Warning Signs | BRCA
Signs of a hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome in a family include, but are not limited to, any family member with:
• Ashkenazi Jewish heritage and breast...
Treatments | BRCA
There are several courses of action designed to manage the increased risk of cancer in men and women who have tested positive for a harmful...
Timeline | BRCA
1990
Mary-Claire King of the University of California at Berkeley discovers the location of BRCA1 gene.
1994
The complete sequence of BRCA1 gene is identified, including specific mutations...
The Ten Claymandments
Last month, thousands of Jewish children around the country packed their bags and headed off to Jewish overnight camp for the summer. There is no...
Book Review | The American Sun & Wind Moving Picture Company
Michael Duffy reviews "The American Sun & Wind Moving Picture Company," by Jay Neugeboren
A Moment With Michael Oren
Author of Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present
Since the days of the Barbary pirates, the Middle East has...
Mimi Sheraton Talks Jews and Food
Mimi Sheraton, restaurant critic for the New York Times from 1975 to 1983, hasn’t stopped writing about food: Sheraton’s memoir, Eating my Words, came out...
From the Editor | TIRO and TINP Are Obstructing Clear Thinking and Solutions
As editor of a truly independent Jewish magazine, I find myself traveling in many circles, listening to many different points of view. One of the...
Is There a Secret Ingredient in the Jewish Relationship with Food?
A wide-ranging discussion that includes food makers and thinkers Jami Attenberg, Sue Fishkoff, Ari Hart, Gil Marks, Allan Nadler, Joan Nathan, Yotam Ottolenghi, Mimi Sheraton, Michael Stern, Ruth Reichl, Claudia Roden, Shalva Weil and others.
Fiction // Those Who Go About the City
A Russian immigrant in Jerusalem vanishes, leaving her husband literary clues, from Camus to Austen to Saint-Exupery. Can he decipher the message?