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Rita Rubin

Rita Rubin, a former USA Today medical reporter, writes for WebMD, msnbc.com, Bethesda Magazine, and POZ.

  • Luca and Gigi Becker.(Daphne Backman/Icedance.com)
    Luca and Gigi Becker.(Daphne Backman/Icedance.com)
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    These Jewish Ice Dancers May Be the Ones To Watch at the Winter Olympics—in 2022

    Gigi and Luca Becker and Eliana Gropman—day-school classmates—took top novice medals at this year’s U.S. championships

    byRita Rubin
  • A jogger runs near the U.S. Capitol on October 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. Democrats and Republicans are still at a stalemate on funding for the federal government as the shut down goes into the seventh day.(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
    A jogger runs near the U.S. Capitol on October 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. Democrats and Republicans are still at a stalemate on funding for the federal government as the shut down goes into the seventh day.(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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    Weathering the Shutdown at D.C. Synagogues

    With congregants out of work, synagogues offer free food and distraction

    byRita Rubin
  • Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn and his wife, Stephanie, outside the vacant office where they plan to open the Takoma Wellness Center.(Rita Rubin)
    Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn and his wife, Stephanie, outside the vacant office where they plan to open the Takoma Wellness Center.(Rita Rubin)
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    D.C.’s Marijuana Reform Rabbi

    Jeffrey Kahn and his wife are set to open one of the first medical marijuana dispensaries in Washington, D.C.

    byRita Rubin
  • (Kate Dreyer/Flickr)
    (Kate Dreyer/Flickr)
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    A Nose Dive for Nose Jobs

    As standards of beauty shift, rhinoplasty—once a rite of passage for Jewish teens—declines in popularity

    byRita Rubin
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