pancan14d
Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry and Pancreatic Cancer Risk
People of Ashkenazi Jewish descent are at higher risk of developing pancreatic ... Those with germline mutations in ATM or BRCA2 are now recommended for screening even if there is no family history of ...
The Times of Israel19d
Poetry, philosophy and a gambling rabbi: A colorful history of Venice’s Jewish ghetto
When British author Harry Freedman asks audiences to name a historical Jew from Venice, one name almost always comes up: Shylock. The moneylender who sought a pound of flesh for a transaction gone ...
Smithsonian Magazine20d
When the Nazis Seized Power, This Jewish Actor Took on the Role of His Life
The actor playing Brack was Leo Reuss, the cast’s sole Jewish member, a handsome man with a sculpted jaw and dark eyes. Like Straub, Reuss was a familiar presence on the German stage.
Times Union20d
Debates about Columbus’ Spanish Jewish ancestry are not new − the claim was once a bid for social acceptance
Today, it provokes uncomfortable questions. especially claims about Columbus as a Jew. Fixating on his ancestry reinforces the racial blood logic of the Spanish Inquisition, according to which a ...
Yahoo20d
Debates about Columbus’ Spanish Jewish ancestry are not new − the claim was once a bid for social acceptance
According to research revealed in a recent Spanish documentary, Christopher Columbus was not Italian, as widely assumed, but Sephardic: of Spanish Jewish lineage. About 1 in 5 people in Spain and ...
Yahoo News Canada20d
Debates about Columbus’ Spanish Jewish ancestry are not new − the claim was once a bid for social acceptance
Today, it provokes uncomfortable questions. especially claims about Columbus as a Jew. Fixating on his ancestry reinforces the racial blood logic of the Spanish Inquisition, according to which a ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation20d
This high-stakes meeting could pressure the Murdoch family to relinquish News Corp control
Photo shows A montage including images of Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch and black and white chess pieces. The Background Briefing team brings you Murdoch's Endgame, a special three-part series ...