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2025-03-04 03:58:59 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 817445ABA34DEC2332AAC99A831B6B5E99DF5797B4FBB12081399B8497942218
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Original Note:
No Johns Hopkins study claiming Israeli Jews lack "ancient Hebrew DNA" was ever made or published. This claim is based on a 2012 study by Dr. Eran Elhaik that did not examine Israeli Jews, as well as unrelated and criticized data, and has been extensively debunked. https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/browse-all?keyword=Hebrew%20DNA https://uat-ss.aap.com.au/factcheck/study-misrepresented-in-jewish-ancestry-claim/#:~:text=He%20confirmed%20his%20study%20did%20not%20look%20at%20Israeli%20Jews https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3543766/ https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/no-study-suggests-jews-lack-hebrew-dna https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/12/20/new-genetic-study-more-evidence-for-modern-ashkenazi-jews-ancient-hebrew-patrimony/
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