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Pancreatic cancer risk in the Ashkenazi Jewish population

Ashkenazi Jews are vulnerable to carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, which can lead to various cancers including pancreatic cancer. Though this risk is relatively low...
OpEds2 years ago

Jewish food that’s neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardi

The Jewish people are endlessly diverse, having spread around the globe over thousands of years. Our food is equally varied. Yet surprisingly, many Jews categorise the...
Jewish News4 years ago

The Sephardi truth about Ashkenazi origins

Think you’re a pure blood Ashkenazi of Litvak origin? You may have to think again. Surprising though it sounds, a good portion of South Africa’s Ashkenazi...
News11 years ago

40% of all Ashkenazis eminate from just 4 Euro-mothers

New study of maternal lineage shows 40% of all Ashkenazi Jews can trace their genetic line back to just four “founding” mothers - all of them...