Are Genes Jewish?: Conceptual Ambiguities in the New Genetic AgeJean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, The University of Michigan, 2005 - 17 pages |
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... possible by the advent of new genetic technologies . I seek to illustrate why the notion of a biological basis for Jewishness may be regain- ing traction among contemporary Jews by parsing the logic and appeal of new genetic ...
... possible by the advent of new genetic technologies . I seek to illustrate why the notion of a biological basis for Jewishness may be regain- ing traction among contemporary Jews by parsing the logic and appeal of new genetic ...
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... possible Jewish genetic predispositions towards breast cancer , colon cancer , longevity , schizophre- nia , manic depression , etc. For some , these kinds of anticipatory studies have created considerable anxiety , given the ...
... possible Jewish genetic predispositions towards breast cancer , colon cancer , longevity , schizophre- nia , manic depression , etc. For some , these kinds of anticipatory studies have created considerable anxiety , given the ...
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... possible applications . These technologies have forced rabbis to imag- ine conception in starkly literal terms and to consider basic questions about where Jewishness comes from , and by extension , " who is a Jew . " We know Jewishness ...
... possible applications . These technologies have forced rabbis to imag- ine conception in starkly literal terms and to consider basic questions about where Jewishness comes from , and by extension , " who is a Jew . " We know Jewishness ...
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