ikiroid wrote:
I was at a seminar awhile back for a certain disorder that one of my family members has, and a during Q & A a Rabbi in the audience commented about how nice it was to see science paying attention to a disease in which a significant percentage of those who had it were "Ashkenazi Jews" [sic]. In science, certain ethnic groups which contain "Jew" in the title (such as Ashkenazi) are considered distinct gene pools.
"Ashkenazim" alone would suffice, but I can understand that in a group with mixed religious backgrounds the word might not be a familiar one.
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