Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well. On December 31, , we threw a party.
This section is the most comprehensive summary of Jewish genetic data. In recent years, advances in genetic technology and the broadening in scope of genetic studies to encompass more ethnic groups have allowed scientists to come to more accurate conclusions. Now that we have the benefit of more than a decade of comprehensive genetic testing of Jewish populations using modern techniques, we have finally come close to answering all the questions about Jewish ancestry. Part of the story is that Eastern European Jews have significant Eastern Mediterranean elements which manifest themselves in close relationships with Kurdish, Armenian, Palestinian Arab, Lebanese, Syrian, and Anatolian Turkish peoples. Jewish lineages from this region of the world derive from both the Levant and the Anatolia-Armenia region.
Her surname also appears as Volach. Her father was killed in the Arab-Israeli War when she was a young child. She died of breast cancer in Wallach was active in the "Tel Aviv poets" circle which emerged around the journals Achshav and Siman Kriah in the s, and was a frequent contributor to Israeli literary periodicals. She also wrote for and appeared with an Israeli rock group, and in her poetry was set to music and a record released.