Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week is very important in educating the public and advocating for widespread screening.

Perhaps most remarkable, however, was Reshevsky’s unwavering commitment to his faith as a devout and fully-observant Orthodox Jew. He dedicated a portion of each day to the study of Torah and steadf ...

Nonprofit group focused on promoting Jewish family history research, including regular volunteer record transcription opportunities. Offers speaker programs, currently via Zoom. When permitted, will ...

Zeeva Bukai wrote The Anatomy of Exile from the perspective of a familiar literary figure: the anxious Jewish mother. But in this novel about a Mizrahi Israeli family moving to America ...

Hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry have been identified as having a gene mutation which puts them at a higher risk of developing cancer. The NHS in England initiated a genetic testing ...

Hundreds of people at increased risk of cancer have been identified by the NHS’s BRCA testing programme (Alamy/PA) Hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry have been identified as having a gene ...

and Outstanding Costume Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Women. What awards has Isaac Mizrahi won? Isaac Mizrahi won the Outstanding Costume Design award at the Outer Critics Circle ...

His reputation as a halachic authority grew as he guided Jewish communities on complex religious issues. A man of piety, Steinhardt was also proactive in maintaining Jewish moral and religious ...

Hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry have been identified as having a mutation of the BRCA gene which puts them at a higher risk of developing cancer. The NHS in England initiated a genetic ...

Hundreds of people with Jewish ancestry have been identified as having a gene mutation which puts them at a higher risk of developing cancer. The NHS in England initiated a genetic testing programme ...

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