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The Holocaust silenced millions of Yiddish voices - musicians are bringing them back
The Holocaust silenced millions of Yiddish voices; musicians are now bringing the songs of a lost civilization back to life
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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why - opinion
The irony behind telling Jews to 'go back where they belong' - opinion
NHS to make Jewish BRCA genetic testing program permanent after successful pilot
Ashkenazi Jewish women should be screened for breast cancer genes
That’s the recommendation by a U.S. task force announced in an editorial this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
DNA study reveals 130,000 Hungarians are at least 50% Jewish
At least 7.6% of 4,981 people living in Hungary who took MyHeritage DNA test found to have 25% or more Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity
Fundamentally Freund: Don’t let Ladino die
Ladino and all that it embodies are part and parcel of our people’s long and winding journey on the historical stage.
The lost Yemenite children and I
The word of abduction spread like wildfire throughout more than two hundred transit camps, including our camp, and reached my father, Baba.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein does not get to define Jewish identities
“I want white Jews to acknowledge that they are white. I want white Jews to acknowledge that Ashkenazi is not a synonym for white. I want white Jews to acknowledge that some Sephardim are white too.”
Israeli TV show nominated for International Emmy Award
The Reshet comedy 'Nevsu' which was first broadcast in 2017, was nominated in the comedy category.
Ashkenazim want to build museum of Ashkenazi culture
The Ashkenazim made great contributions in Jewish history, and brought their skills and talents to Israel. But does Israel need an Ashkenazi museum?
Orientalism and the invention of an Ashkenazi identity in Israel
How did “Ashkenazi” in Israel become synonymous with “liberal” and “Left,” and how has being “Ashkenazi” become a marker for being a “victim” of the Israeli Right?
FDA approves drug for women with breast cancer caused by ‘Jewish gene’
Approximately 20 percent to 25 percent of patients with hereditary breast cancers and up to 10 percent of patients with any type of breast cancer have a BRCA mutation.
Possible link found between Crohn’s and Parkinson’s among Ashkenazi Jews
This discovery could potentially help doctors develop new treatments for Crohn's which will target a particular Ashkenazi gene
