This is from the Jerusalem post article: (It is more important than ever to strengthen the bonds between Jewish teens in the Diaspora and Israel.)
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The Ashkenazi are always claiming to be descended from the Middle East despite the fact that nothing about the Ashkenazi is Middle Eastern: not the way they look, not their cuisines, not their languages, not their DNA which has been confirmed to be 100% European, not their 40 genetic diseases, nothing, absolutely nothing, connects the Ashkenazi to the Middle East more than the Germans and in both cases, it is only the place from where their religion originated and nothing more!