admin | February 14, 2021
Eli Lilly has replaced its chief financial officer who resigned following an investigation into a personal relationship that violated company policy. Josh Smiley stepped down as senior vice president and chief financial officer and will leave the company, the drugmaker said Tuesday, after it learned of allegations of an inappropriate personal relationship between Smiley and an employee. The independent investigation found consensual though inappropriate personal communications between Smiley and some employees and behavior that demonstrated poor judgment, according to the company.
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admin | February 14, 2021
Kenneth Frazier will step down from his position as CEO of Merck & Co. and hand over to CFO Robert Davis.
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admin | February 14, 2021
All those wondering why US President Joe Biden has still not called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more than three weeks after being sworn into office would do well to take a look at the Facebook page of Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid. There, as the pages banner photo, is a picture of a smiling Lapid in a light, chummy moment with Biden in what appears to be Bidens office. The picture is somewhat fuzzy, and it is not clear when it was taken or what position Biden occupied at the time.
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admin | February 14, 2021
Following the election of Joe Biden as the next US President, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan has set the eyes of an increasingly diplomatically isolated nation on its regional neighbour and former ally. Israel, spurred by the threat of Iran in the region, has also sent signals that rapprochement with Turkey is on the cards.
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admin | February 12, 2021
Maariv, Israel, February 4 Since the European Court of Justice ruled last December on kosher slaughter, newspaper headlines have claimed that the EU bans kosher slaughter and outlaws Jewish religious practices, signaling that Jews are no longer welcome in Europe. But this is explicitly untrue. Under current EU law, kosher slaughter is allowed, but national government bodies are given wide discretion regarding the need to bridge the gap between animal welfare and the preservation of religious freedom
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admin | February 12, 2021
The COVID-19-spurred lockdown was the push Naamah Segal Karas needed to become more observant. I started trying to keep Shabbat in 2018, and we became more observant in 2019, but that was a very hectic year, she said.
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admin | February 12, 2021
Dean-Paul Stephens|Times-News The Jewish faith needs to expand its reach, believes Elon University Rabbi Sandra Lawson.
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admin | February 12, 2021
Noa Katzover does not seem like the typical student of spoken Arabic. An organizational consultant, she lives in what she calls the City of David, and most call the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem
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admin | February 12, 2021
We all know the saying: two Jews, three opinions. But for once, the controversy around Californias Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum seemed to be an exception
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admin | February 12, 2021
The Israeli Health Ministry is using its resources to fight a dangerous and quick spread of vaccine misinformation in the country's haredi (ultra-Orthodox) communities. The ministry's department for the education of the ultra-Orthodox public gave examples of the misinformation that is spreading which includes insisting that senior haredi rabbis who have publicly supported the vaccine do not support it 'in reality,' as well as presenting information to look medically accurate that advocates against vaccination.According to the department, the small, fringe group that is spreading the misinformation is denying infection rates, insisting that the virus is only a light flu, and that the pandemic is a conspiracy
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