Former chief rabbi asks court to accept plea bargain – Jerusalem Post Israel News
richards | February 8, 2017
Former chief rabbi Yona Metzger.
Ashkenazi Jews are 4 times more likely to have cancer – Ynetnews
richards | February 7, 2017
To the growing causes of cancer, which include smoking, sun exposure and radiation, it seems likely that ethnicity is going to have to be added to the list as the Ministry of Health data showing that Ashkenazi Jews are 4 times more likely to have cancer than Sephardic Jews.
Analysis: The resurrection of Isaac Herzog – Jerusalem Post Israel News
richards | February 7, 2017
Isaac Herzog.
Trailblazing Initiative Focuses on Jewish Intermarriage – Forward
richards | February 6, 2017
Getty Images Interfaith connection not just about Ashkenazi Jews marrying WASPs. I just read with interest that Hebrew College, in Massachusetts, has introduced the first-ever graduate school of Jewish Education to establish a specialization in our Masters Degree program and a standalone graduate certificate in Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement
1972 CIA document analyzes Ashkenazi-Sephardic tensions in Israel – Ynetnews
richards | February 6, 2017
Its 1972, a year before the Yom Kippur War and the great rift it created. Following the Six-Day War, Israel is not engaged in survival battles, is launching the settlement enterprise, is experiencing relative economic welfare but is dealing with internal problems
On My Morning Walk, Chalk Messages Mark Path of Hope for Immigrants to City College – Forward
richards | February 6, 2017
Every morning when I walk my son Teddy to the subway station at the corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and 145th Street in our Hamilton Heights neighborhood in Harlem, we pass a sea of young men and woman making their way from the trains toward City College
Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP) – What Is an …
richards | January 20, 2017
An Ashkenazi Jewish genetic panel (AJGP) is a blood test that checks to see if a person is a carrier of a genetic disease that occurs more often in people of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish heritage. These diseases do not just affect people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage but are more common in this group of people
Ashkenazi | Flavors of Diaspora
richards | January 15, 2017
We have a reader contribution! My friends Dalya and Adele Moss in Oxford sent their delicious recipe for a German Jewish potato salad with many fun photographs.
Ashkenaz – Wikipedia
richards | January 12, 2017
Ashkenaz is a term found in a number of contexts.
Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP)-What Is an … – WebMD
richards | December 25, 2016
An Ashkenazi Jewish genetic panel (AJGP) is a blood test that checks to see if a person is a carrier of a genetic disease that occurs more often in people of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish heritage.
