Ashkenazi Jews

Ideas

I’m a Jewish linguist, and unlike some in Congress, I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word

There’s nothing partisan or antisemitic about recognizing obstacles to diversity in Jewish life, writes the director of the Jewish Language Project.

FDA approves drug for women with breast cancer caused by BRCA, the ‘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, which disproportionately affects Askenazi Jewish women.

Prominent scholars blast theory tracing Ashkenazi Jews to Turkey

Critics say the sensational study by an Israel-born geneticist omitted factors that refute its findings, including the similarity between European and Middle Eastern Jews.