Monday, December 2, 2013

In Israel, a Push to Screen for Breast Cancer Gene Leaves Many Conflicted. By Roni Caryn Rabin.

In Israel, a Push to Screen for Cancer Gene Leaves Many Conflicted. By Roni Caryn Rabin. New York Times, November 26, 2013.

A “Powerful” Image of Breast Cancer Offends Some Times Readers. By Margaret Sullivan. New York Times, November 27, 2013.

The New York Times, the nipple, and the Jewish star tattoo. By neo-neocon. Legal Insurrection, November 28, 2013.

Breast Tattoo (Women’s Bodies Jewish) (Front Page of the New York Times). By Zachary Braiterman. Jewish Philosophy Place, November 27, 2013.


This 28-year-old woman discovered a large lump in her left breast last year. Years earlier, her mother's half-sister, who lives in Canada, tested positive for a genetic mutation that increases cancer risk and then warned her Israeli relatives. Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times.