The Forward brings you independent, nonprofit journalism with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis of the Middle East, campus conflicts, and more. Sign up for the free morning newsletter today. Many ...

The core anti-Israel claim on campuses is that the Jews are not indigenous in the land of Israel. Jews are labeled as “settler-colonialists” and, based on this, the Jewish state is declared ...

Many Ashkenazi Jews assume their ancestors came straight from ancient Israel to Germany and Eastern Europe. But that leaves out a huge, often overlooked chapter. When their ancestors left Israel, they ...

(The Conversation) — Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures around the world – and represented in the US. ...

Identifying and classifying gene mutations — which are the permanent changes in a person’s DNA genetic code — are critical in better understanding, and with research, eventually treating or preventing ...

(The Conversation) — Some 16 million people worldwide identify as Jewish — and more than 7 million of them live in Israel. The country is home to more than 2 million people who are not Jewish, as well ...

(RNS) — With her latest book, she turns back to her roots in a Modern Orthodox home where her mother cooked dishes typical of the Ashkenazi tradition. (RNS) — Ashkenazi food, the kind prepared by Jews ...

Their ancestors came from North Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and Iberia. And they’re all Jewish. Sephardic Jews, at just 10% of the American Jewish population, are a minority within a ...

People cheer as a vehicle carrying hostages released by Hamas drives toward an army base in Ofakim, southern Israel, on Nov. 26, 2023. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images David L. Graizbord, ...

(The Conversation) — “Tradition!” rings out the opening line of “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Broadway play that brought Jewish life to stages around the world. The 1964 musical gives audiences a window ...