Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People

Friday, November 16, 2012 at 10am, Jewish Book Fair, West Bloomfield JCC

JGSMI is proud to co-sponsor the author, Dr. Harry Ostrer, at the annual JCC Jewish Book Fair

Who are the Jews? A race? A people? Both Jews and gentiles have tried to pinpoint a collective Jewish identity through physical anthropology and genetics.

Medical geneticist Harry Ostrer explores the history of these efforts. Bringing together threads from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and India, this unique work situates Jews in the grand scheme of genetic analysis.

Dr. Harry Ostrer is a professor of Pathology and Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and director of Genetic and Genomic Testing at Montefiore Medical Center. He previously served as director of Human Genetics at New York University School of Medicine.