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CHICAGO A 2-year-old Indiana boy and his mother contracted a rare and life-threatening infection from his soldier father's smallpox vaccination, according to a published report. The boy and his mother were being treated in a specially ventilated room at the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. The family's name and home town were not released at their request. The boy developed a virulent rash over 80 percent of his body earlier this month after coming in contact with his father, who had recently been vaccinated for smallpox before he was to be deployed overseas by...

Last week, the Jewish Nation suffered a fierce and devastating blow, when a synagogue was destroyed. One may question with great concern. Where? France? Poland? Prague? Of course had it been in one of these known anti-Semitic countries our lives would have been made much easier. We would all rise up in unison chanting "Never Again". The Israeli government would denounce the anti-Semitic act and possibly send emissaries to aid in the reconstruction of the synagogue. If it had happened in Poland it would surely become a new site visited by tens of thousands of Jewish youth annually. When a...