Ashkenazi

New breast cancer stats: What’s an Ashkenazi woman to do?

One in 40 Ashkenazi women carries a breast cancer-causing gene — yet some experts urge caution when it comes to genetic testing. JTA breaks down what Jewish women need to know.

By Erica Brody October 14, 2015 4:07 pm

Op-Ed: Emanuel school furor about religiosity, not ethnic segregation

Contrary to the way most media have portrayed the story, the issue in Emanuel was the concerns of haredi parents for the tenor of their children’s educations, not discrimination against Sephardic Jews, Rabbi Avi Shafran argues.

June 21, 2010 9:50 pm

Jailing of haredi mothers postponed

Israel’s Supreme Court has postponed its jailing of ultra-Orthodox mothers who defied a court order to send their daughters to an integrated Ashkenazi-Sephardic school.

June 20, 2010 4:23 pm