Ashkenazi

Hansberry, who's work is being revived, saw just two of her works produced on Broadway before her death from cancer at 34 in 1965.

Luna's grandfather Heinrich Mayerhofer, who died in 2003, served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany when he was a teenager in the 1940s.

A rare genetic disease claimed at Cambridge University to protect Ashkenazi Jews against tuberculosis, based on study of zebrafish genes.

With a diasporic community spreading from Morocco to Iran, it is no surprise that the cuisine that developed in these countries reflects the food cultures around them.

Are there still gaps between Jews of Mizrahi and Ashkenazi descent in Israel today? And if so, where and how do they manifest themselves?

The sites in the upper part of the Rhine River valley are known as the origin point of Ashkenazi culture and where the Yiddish language first began to develop over 1,000 years ago.

If Golda Meir broke gender glass ceilings – as, more recently, Amir Ohana has done for gays – in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Levy was a role model for aspiring Mizrahi politicians.

Only about 5% of Israelis rate ethnic cleavage as the main source of tension in Israel - stronger by far are tensions between Arabs and Jews or Right and Left.

Genetic material from medieval Germany tells a greatly expanded origin story of Ashkenazi Jews.

While the Ashkenazi/Sephardi mash-up is a bold choice, and there is something to be said about preserving our traditions, this soup represents the beauty of Israel and the Jewish people. Enjoy!