SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a yearly celebration that recognizes the contributions and achievements of Jews in the United States. With the Jewish community facing a ...

This Sunday is Ladino Day in New York — a vibrant celebration of the language that was central to the culture of Sephardic Jews worldwide for more than 500 years. Right now, Ladino is having an ...

The Guava Rugelach Festival may be named after sweetly rich little pastries, but this festival is more a treat for your ears and eyes than your palate. The two-day event at Next@19th (137 NE 19th St., ...

This contrast is comedy gold, and Modi Rosenfeld has captured it perfectly in his stand-up. Sephardic Jews, he jokes, call ...

(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 ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The history of Judaism in New Mexico is long and complex. It starts in the 16th century, when Conversos, or ...

Many of my pieces are aimed at clarifying confusions surrounding concepts of race and ethnicity. Two previous discussions dealt with “looking Jewish”: the first concerned Eastern European Jews, and ...

The enduring traditions of the High Holiday season take shape across time and place in the latest crop of children’s books about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. This year’s books transport ...

(The Conversation) — In connection to Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, media from the BBC and Fox to Reuters and Haaretz reported on new DNA evidence about the holiday’s original namesake.