The family is asking for unrelated donors to join the Anthony Nolan stem cell register, particularly those with Ashkenazi ...

The new findings contradict previous assertions that Ashkenazi mitochondrial lineages originated in the Near East, or from mass conversions to Judaism in the Khazar kingdom, an empire in the north ...

(credit: REUTERS/CAITLIN OCHS) CredibleMind reported that genealogy records confirm Baldoni’s Ashkenazi Jewish lineage, adding credibility to his heritage claims. Moreover, The Forward ...

to be Jewish, Luna’s additional claim of Ashkenazi heritage was of interest enough for her to use it to deflect accusations that her political ally, the far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ...

Erfurt’s medieval Jews carried many of the same diseases associated with Ashkenazi Jews today. BERLIN (JTA) – The city of Erfurt in central Germany is home to an impeccably restored medieval ...

The mutation is found in four out of 10 people with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. Out of the 11,000 people tested during the new initiative, 235 people have reportedly been identified with the mutation.

Reply to letter from Levy-Lahad et al.: We thank the authors for their thoughtful comments and questions regarding the new American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) guidelines “Carrier ...

Jewish pro-Palestine activists speak out about their cultural upbringings and the history of anti-Zionist Judaism.

Or the Plymouth Synagogue, built in 1764 and the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the ... for one denomination but as a space for Jewish culture and heritage. Last month, a close friend used its ...

Ethnicity can influence the likelihood of these gene changes; for instance, four in every ten people with Ashkenazi Jewish heritage have been found to carry the gene change in BRCA1 and BRCA2 ...