This is a long and important article by a book author I've read before, Jon Entine, who wrote "Abraham’s Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People."
Entine is reviewing the book LEGACY by Harry OSTRER and examines the question of DNA - GENES and ANTISEMITISM. (For previous posts on Jon Entine use the SEARCH feature on this Google Blogger!)
JEWISH DAILY FORWARD : JON ENTINE : JEWS ARE A RACE
EXCERPT: "Like East Asians, the Amish, Icelanders, Aboriginals, the Basque people, African tribes and other groups, Jews have remained isolated for centuries because of geography, religion or cultural practices. It’s stamped on our DNA. As Ostrer explains in fascinating detail, threads of Jewish ancestry link the sizable Jewish communities of North America and Europe to Yemenite and other Middle Eastern Jews who have relocated to Israel, as well as to the black Lemba of southern Africa and to India’s Cochin Jews. But, in a twist, the links include neither the Bene Israel of India nor Ethiopian Jews. Genetic tests show that both groups are converts, contradicting their founding myths..."
