STUDY OBJECTIVES To compare the trends of asthma mortality and place of death in young patients (ages 5 to 34 years) from different major population groups in Israel. DESIGN Retrospective study. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS Patients who died from asthma between the years 1980 and 1997 according to the death record of the National Israeli Health Registry. RESULTS During the period studied, 10...

The Lemba are a traditionally endogamous group speaking a variety of Bantu languages who live in a number of locations in southern Africa. They claim descent from Jews who came to Africa from "Sena." "Sena" is variously identified by them as Sanaa in Yemen, Judea, Egypt, or Ethiopia. A previous study using Y-chromosome markers suggested both a Bantu and a Semitic contribution to the Lemba gene ...

OBJECTIVES To examine trends in the Arab-Jew life expectancy gap in Israel during 1975-2004 and to determine the contribution of age groups and causes of death to changes in the gap. METHODS Data on life expectancy and mortality rates by cause of death, for Arabs and Jews, were obtained from the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Standard life table techniques were used for decomposition an...

Abstract The article analyses Nietzsche’s reception in the German-Jewish press from 1892 to 1918 on basis of archives Richard Krummel. Several narratives can be identified, which, divided into three thematic fields – biography, “the Jews”, Jewry” run through Nietzsche and are discussed following way: after general remarks reception, quoted aphorisms analyzed. treatment biography view “racial su...

Since its very inception, Israel’s security apparatus, led by Military Intelligence, has struggled to overcome the paucity of potential Jewish recruits who are proficient in Arabic. Intelligence came dominate Arabic instruction at schools and universities broaden deepen Jews, but no avail. Ironically, military Intelligence’s intervention entrenched own failure. The securitization both devalues ...