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ews don't drink, the old myth
goes. And now there's scien-
tific evidence to prove it.
Two new studies are bol-
stering the view that Jews don't drink
as much as other Caucasians — and
researchers attribute the difference
largely to a genetic mutation that is
found in a much higher proportion
among Jews than among other whites.
Those surveyed possessed a particu-
lar genetic mutation that regulates an
enzyme responsible for determining
how the body breaks down alcohol.
The mutation makes people "more
sensitive to alcohol — in other words,
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they get drunk very quickly," said
Yehuda Neumark, a research physician
at the School of Public Health and
Community Medicine at the Hadassah-
Hebrew University Medical Center in
Jerusalem. He and a team of researchers
in Israel and the United States, recently
completed a study that examined the
DNA of 145 men in Israel's capital.
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"In the Jewish Jerusalemites whom
we studied, we found that those carry-
ing this expression of the gene were
very light drinkers," he said.
The mutation was found in about
one-third of the men studied in
Jerusalem — who were divided between
Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews — yet it is
found only among 1 to 2 percent of
/-' Caucasians in the general American
population, said one researcher, Lucy
Carr, an associate professor of medicine
at Indiana University.
Another recently released study,
conducted at the University of
California at San Diego, has found
that about half of the Jewish students
studied have the genetic mutation.
The students with the mutation drank
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half as often as the Jewish students who
didn't have it — three times a month
rather than six times a month for the
male students; and a little more than
twice a month, compared with just under
five times a month for the women.
Carr's group plans to study 200
Jewish members of sororities and fra-
ternities at Indiana University to find
out how having the genetic mutation
makes people feel when they drink —
whether it makes them feel flushed
quicker or gives them a headache
sooner than it does to those without
the mutation. E
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— Debra Nussbaum Cohen/JTA
presents its
Winter/Spring 1999
offerings of
Hebrew
and
Yiddish
courses
If you need help selecting a class
that is right for you, call Nira Lev,
Director of Hebrew Programs at AJE,
(248) 354-1050.
Classes begin the week of February 1
for 14 weeks, at AJE, unless otherwise
noted.**
101 Total Beginner
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m:
102 Beginner Hebrew Plus
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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103 Beginner Hebrew Plus
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
104 Advanced Beginner Hebrew
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
105 Advanced Beginner Hebrew
Lunch and Learn
Wednesday, Noon - 2:00 p.m.
106 Hebrew for Communal
Workers Level 1
Friday, Noon - 1:00 p.m.
107 Hebrew for Communal
Workers Level 2
Thursday, Noon - 1:00 p.m.
108 Pre-Intermediate Hebrew
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
109 Intermediate Hebrew
Monday, 10:00 a.m. - Noon
110 Advanced Intermediate
Hebrew
Monday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
111 Advanced Intermediate
Hebrew 2
Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - Noon
112 Advanced Hebrew
Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. - Noon
113 Advanced Hebrew Plus
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
114 Language and Literature for
Advanced Students
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
115 Language and Literature for
Advanced Students
Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. - Noon
Instructors: Nira Lev, Director
Corrine Ben-Ami, Ronit Gutkovitch
Tziona Ragowsky, Nurit Sallen
Classes begin on February 2 at AJE.
201 Yiddish I
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
202 Yiddish II
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Instructor: Ra•bi Ahron Davidson
A "get together" for those who are
fluent in Hebrew. Free of charge.
Sunday, 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. at AJE.
Is There a Future to Israel-
Diaspora Relations?
Hannan Lis
January 31
From the Land of Milk and Honey
To the Land of Chip and Bio-
Technology
Doron Laks
February 7
What the Letters of Letters Can
Tell - Learning from Letters
Dr. Leonard Lachover
March 7
Imago - Theory and Practice -
A Method for Nurturing and
Improving Interpersonal
Relationships
Naomi Ebenstein and Chava Schaver
April 18
The Leadership Crisis in Israel
Yosef Tze'el
May 2
Women of Valor - Jewish Women
in the Public Arena
Molly. Resnick
May 16
To register or to receive a
brochure of all Midrasha
winter/spring programs and
courses, call Haviva Jacobs
at AJE (248) 354-1050.
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