The bodies were later dated to the early Middle Ages, and preliminary genetic investigation in 2010 identified the bodies as Ashkenazi Jews. Now, in a stud y published Monday in Current Biology, ...

The library of sequences also confirms earlier conclusions about Ashkenazi history hinted at by more limited DNA sequencing studies. For instance, the sequences point to an approximate 350-person ...

Genomes from a medieval mass burial show Ashkenazi-associated hereditary diseases pre-date the 12th century. Current Biology, 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.036 ...

Hackers have compiled a giant apparent list of people with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry after taking that information from the genetic testing service 23andMe, which is now being shared on the internet.

Editor’s note: In our recent cooking demo showing 13-year old Sender Glasser making baklava in Yiddish, we wrote that “this dish isn’t part of his Eastern European heritage.” Reader Joseph ...

The sites in the upper part of the Rhine River Valley are known as the origin point of Ashkenazi culture and where the Yiddish language first began to develop over 1,000 years ago.

Osborn’s work is unique because it focuses exclusively on history education as it relates to non-Ashkenazi Jews (particularly from Iran). Tabby Refael May 15, 2024 Photo courtesy of Daniel Osborn ...

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