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Yiddish theater is revived in Tbilisi, Georgia after 100 years

When Lasha Shakulashvili was a grad student at Tbilisi State University in 2022, he stumbled onto something unbelievable. In ...
Jewish Journal

Sephardic and Mizrahi Groups Condemn Wiener’s Genocide Claim

A coalition of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish organizations issued a joint statement on Jan. 14 condemning California State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) for saying Israel has committed ...
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Tamara Cohen's ancestors were expelled from Spain, now she’s bringing bagels to Madrid

Mazál owner Tamara Cohen, a Philadelphian who became Spanish through a law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews whose ancestors were expelled during the 1492 Inquisition. Until recently, a Jew could ...
The Forward on MSN

Why New York’s Sephardic Jews are more Zionist — and more wary of Mamdani — than their Ashkenazi neighbors

Differences between Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jews have come sharply into focus since Zohran Mamdani became mayor. In the greater New York City area, 10% of Jews identify as Mizrahi or ...
Greek Reporter

The Holocaust of Greek Jews: When 59,000 Perished in Nazi Camps

The Holocaust of the Greek Jews was the darkest episode of the Nazi occupation of the country, as over 59,000 Greek Jews were ...

What Barak-Epstein audio says about Israeli controlling demographics

Audio of the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak speaking to Jeffrey Epstein, the now deceased convicted sex offender, ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

Sephardic chief rabbi lauds ‘miracle’ of Ran Gvili’s body returning ‘intact’ from Gaza

The post Sephardic chief rabbi lauds ‘miracle’ of Ran Gvili’s body returning ‘intact’ from Gaza appeared first on The Times ...

Argentina's Sephardi chief rabbi reaffirms 100-year-old ruling on conversions, sparks controversy

A controversial ruling in Argentina reaffirms a 100-year-old conversion ban, fueling tensions between Orthodox and non-Orthodox movements.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Her ancestors were expelled from Spain. Now she’s bringing bagels to Madrid.

Tamara Cohen found pieces of her Sephardic history in Madrid, but she also found a bagel desert. MADRID — Until recently, a Jew could wander all day in Madrid without finding a bagel. But now, in a ...

‘Israel of the Balkans’: Srpska fights like Israel for survival, Milorad Dodik tells 'Post'

The invocation of 'shared historical trauma' echoed through Dodik’s remarks; trauma rooted in the genocidal horrors of the ...