Igros Moshe (YD II #57) Question Treating mental illmess with therapist who is a heretic or irreligious? Answer In my opinion one should not go to them for treatment since the treatment is not through drugs but through speaking to determine what bad thoughts the person is suffering from. The therapist gives advice based on that evaluation. Consequently there is concern that he will say to do things which are against the Torah or modesty. The reason they are typically used in medical issues is because there drugs are used for treatment which are not related to ideology and beliefs. The prohibition to be cured by heretics is only because of the concern that they will utilize the name of idolatry. The concern here is that they will say heresy and nivul peh. However in the case of a professional that the parents are confident that he won’t say anything against religion then it might be possible to trust him not to lie. Consequently it is best to find a religious therapist but if there isn’t one to have him promise not to talk about religion.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Very old person treating
Igros Moshe (Choshen Mishpat II #75.7) Question Concerning treating a very old person who is sick. Answer There is no question there is the same obligation to treat him as with a younger person. even if he doesn’t want to live anymore and it is prohibited to even think that he should not be treated similarly in terms of treatment, age is not a factor in deciding priority of treatment.
Judge lashes out at Trump admin over deportation flights
A federal judge lashed out at the Trump administration Monday for refusing to answer questions about flights deporting Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act after he ordered them to turn around the planes.
It was a remarkable hearing in which a Justice Department attorney repeatedly declined to provide details about the flights that landed in El Salvador on Saturday evening, saying he was “not authorized” to do so, a rare instance of an attorney rebuffing a judge’s questions.
Federal Judge Calls Trump Admin’s Legal Argument a ‘Heckuva Stretch’
A federal judge berated attorneys for the Department of Justice on Monday after they claimed an oral order he gave over the weekend was “not enforceable.”
“These weren’t statements. This was an order,” U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg exclaimed during the hearing.
“An oral directive is not enforceable as an injunction,” a document from the DOJ filed Monday reads.
“That’s a heckuva stretch,” Boasberg said at the hearing on Monday.
We Are Turning Too Many People Into Medical Patients
The swift rise in diagnoses for everything from autism to ADHD may be doing more harm than good.
Some physicians fear diagnostic labels increasingly pathologize healthy bodies.
Trump, Deportations and the Law
He campaigned on deporting gang members, but he can’t defy court orders.
Americans won’t miss the Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members dispatched by the Trump Administration to El Salvador on the weekend. Most of them are criminals who were in the U.S. illegally. But it’s still troubling to see U.S. officials appear to disdain the law in the name of upholding it.
A fateful moment looms as Trump’s team seeks to bypass the judiciary
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/18/politics/trump-deportations-judge-executive-power/index.html
The most chilling aspect of a new White House claim of boundless executive power is not whether officials ignored a judge’s order to halt deportations of Venezuelan gang members.
It’s that some senior Trump administration aides seem not to care if they did. There are even claims that some judges are simply too junior to question the actions of a president.
The furor caused by the administration’s peacetime use of wartime powers under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act is the latest, and perhaps most overt, sign of President Donald Trump’s sense of omnipotence. He’s also betting voters will reward him for, in his view, keeping them safe with ruthless immigration enforcement rather than recoil from his challenges to the Constitution.
Israel restarts Gaza strikes, blames Hamas for not releasing hostages as truce collapses
IDF says it targeted mid-level Hamas commanders and is prepared to widen offensive beyond airstrikes; death toll reportedly over 230; White House back offensive, says it was consulted beforehand
Monday, March 17, 2025
Draining the swamp or war on Israel? Israeli politicians react to Netanyahu firing Shin Bet chief
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-846321
Netanyahu moves to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, drawing praise from the Right and fierce opposition from the Left.
Netanyahu says decided to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bypkkkvhje
Prime minister summons Bar to inform him he will be bringing a decision to fire him to cabinet for approval; move expected to come before court because of prime minister's conflict of interest after Shin Bet investigates his close aides
The SHABBATTO: Mobility Meets Halacha
https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/the-shabbatto-mobility-meets-halacha/
Movinglife, also partnered with the Star-K kosher certification agency to develop the SHABBATTO mobility scooter with a unique “Shabbat Mode” for observant Jews with mobility challenges. In seeking approval for Shabbat use, Movinglife met with Star-K’s rabbinic authority, Rav Moshe Heinemann, and programmed the scooter’s Shabbat mechanism according to detailed halachic guidelines he provided. After making minor adjustments and passing Star-K’s testing, the SHABBATTO became the only mobility scooter approved by Star-K for Shabbat use. This Star-K approval means the scooter can be used on Shabbat by those designated as cholim, allowing them to attend synagogue and participate in community life without violating Shabbat.
How Do You Like the Trade War Now?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-canada-doug-ford-trade-war-ba0c6147
Trump is furious that Canada won’t take his tariffs lying down.
President Trump wanted a trade war with the world, and Americans are getting it, good and hard. Stock prices continued to decline on Tuesday amid the latest Canada-U.S. tariff tit-for-tat. By the end of the day the two sides were talking about a temporary truce, but who knows which side of the tariff bed Mr. Trump will wake up on Wednesday?
North Americans awakened Monday to the news that Ontario premier Doug Ford said he was raising the price of his province’s electricity exports to the U.S. by 25% in response to Mr. Trump’s on-and-off 25% tariffs on Canada. That’s a hit to consumers in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.
Mr. Trump went ballistic, even by his standards. Canada “must immediately drop their Anti-American Farmer Tariff of 250% to 390% on various U.S. dairy products,” Mr. Trump said on Truth Social. He said he’d double his metals tariffs on Canada to 50%. And oh, “the only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State.”
As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back
The next time you’re due for a medical exam you may get a call from someone like Ana: a friendly voice that can help you prepare for your appointment and answer any pressing questions you might have.
With her calm, warm demeanor, Ana has been trained to put patients at ease — like many nurses across the U.S. But unlike them, she is also available to chat 24-7, in multiple languages, from Hindi to Haitian Creole.
That’s because Ana isn’t human, but an artificial intelligence program created by Hippocratic AI, one of a number of new companies offering ways to automate time-consuming tasks usually performed by nurses and medical assistants.
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