Aaron Yellin
By Aaron Yellin
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Culture Jewish Genetic Diseases? There’s An App for That
Move aside Angry Birds. There’s a new “killer app” in the iTunes store. Released in July, the free app, called Gene Screen, offers insight into 28 recessive genetic diseases, 19 of which occur at higher frequencies among Ashkenazi Jews. The new program for iPhones and iPads comes complete with an interactive world map of disease…
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Culture Young Mom Chooses Breast Surgery To Secure Family’s Future
Jon Steinberg had always been interested in tracing his family’s genetic ancestry. So, in April of last year, when the California genetic testing supplier 23andMe offered a sale, Steinberg, president of the technology website BuzzFeed, convinced his wife Jill to spit into one of the company’s DNA-collecting tubes. Little did he know that this saliva…
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The Schmooze Hockey Fans: Check Out This Play!
The Israeli National Ice Hockey team scored 26 goals in its rout of Greece at the International Ice Hockey Federation Division III championships this April, but only one of them was perhaps the [goal of the year. Israel went on to win the tournament, but the most memorable part of their run was this play,…
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The Schmooze Why We Love Super Sam Fuld (So What If He’s Only Part-Jewish?)
When we talk about Jewish athletes in American professional sports, we’re dealing with a very small spectrum. The only athletes at or near the top of their sports seem to be those Jews in baseball — where Kevin Youkilis, Ryan Braun and Ian Kinsler have all-star caliber talent. But another name is creeping not just…
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The Schmooze Israel To Participate in 2013 World Baseball Classic
It might be high time for Major League all-stars like Ryan Braun and Kevin Youkilis to fully embrace their Jewish heritage — and they wouldn’t even have to leave the field to do so. Yes, Shavuot begins Tuesday night. But perhaps a more compelling argument for solidarity among baseball’s top Jewish performers is that Israel…
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