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Adam Wills

Genetic research can open book on Jewish identity—for good and bad

Published on December 10, 2008

Critics fear that Jewish genetic research also opens a Pandora's box. The discovery of a shared genetic marker among men who claim to be descended from Kohanim grew into wild, exaggerated claims in the media that geneticists had confirmed the story of Aaron

Delivery chef unable to savor his culinary success

Published on September 3, 2008

Schwartz wanted to cook from the time he was a teenager. His rabbi father and rebbetzin mother would host 50 people for dinner each Friday night, and Schwartz says he would spend Thursdays and Fridays after school cooking with his mother. "I knew by 14 years old that I wanted to go to culinary school," he said

When challah becomes the bread of affliction

Published on May 1, 2008

Rabbi Marvin Hier fondly recalls bakery-fresh buns and muffins in his lunch when he attended yeshiva. He also admits to a penchant for challah.
Hier hasn't eaten challah, let alone matzah, in several years. But this bread-free existence isn't part of some Passover-inspired, Atkins-style diet. The founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center was diagnosed with celiac disease (CD) more than four years ago.

Missing matzah? Itâ??s a chain store problem

Published on April 21, 2008

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December 19-26, 2008

Cover of December 19-26, 2008 Jewish JournalIt's beginning to look a lot like you know what, and that's OK, says comedy star Elon Gold. Also: complete coverage of the Madoff scandal, tales of family menorahs, latke recipes, Orit Arfa gets her t-shirt circumcised, and Rob Eshman wishes Jews believed in hell, so Bernie Madoff would go there.

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