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July 8, 2009

Tikkun Gives a Jewish Treatment to the Korean Spa

Tikkun Holistic Spa is probably one of the few Korean spas in the Los Angeles area where the receptionist greets clients without a Korean accent. Founder Niki Schwarz wanted to make sure non-Koreans who walk through the door (after taking an elevator to the basement) encounter no struggle in their quest for the perfect day of rest.

Gaucher Drug Temporarily Rationed

Bruce Lloyd Kates is worried. Production of a drug he uses to control symptoms of his Gaucher disease, a rare genetic condition that disproportionately affects Ashkenazim, was halted mid-June after a viral contamination was discovered at the drug’s manufacturer’s plant.

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