This Mysterious Ancient Civilization’s DNA Was Not What We Thought it Was

Click Here to Read:  This Mysterious Ancient Civilization’s DNA Was Not What We Thought it Was: The origins of the ancient Etruscans had remained an unsolved mystery hidden in their DNA — until now By Elizabeth Rayne on the SyFy website on November 27, 2021. 

 Etruscan sarcophagus from Cerveteri c. 520 BCE. Terra cotta, length 2 m. Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome. Image: Frank Axelsson  Piblic Domain via Wikimedia Commons

From Beirut to Brooklyn

Click Here to Read: From Beirut to Brooklyn: Eliyah Hawila fooled everyone, including his would-be bride and Brooklyn’s tightknit Syrian Jewish community, into believing he was a Jew. Now that the secret is out, the question is: Who is he, really? by Armin Rosen on the Tablet website on  
November 29, 2021.
Beirut lebanon Image: DAVID HOLT from London, England  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Exile, Prejudice, Victory: A Jewish Thanksgiving Story From the New World

Click Here to Read: Exile, Prejudice, Victory: A Jewish Thanksgiving Story From the New World: How a man named Asser Levy turned New Amsterdam into a new Jewish home BY Steve Brodner on the Tablet website on  November 26, 2013.
Map of the early Jewish Congregations in the 13 British Colonies in North America.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.