Training Rabbis To Promote Screening
Amy Spiro Editorial Assistant Ashkenazi Jews are potential carriers for 16 devastating genetic ailments: how tests can prevent a lot of heartache.Steve Hoffman had never heard of Tay-Sachs Disease....
View ArticleJews And Native American Tribe Share Genetic Link, Say Israeli Doctors
JTA (JTA) – Israeli geneticists have linked a Native American population in Colorado to Jews expelled from Spain during the Inquisition.Geneticists at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv discovered...
View ArticleTorah Sage Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv Dies In Israel At 102
JTA In an age of sound bites and celebrity seekers, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, who died Wednesday at age 102, represented a world apart.The head of the Lithuanian haredi Orthodox community in...
View ArticleOn Tu B’Av, Remember The Importance Of Genetic Testing
Estie Rose Special To The Jewish Week As Jews, we don’t have many light-hearted holidays, but this week we’ll celebrate one of them, Tu B’Av. Casually known as the Jewish Valentine’s day, Tu B’Av is...
View ArticleMichael J. Fox Parkinson’s Study To Look At Ashkenazi Genetic Mutation
JTA (JTA) — A study sponsored by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research will investigate a genetic mutation found more often in Ashkenazi Jews.read more
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