing Israeli Hiker Or Asraf Found in Nepal
Missing Israeli hiker Or Asraf has been found dead in the remote Langtang area of Nepal. The body was located Sunday morning, the Israeli ZAKA rescue and recovery organization announced. The body likely will not be recovered until Monday, when the “complex extraction” will be attempted on a rocky mountainside, according to ZAKA. Prior to…
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