Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

	August 09, 2015

CULTURE Did Josef Mengele Alter This Survivor’s Genes? Alexandra Levine      When she was 10 years old, Eva Kor and her twin sister — along with 1,500 other sets of twins — were test subjects of the infamous Nazi doctor at Auschwitz. And they’re still looking for answers.   NEWS Moving to Israel May Be Making Ethiopian Jews Sick Elie Dolgin      In Israel, home to one third of the world’s Ashkenazim, about 1 in every 220 people suffer from inflammatory bowel disorder. Now, the condition is on the rise among Ethiopian immigrants.   CULTURE Jewish Anxiety Is No Laughing Matter Madison Margolin      Is anxiety a Jewish trait? Madison Margolin asks if the Woody Allen stereotype has tricked us into thinking that all members of the tribe suffer from a light version of a serious mental illness.   CULTURE Sketching Life With a Rare Disease Thea Glassman      Cartoonist Mindy Indy had never heard of familial dysautonomia before getting hired to draw a weekly series about it. Now, her comic has made her a fixture in the community.   CULTURE Want To Live to 120? Look to the Jews. Rachel X. Landes      There may be more to a long healthy life than diet and exercise. Israeli scientist Dr. Nir Barzilai believes the secret to longevity lies in the genes of long-living Ashkenazim.

 

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