Additionally, sudden catastrophic mortality in epidemics reduces diversity in the remaining gene pool, thus concentrating specific genetic differences, including disease, in subsequent generations; these are kn
This chapter examines the size, geographic distribution, and selected characteristics of the Jewish population of the US. Section 5.1 addresses the procedures employed to estimate the Jewish population of more than 900 local Jewish communities and parts
The following is a perspective from demography and population studies. The Disciplinary Predicament Demography asks the following basic question: if we estimate a certain Jewish population size at a given point of time in a certain place, what was that same population's size and profile at an ...
senior rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles who hosts the “Rabbi on the Sidelines” podcast on faith in sports and has had Pearl as a guest several times. “They (each) have been part of the Jewish-Israel story and coach Pearl takes it to another lev...
(c.5946delT) — are common in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. We characterized a cohort of more than 2,800 research participants in the 23andMe database who carry one or more of the three Ashkenazi Jewish founder variants, evaluating two characteristics that are typically used to recommend ...
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After a 3-part series on the diversity of the Jewish population, Boaz Hepner spoke to a panel of Wikipedia experts. A wide array of investigative journalists, Wikipedia editors, and more, this conversation was about the assumed role of Wikipedia’s neutrality, and how far it appears to have...
in New York, the city with the largest Jewish population in the world, the New York Police Department recorded 325 anti-Jewish hate crimes in 2023 compared to the 261 it recorded in 2022; the Los Angeles Police Department recorded 165 incidents compared to to 86 the prior year, and the Ch...
The move could have a major impact on the international student population in the U.S. – a quarter of which was made up of students from China last year. Elliott Davis Jr. and Jaclyn Jeffrey-WilenskyMay 29, 2025 Trump to Revoke Chinese Student Visas Trump commuted ...
This chapter examines the size, geographic distribution, and selected characteristics of the Jewish population of the US. Section 5.1 addresses the procedures employed to estimate the Jewish population of more than 900 local Jewish communities and parts