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Ashkenazi Jews - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ashkenazi intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ashkenazi intelligence is the conjecture that the higher general intelligence measured in IQ tests of Ashkenazi Jews results from natural selection to extended urban living and historical persecution...
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While Ashkenazi Jews occasionally experience anti-Semitism, mob violence first erupted against them an the end of the 11th century. Many Jews were killed in what Robert Seltzer calls a "supercharged religious atmosphere." Many were willing to die as martyrs rather than convert.
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Canavan Disease is very similar to Tay-Sachs Disease, with normal development until age two to four months, followed by progressive loss of previously attained skills.Most individuals with Canavan Disease die by the age of five.An estimated 1 in 40 Ashkenazi Jews is a carrier for this disease.
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Ashkenazi literacy, economic specialization, and closure to inward gene flow led to a social environment in which there was high fitness payoff to intelligence, specifically verbal and mathematical intelligence but not spatial ability.
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Jewish Genetics: Abstracts and Summaries ... A collection of abstracts and reviews of books, ... This section is the most comprehensive summary of Jewish genetic data. In recent years, advances in genetic technology and the broadening in scope of genetic studies to encompass more ethnic groups have allowed scientists to come...
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Glossary of Religion and Philosophy - Ashkenazi: sephardic jews what is theism distinct cultures monolatry human beliefs ... The name Ashkenazi (which originally meant "German") is used to refer to any Jews who descend from whose who lived in northern Europe and whose customs generally derive from Germanic Judaism.
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Differences between Sephardic (Spanish/Middle Eastern) and Ashkenazic (German/Eastern European) Jews, and other cultural subgroups of Judaism. ... • There are several subgroups of Jews with different culture and traditions: Ashkenazic: ... The pages in this site are written from the Ashkenazic Jewish perspective.
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Founded in 1925 in Vilna, Poland (Wilno, Poland, now Vilnius, Lithuania), as the Yiddish Scientific Institute, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is dedicated to the history and culture of Ashkenazi Jewry and to its influence in the Americas.
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