Jewish Biological Variations
Anthropology studies have the greatest contribution towards defining the physical characteristics of the Jews race. The nose and feet are the first observable characteristics that differentiate the Jews and non-Jews. The nose bone and muscles influence the unique talking and laughing of the Jews. Additionally, Jews could be distinguished by the shape of their heads (Graves, 2003).
The Jewish foot is clovent and makes the Jews have limping characteristic (Graves, 2003). Male Jews have brachycephalic head; a common characteristic among the inferior races (Graves, 2003). The Jews revel themselves during their talking due to their distinct mode of thinking and reasoning (Graves, 2003).
Jewish Health Practices and Values
Jewish religion has five classification: reconstructionist, reform, orthodox, hasidic and conservative. The different religions have varying needs and concerns to their patients. Exodus 21:19 define health and illness as Gods work and will. Deuteronomy 22:3 encourages human being to take care of themselves in order to obtain good health. In terms of diet to the Jews patient, traditional Jews require Kosher food and diet (Abu-Saad et al., 2012).
Healthcare providers should ask the Jews patient or guardian about their religious movement before offering assistance. The concerns and needs differ based on the Jews patient movement (Abu-Saad et al., 2012). Different Jewish movements have their preferred diet, food and practices to their patients (Abu-Saad et al., 2012).
Jewish Enzymatic and Genetic Variations
The Tay-Sach disorder is common among the Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. The insertion of the four base pairs alters the reading frame of the gene leading to mutations (Olshen et al., 2008). Accumulation of gangliosides lead to mental retardation , blindness, paralysis, deafness, and non-response to the environment (Olshen et al., 2008).
Tay-Sach disorder is causing genetic and enzymatic variation among the Jewish and highly susceptible to Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry (Olshen et al., 2008).
The metabolic disorder is heritable. It is caused by enzymatic deficiency of hexosaminidase A (Hex-A). The disorder occurs due to insertion of base pairs at exon 11 on chromosome 15 (Olshen et al., 2008). Lack of Hex-A leads to accumulation of gangliosides in the brain.
Diet and Food Habits
The Jewish community eat kosher diet especially the hospitalised patients. Torah codes allows Jews to eat meat from animals that chew cud and have cloven hoofs except pork. The deficiency of vitamins from the vegetables is due to hot and dry climatic condition that does not favour growth of green vegetables and fruits (Abu-Saad et al., 2012).
Meat and dairy product must be available in every meal but the meat must not be pork (Abu-Saad et al., 2012). A trained expert should slaughter the animal in order to avoid excessive bleeding of the animal. The Jewish community have a deficiency of vitamins especially from the vegetables (Abu-Saad et al., 2012).
Psychological Characteristics
The antisocial personality disorder get characterized by violation of documented rules, crime, and aggression (Orlansky, 2015).
Jewish have a sense of superiority due to their religion imperialism (Orlansky, 2015). The Jewish have a characteristic of antisocial personality disorder (Orlansky, 2015). The Jewish personality exhibit self-consciousness and they tend to return to the subject later after discussion. The Jewish child has to gather emotional strength and inspirations from the parents to speak up (Orlansky, 2015).
References
Abu-Saad, K., Murad, H., Lubin, F., Freedman, L. S., Ziv, A., Alpert, G., & Kalter-Leibovici, O. (2012). Jews and Arabs in the same region in Israel exhibit major differences in dietary patterns. The Journal of nutrition, 142(12), 2175- 2181.
Graves, J. L. (2003). The emperor’s new clothes: Biological theories of race at the millennium. New Jersey, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Olshen, A. B., Gold, B., Lohmueller, K. E., Struewing, J. P., Satagopan, J., Stefanov, S. A., & Boyd, J. (2008). Analysis of genetic variation in Ashkenazi Jews by high density SNP genotyping. BMC genetics, 9(1), 14.
Orlansky, H. (2015). The Study of Man: Jewish personality Traits. Web.