Sentences with phrase «jewish descent»

Just as children of Jewish descent are more likely to have Tay Sachs disease and African Americans are more likely to have sickle cell anemia, so children with certain characteristics are at greater risk of becoming jaundiced.

Morris Louis Bernstein (1912 - 1962) the American Abstract Expressionist Modernist painter of Russian Jewish descent became one of the earliest exponents in the 1950's of» Color Field» paintings.

Morris Louis Bernstein (1912 - 1962) The American Abstract Expressionist Modernist painter of Russian Jewish descent became of the earliest exponents in the 1950's of» Color Field» paintings.

Both of Peggy's parents were of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

3 — Identity - Politics Curators, Between Adrian Piper pulling out of the show Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art and the artists of Jewish descent who declined to participate in the Jew York exhibition at Zach Feuer and Untitled galleries, it looks like curators who want to group or explore artists based on identity have hit hard times.

Others were lynched as well, but not nearly in the same numbers - including people of Caucasian, Chinese, Latino, and Jewish descent.

Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970) is an American Modernist painter of Russian jewish descent.

Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970) is an American Modernist painter of Russian Jewish descent.

Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970) an American Modernist painter of Russian Jewish descent.

And by 1933, she and Albers were on their way to the United States (Albers was of Jewish descent and, as she said, «had the wrong kind of background in Hitler's ideas»), where they began teaching at the progressive art school Black Mountain College near Asheville, North Carolina.

In 1894, President Sadi Carnot fell victim to an anarchist assassination, while the nationally divisive Dreyfus Affair began with the unlawful conviction for treason of Alfred Dreyfus, an officer of Alsatian and Jewish descent.

1899 — 1994) was a German of Jewish descent; as a child, she was confirmed as Lutheran, and immigrated to the United States in 1933 after the Bauhaus was closed by the Nazis.

In 1959, Rothko, who was of Russian Jewish descent, invited to participate in the Documenta exhibition in Kassel, Germany, proposed the creation of a chapel of expiation offering to paint works for it for free, but an agreement with the organizers was never achieved.

The eldest of four children, her parents were Mary Ellen O'Brien, an Irish Catholic, and Charles Frank Fried, a Protestant of Jewish descent.

Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, an auteur of Māori and Russian - Jewish descent, is one of New Zealand's premier cinematic exporters, although unlike such Caucasian contemporaries as Jane Campion and Peter Jackson, his work bleeds the hues of indigeneity.

A New Zealand native of Maori - Jewish descent, Waititi first gained noticed with the cult comedy Eagle vs. Shark (2008), whose droll humor and focus on social awkwardness led many to describe it as a Kiwi Napoleon Dynamite.

He has two older sisters.His paternal grandfather was of Russian Jewish descent, while his other ancestry is English, Irish, Polish, and French.

[Note: Italian - American Catholic Martin Scorsese was originally slated to direct the film, but turned down the chance - claiming the film needed a director of Jewish descent - before turning it over to Spielberg.]

Carrier testing for Gaucher disease type 1 is recommended by the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) for people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent considering having children.

This test includes one of two variants recommended for testing by ACMG and does not include the second most common variant found in people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

This test includes three genetic variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that are most common in people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

Carrier testing for familial dysautonomia is recommended by the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) for people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent considering having children.

Carrier testing for Fanconi anemia group C is recommended by the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) for people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent considering having children.

Carrier testing for mucolipidosis IV is recommended by the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) for people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent considering having children.

When carrier testing for Tay - Sachs disease is indicated in people who are not of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) recommends biochemical carrier screening as a first step.

However, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) notes that testing for familial hyperinsulinism may be considered for people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who are considering having children.

23andMe's recently FDA approved BRCA test, for instance, analyses DNA for three of the thousands of known BRCA mutations that indicate an increased risk for ovarian and breast cancers, mutations only common in people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

All were of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

My parents were of two minds: proud of my scientific aptitude but, being of modest means and Jewish descent, hopeful their only son would become a «real» doctor someday, the medical kind.

To check out the lead, a group of Israeli medical scientists, and colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, analyzed DNA from 371 newborns in a population of Mediterranean - Jewish descent — a group with a high incidence of hyperbilirubinemia.

... This authorization is incredibly valuable for those who might not be aware of their Ashkenazi Jewish descent.»

Since the P376L mutation in SCARB1 appears to be specific to people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, testing in this ethnic group might be particularly important.

Our first - time donors generally receive $ 9,000, whereas experienced and successful donors as well as donor types from Asian descent, Jewish descent and other types that are harder to find may also receive a higher fee.

Risk factors include: 1) age (most people are diagnosed in their 20s - 30s), 2) race or ethnicity (Caucasians have the highest risk, but IBD can occur in any race; there's an even higher risk if you are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent), 3) family history (risk is higher if a close relative has the disease), 4) cigarette smoking (the most important controllable risk factor for developing CD), 5) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (includes ibuprofen [Advil, Motrin IB, others], naproxen sodium [Aleve], diclofenac sodium [Voltaren], and others), and 6) where you live (you are more likely to develop IBD if you live in an industrialized country).

But even if Jesus actually was of Davidic descent, and the purpose of Mark 12:37 was in no way opposed to kinship with David, Jesus» pure Jewish descent is not thereby assured nor a Galilean origin excluded.

In our own time millions of innocent people died in gas chambers because they were of Jewish descent.

When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him, his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, «If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.»

The book of Revelations tells us that God will only allow 144,000 people of jewish descent into his heaven.

If one is fair, please at least acknowledge the millions of other peoples of white, Christian and Jewish descent who were vehemently opposed to these immoral issues and set about (that is ACTION, not cheap lip service) putting such practices to an end.

John had said (negatively) that Jewish descent was in itself no qualification for membership in the new Israel; Jesus now said (positively) that the new temple should be for all nations.

Both his parents were of Jewish descent, but by all accounts, were not orthodox (i.e. didn't keep kosher, etc) and I think this partially framed his thought processes.

Augustine wrote that «the ceremonies of the Jews are both baneful and deadly to Christians and whoever keeps them whether Jew or gentile, is doomed to the abyss of the devil».2 In recent years, to the anger of many in the Jewish community, some Christians of Jewish descent, such as the Messianic Jews, have tried to observe much of the Torah while affirming that Jesus is the Messiah.

The test has genetic counselors and scientists concerned, because there are thousands of mutations associated with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and this test screens for only three of them most commonly found in people of Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish descent.

The disorder is more common in people of central and eastern European Jewish descent, affecting about 1 in 50,000.

Not exact matches

Jesus was not Jewish but (surprise) of Nordic descent.

(A similar set of questions could be asked, mutatis mutandis, about Jewish involvement with Islam, a religion that also claims, although to a much lesser extent than Christianity, descent from Judaism.)

Tomorrow it will be kosher slaughter, or matrilineal descent, or circumcision, or other matters of existential importance to Jewish observance.

As Ahava became more observant, friends connected her to a Jewish dating service through which she met Michael, whose priestly descent required that he marry a Jewish - born woman.

If you pay attention to the Bible... Jesus is of Jewish / Middle Eastern descent... therefore, NOT «white.»

They would have been produced during the period when Christians were supporting the claim of Davidic descent for Jesus against Jewish denials, and the discrepancies between them indicate the lack of any authentic or authoritative source of information.