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Gene Testing X.
Gene tests: 235 people with Jewish roots told of higher cancer risk
By Michelle Rosenberg
NHS in England releases new data from BRCA screening programme with Jnetics and Chai Cancer Care
Gene Testing X.
January 16, 2025, 10:46 am
Gene tests: 235 people with Jewish roots told of higher cancer risk
NHS in England releases new data from BRCA screening programme with Jnetics and Chai Cancer Care
By Michelle Rosenberg
Screenshot: Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week
November 27, 2024, 11:55 am
OPINION: Ashkenazi Jews are up to 4x more likely to suffer from IBD; so let’s talk about it
Championing dialogue within communal spaces can help make Jewish community life better for those suffering from a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
By Matty Fisher
Jeremy Corbyn at pro-Palestine demo
November 13, 2023, 11:56 am
OPINION: The far-left is the political ostrich of our time
Professor Colin Shindler unearths the chilling common ground between Britain's far left and reactionary Islamists.
By Colin Shindler
Students at the Horev girls high school in Jerusalem in a Purim skit mocking Mizrahi Jews. (Screenshot)
April 18, 2023, 11:53 am
OPINION: Blackface, cultural appropriation and Jew-on-Jew racism
"Racism is never a prank," writes Hen Mazzig following the release of a racist YouTube video made by Israeli students stereotyping Mizrahi Jews.
By Hen Mazzig
Marie van der Zyl congratulates King Charles ahead of his coronation credit © IJP Event Photos 2023
March 23, 2023, 1:12 pm
OPINION: The loyal address to the new King
As Jews and citizens of this free and democratic country, we should be proud to take our place at the impressive and moving ceremony, writes Vivan Wineman
By Vivian Wineman
Micrograph showing crinkled paper macrophages in the marrow space in a case of Gaucher disease. Credit: Wikipedia.
February 7, 2023, 10:26 am
Rare genetic disease may protect Ashkenazi Jews against tuberculosis
Research with zebrafish suggests Ashkenazi Jews at a greater risk of Gaucher disease, are less likely to get TB infection.
By Michelle Rosenberg
The Jewish cemetery in Worms Heiliger Sand, Rhine-Hesse, Germany
February 6, 2023, 7:33 am
Germany celebrates UNESCO World Heritage listing for sites known as birthplace of Yiddish, Ashkenazi culture
They were recognised by the United Nations’ education and cultural body in July 2021, but the coronavirus pandemic delayed Germany’s celebration of the designation.
By David I Klein (JTA)
Teeth excavated from the medieval Jewish cemetery of Erfurt, from which DNA was extracted for the genetic study. Each tooth is shown before and after DNA extraction. Credit: David Reich ancient DNA laboratory / Harvard Medical School
December 1, 2022, 12:54 pm
Ancient DNA from medieval Germany shows Ashkenazi Jews were more diverse than today
A team of researchers, led by Hebrew University and Harvard, found DNA from Jews who lived more than 600 years ago.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Undated handout photo issued by Liverpool John Moores University of a reconstructed face of a male adult (left) and a child (right) based on skeletal remains. DNA from human remains found in a medieval well suggests they belonged to Ashkenazi Jews who fell victim to antisemitic violence during the 12th century. In 2004 archaeological excavations in central Norwich uncovered a medieval well containing the remains of at least 17 people, mostly children.
August 30, 2022, 4:30 pm
900-year-old Ashkenazi DNA ‘shines new light on British Jewish history’
Human remains found in a Norwich well of 17 people, mostly children, suggests they belonged to Ashkenazi Jews who fell victim to antisemitic violence during the 12th century.
By Jewish News Reporter
October 7, 2019, 2:51 pm
Screenings for women with breast cancer would save hundreds, study says
Jewish woman leads campaigns for fewer limits on genetic checks offered by the NHS, after a report published in JAMA Oncology suggests wider screening would save money and lives
By Jewish News Reporter
View of Parliament Building from Buda
August 14, 2019, 1:00 pm
Hungary has highest amount of Ashkenazi genes after Israel, study claims
Testing by MyHeritage and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research found that more than 7.5% of Hungarians had over a quarter Jewish Ashkenazi heritage
By JTA
Inside the Stutthof gas chamber
December 14, 2018, 1:21 pm
Trial of former Nazi SS guard, 95, suspended due to his ill health
Johann Rehbogen is accused of being complicit in the mass murders of several hundred prisoners at the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp
By JTA
Screenshot from the trailer of the Chicken Soup Song
November 25, 2018, 10:22 am
Klezmer band’s ‘chicken soup song’ raises money for charity over Chanukah
Bis-Bas are donating all proceeds of their forthcoming single about Jewish penicillin to Jewish Care
Crowds watch King George V ride through Whitechapel Road in 1935
October 25, 2018, 3:38 pm
Who Jew you think you are? Families asked to help Whitechapel history project
People with recollections of and links to London’s Whitechapel community are urged to participate in a special historical project
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Lior Ashkenazi, centre (and left), with Richard Gere, right, in Norman
June 14, 2017, 11:57 am
Lior Ashkenazi in his prime in new Richard Gere movie
Israeli actor tells Francine Wolfisz about his role as the prime minister of the Jewish state in the new film 'Norman'
By Francine Wolfisz
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