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DNA Study Eyes
Jewish Origins
New York/JTA — Many Jewish com-
munities were formed by unions
between Jewish men and non-Jewish
women, according to a new study.
This is the conclusion reached by
a group of researchers who examined
the DNA of women in nine commu-
nities around the world, including
Morocco and the former Soviet
republic of Georgia. The study,
reported in the New York Times, con-
tradicts the view that most Jewish
communities were founded by
Jewish families fleeing persecution or
were invited to settle by local rulers.
The study appears in this month's
edition of the American Journal of
Human Genetics.
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Issue:
June 21, 2002
Jewish Group
Downsizes
Deadline:
June 12, 2002
New York/JTA — The United Jewish
Communities is laying off staff and
closing regional offices to "redesign"
and optimize the federation system,
officials told JTA.
Tlie umbrella group for North
American federations will cut 38 per-
cent of its field operations by laying
off
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Washington/JTA — The American
Jewish Congress hailed a U.S. court's
decision to ban prayer at a high
school graduation ceremony.
The group had called the decision
by an Iowa school board to include
the Lord's Prayer at graduations a
"crude invasion of the right to be free
of state-sponsored religion."
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in
1992 that organized prayers at pub-
lic school graduation ceremonies are
unconstitutional even if the prayers
are voluntary and nondenomina-
tional.
The law surrounding prayer at
school functions is not entirely set-
tled, however, as the high court last
year banned student-led prayers at
high school football games. But the
court declined to take up a case this
year that dealt with student prayer at
graduations.
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