Some Jewish trivia

According to an Israeli study published in American Journal of Human Genetics, 40% of the world's Ashkenazi Jews decended from the same 4 women.

How is that for inbreeding? Sure explains a lot about some relatives of mine.

And another piece of Jewish trivia: the world's fastest-growing Jewish comminuty now is in Germany. A lot of Jewish (especially religious) people scoff at it, but I think it's pretty cool.