"Israelis must respect the choice of Americans and hope for a president that will be attentive to the needs of Israel as an ...

14) that DNA analysis has revealed that Columbus was a Sephardic Jew. Rumors of this have been floating around the Jewish world for a long time — long enough for us to wonder: Is it true?

Moshe Kasher has immersed himself in many realms including the rave scene, Burning Man, Alcoholics Anonymous, deaf culture ...

Christopher Columbus wasn’t Italian or even originally Catholic but instead a Sephardic Jew likely from Spain who hid his heritage to avoid persecution, a new genetic study suggests. A decades ...

A recent book on Jewish identity before and after Zionism shows the limitations of a progressive critique that doesn’t truly account for the experience of Palestinians. German Jewish refugees ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the ...

This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Go on, admit it. We all love a comedy Jew. When I say “we all”, that’s not quite true. My mother always ...

Local authorities have charged a man with attempted murder after he allegedly shot an Orthodox Jew walking to synagogue on Saturday morning in Chicago. The victim, a 39-year-old man whose identity ...

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The English Forward was launched as a weekly in 1990. Its perspective on world and national news, and its unparalleled coverage of Jewish arts culture and opinion have made it the most influential ...

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish ...