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A
comprehensive collection of bibliographic citations complete
with associated abstracts.
The volume is a comprehensive collection
of bibliographic citations complete with associated abstracts.
The book was conceived, developed and edited by Shelomo Alfassá.
Persons interested in Sephardic history, migration, and genetics,
as well as physicians and researchers, will find the book
valuable and interesting. From the introduction:
The Sephardic Jews make up the second
largest division of the Jewish population; they have their
historic roots in Spain, Portugal and North Africa, as well
as due to migrations, in Mesopotamia and Arabia. Sephardic
Jews comprise the second largest group in the Jewish population
after Ashkenazic Jews that stem from Eastern Europe. Sephardim
developed and shared common religious and cultural bonds with
their fellow co-religionists from the Iberian/North African
Atlantic seaboard to the eastern portion of the Fertile Crescent
for at least the last 1,500 years. Sephardim have developed
and possess a shared relationship based upon unique religious
traditions, collective ideals, customs and ethnicity. Sephardic
and Ashkenazic Jews were geographically and religiously separate
populations. Because of this separation, these two populations
often display significant differences in the incidence of
genetic diseases and medical conditions.
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Ethnic
Sephardic Jews in
The Medical Literature
ISBN 978-0-9763226-0-3
229 pages 6"x9"
Soft Cover ISBN 978-0-9763226-0-3
Hard Cover ISBN 978-0-9763226-6-5
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"I bought your book 'Ethnic
Sephardic Jews in the Medical Literature' and I found the
sickness that is affecting my cousin, Retinitis Pigmentosa,
page 158. This is an amazing book where I found valuable information.
Thank you.
--Raul Montemayor /
Texas
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"'Ethnic
Sephardic Jews in The Medical Literature' contains a unique
selection of medical citations that expand our knowledge
of the genetic and medical variables between Sephardi
and Ashkenazi populations."
--
Jeffry Malka, M.D.,
orthopedic
surgeon / author of 'Sephardic
Genealogy '
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"This
book could save a researcher hours of background investigation
needed for a meta-analysis or systematic review, and ensure
a more thorough search of the literature than could be
performed by a person with a less than superior understanding
of Sephardic Jewish ethnography."
--Carolyn
Bachino, MPH, Former U.S. CDC Research Fellow
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About the author: Shelomo
Alfassá is Director of the U.S. Campaign for Justice
for Jews from Arab Countries. He is the founder and former
Executive Director of the International Sephardic Leadership
Council and the editor of the award winning International
Sephardic Journal. Mr. Alfassá served as former
Director of Research and Development for Sephardic House
at the Center for Jewish History and as a long time
consultant to the American Sephardi Federation. He
is the editor of Ethnic Sephardic Jews in the Medical Literature
and Reference Guide to the Nazis and Arabs During the
Holocaust. His articles have appeared in the media such
as The Jewish Press, Israel National News, Image Magazine,
Moment Magazine and several other publications. Mr. Alfassas
family is from the Island of Rhodes and Ottoman Adrianople
(Edirne), Turkey.
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