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November Best of the Press November-23-2007
SCIENCEWORLD: Science Finds Unity in the Jewish Gene Pool in The Jewish Daily Forward by Talia Bloch
According to a mounting body of scientific evidence, Jews — genetically speaking, at least — may have more in common than anyone previously suspected. Population genetics, the study of human migration and community growth through a genetic lens, has been ongoing for half a century and the pace of new findings has accelerated, shedding light on something called “ancestry informative markers.” These are specific areas of a person’s genetic code that reveal which part of the globe most of his ancestors came from, and therein lies some surprising results. Read more ...
CULTUREWORLD: Esther Kustanowitz has been "kvelling about culture since 2004. And kvetching, often about celebrities, who seem to bring it on themselves.. ."
 By Esther, it's old news that a Hebrew University study showed a death rate 75 percent higher among those who did not attend synagogue regularly. Missed that? Catch up and keep up with snippets you glean on My Urban Kvetch.
Haven't met your beshert? There's a whole lot of virtual life being lived at JMatch.com or JDate.com. Strike out? Check Esther's hilarious recovery group J-Dates Anonymous (Tagline: "Good therapy in a blog --- welcome home, singles.") Read more or subscribe to Esther's RSS feeds here...
NEWSWORLD: In Sderot and its environs life goes on, but at a cost.
When Gabi Baron, an 11-year-old resident of Kibbutz Niram, plays outside, he has a set of instructions from his mother in case of a Kassam rocket attack. “If I’m in front of a house, go inside, even if it’s a stranger,” recites Gabi. If there’s no house nearby, “go behind a tree.” In the absence of a tree or a car, Gabi knows to “lie on my belly and cover my head,” as he had done less than an hour earlier during a recent attack. Read more in Striving For Normalcy, Under Fire by Adam Dickter in The Jewish Week.
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