Elie Dolgin, PHD, Science Journalist
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Yosef Yabarkan, left is being examined by his doctor, for signs of Crohn's disease.
By Elie Dolgin 07 Aug, 2015
Inflammatory bowel disease is on the rise among Ethiopian Jews who have moved to Israel
Orthodox Union rabbis sought DNA testing help from American Museum of Natural History researcher.
By Elie Dolgin 14 Aug, 2012
From the hulking Willamette meteorite to the sparkling Star of India sapphire, visitors to the American Museum of Natural History in New York are used to seeing unusual sights. But museum-goers last year were likely unprepared for the sight — and smell — of Rabbi Chaim Loike, as he walked past the ticket booths carrying grocery bags full of thawing frozen sardines, fish oil dripping onto the lobby floor beneath the barosaurus skeleton in the front entrance off of Central Park West.
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