The environment can actually affect gene expression.

... social environment in childhood affects achieved adult height, life chances, and ultimately mortality rates in adult life. (...) ... social circumstances acting in childhood do have a persisting effect on adult disease rates, in addition to influences acting in adulthood.

The brain is an important gateway by which the social environment impacts on people's health through the mind.

In Sweden for example people with PhDs have lower mortality than those with a masters degree. And people with a masters degree or a professional degree are not poor.

I was born in North London, migrated to Australia when I was four. So when I first came to Australia people saw me as a little English boy. Over the years that feeling of being a little English boy diminished and I felt much more Australian.

It's highly likely that what you're doing is indeed influenced by your Jewish background.

Throwing young people on the scrap heap is a public health emergency.