Talk:Ada Yonath

message: is she a sepharadic jew?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.110.140.74 (talk) 17:52, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the reliable source that is quoted, yes. Basket of Puppies 18:09, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: How reliable is a single article in the Jewish Journal (the quoted source)? Are there any other sources for the statement that comes from a Sephardi background?Davshul (talk) 22:13, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

text: The Jewish Journal says sephardi. I'd go with the Jpost over the Jewish Journal because a) i think they're more reliable b) they quote her directly c) poor family in Jerusalem 1920-ish was more likely ashkenazi then sephardi.--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 22:24, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  she is still categorized as sepharadi jew down the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.110.140.74 (talk) 22:52, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like its been removed by now.--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 02:29, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Based on the JPost article, it seems more authoritative to say she is not Sephardic. Basket of Puppies 05:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it would be better not to state positively whether she is ashkenazi or sephardi. Indeed the vast majority of polish jews are askenazi, and Jpost article I referrd to above supports therefore that she is ashkenazi. however her family name is not, to the best of my knowledge, a very typical askenazi family (maybe it is I just don't know), and there are some jews from the sothern parts of poland who are of at least sephardic origin (for example the author Isaac Leib Peretz)see also http://www.avotaynu.com/sephardim.htm  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.228.212.59 (talk) 08:16, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  yonath is a surname commmon to both ashkenazim and sephradim.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.110.189.30 (talk) 09:07, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Lots of European Jews changed their names to Israeli names. If she's Ashkenazi, her name was most probably changed. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 13:38, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Sephardic Jew

message: Someone have taken out this edit without no agreement what so ever. --Gilisa (talk) 09:24, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The revised text clearly states that her father was a rabbi and therefore reference to a Jewish family is superfluous. Davshul (talk) 09:36, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think so. Many peoples don't even know what Rabbi is. And her Jewish background was added by many users before you decide to remove it without discussion--Gilisa (talk) 09:47, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The previous text had included the phrase "Sephardi Jewish" and when the word Sephardi was removed, the remaining text was aukward as the use of the expression "born into a Jewish family" is frequently to indicate that a person was born Jewish but does not currently consider themselves to be Jewish, which is not the case in question. Perhaps, instead of using this expression, we could refer to her parants as "Zionist Jews". It should also be noted that there are four categories listed which refer to her as Jewish. Davshul (talk) 10:01, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed on Zionist Jews. However on another issue, I don't think that "born into Jewish family" refer to someone who not consider himself Jewish.--Gilisa (talk) 10:21, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

text: I don't think her parents' political views (namely, Zionist) are relevant to an article about Ada's life and accomplishments. Using "Jewish" is more appropriate. Avinoamr (talk) 14:17, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why does the Jewish background was deleted 

message: In an interview to Israeli media mrs Yonath has told that her inspiration came from pole bears ribosms crystalliztion during hibernation. My English is not good enough to translate it from Hebrew, but here is the source --Gilisa (talk) 15:45, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: What she is saying is that, when polar bears hibernate, their ribosomes are arranged in a crystal-like form, and remain stable until they wake. This inspired her to attempt the task, previously considered impossible, of crystallising insect ribosomes ro study them. She comments that so many scientists had failed in and rejected this task, that she was considered "the global village idiot", and she praises the Weizmann Institute for providing the facilitieds for her work for twenty years despite this. My understanding of biochemistry is negligible, and I would not be happy ro put this in the article myself, but I would be happy to help an editor who understands the subject, if we cannot find an English-language source. RolandR 19:01, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
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message: Much of the "Scientific Career" section discusses her career in a biographical manner; less so her actual discoveries. To increase clarity, it may be better to separate "scientific discoveries" into its own category and provide more literature (perhaps some that she has published) highlighting the basis of her research. Additionally, adding images of the structure she determined for ribosomes would help elucidate the significance and complexity of her work. Nbd1234 (talk) 22:27, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scientific Discoveries