Rachel Zuckerman

By Rachel Zuckerman

• Culture

  LOTS Sufferers Combat Ignorance as Well as Symptoms

  When people find out Shirley Webb has late onset Tay-Sachs disease (LOTS), their reactions have ranged from “But you’re older than 5 years old!” to “Why are you alive?” Once, at work, someone saw her pull away from her desk in her wheelchair and exclaimed, “I didn’t know you were crippled!” At 66, Webb, a…

  By Rachel Zuckerman Aug 15, 2003 | 2 min read
• Culture

  Drug Trial Brings Hope to Late Onset Tay-Sachs Patients

  Doctors are experimenting with an oral medication known as Zavesca as a possible treatment for late onset Tay-Sachs (LOTS) disease, it was reported at a conference in Philadelphia last month. New York University School of Medicine and Cleveland University Hospital both launched trials using the drug, whose chemical name is OGT918 or miglustat, on 15…

  By Rachel Zuckerman Aug 15, 2003 | 4 min read
• News

  From Member of the Family To Member of the Tribe?

  Burberry raincoats, designer biscuits, health insurance and therapy just aren’t enough for some canines. Fidos and Fifis are now bounding — or being dragged? — up the evolutionary ladder. Sometimes it’s hard to tell who’s leading whom. So why stop at “member of the family” when there’s “member of the tribe”? Enter the “Bark Mitzvah.”…

  By Rachel Zuckerman Jul 4, 2003 | 4 min read
• News

  He’s No P. Yiddy

  Almost since its inception, hip-hop has had a Jewish element. But for every group with street cred — think the Beastie Boys — there seems to be twice as many kitschy outfits like Two Live Jew and MC Paul Barman. Enter Sneakas, ne Yoni Ben-Yehuda, a 22-year-old budding hip-hop artist who is striving to take…

  By Rachel Zuckerman Apr 25, 2003 | 3 min read