Word: knit
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...literal translation implies, Dor Yeshorim's goal is to ensure that the children born of Orthodox parents are safe from certain genetic diseases whose occurrence is disproportionately higher within that close-knit community. Launched ten years ago by Rabbi Josef Ekstein to test for Tay-Sachs Disease, Dor Yeshorim has expanded its scope to include three other genetic diseases. More than 8,000 people entered the program last year alone...
...York and Israel, Orthodox Jewish communities tend to be close-knit; much of their lives revolve around religion. Historically, Orthodox Jews arranged their children's marriages. While this is no longer the case, the Orthodox communities still view marriage as an occasion that involves the families as much as the individuals...
Yesterday afternoon, he wore a modest charcoalgrey suit and a red knit tie. He sported a three o'clock electric-razor shadow...
...social variables. A few generations back, religion, race and custom superseded all other considerations. When Kathleen Hobson and Atul Gawande, both 27, married last year, however, they based their vision of a shared future on a different set of common values: an upper-middle-class upbringing in tight-knit families, a Stanford education and a love of intellectual pursuits...
...tightly knit Irish community, where word of mouth substitutes for Help Wanted ads, there is always plenty of work, and Colm's income has hovered around $30,000 a year. Yet he lacks the important little things that validate life in America. Though he has a legal driver's license, his Social Security number is invented and his apartment is rented in the name of an ex- girlfriend. "The thing of it is, I've been here since I was 15 years old, I've worked hard, and I've never committed a crime," he says. "This is my home...