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Local scholar keeps history of China’s oldest Jewish community alive

The Sino-Judaic Institute strives to commemorate this Chinese-Jewish connection with its programs, grants and scholarly ...
Religion News Service

Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas

(The Conversation) — Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the early modern world. (The Conversation) — Every few years ...
Yahoo

The haunting history of the world’s first Jewish ghetto

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ghetto Nuovo in Venice (the square in the centre), pictured today - DeAgostini The world’s first Jewish “ghetto”, established by ...
The Nation

What the Jewish History of Exile Means Now

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 looking ...
Greek Reporter

New Digital Archive Opens Window into Greek Jewish Life Before the Holocaust

The Josephus archive offers digital access to Greek Jewish history, with 212,000 records and rare images preserving pre-war ...
Jewish Journal

The Jewish Kingdom of Southern Arabia

The tale of Himyar reminds us of the ongoing Jewish presence in the Middle East, its important history, but also of the ...
Opinion

‘For leftist Jews, the Bund is a model’: the radical history behind one of Europe’s biggest socialist movements

A new book by Molly Crabapple documents the rise and fall of a revolutionary Jewish party that fought against Zionism and for ‘solidarity across difference’ ...
San Diego Jewish WorldOpinion

Black/ Jewish solidarity required to defeat racism, antisemitism

He joined Colonel John C. Frémont’s 1853 expedition across the Rocky Mountains. His lens captured the American West long ...
The Forward

From snoot to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig

(JTA) — In 2021, the Orthodox Union declined to put its kosher certification on Impossible Pork, even though similarly vegan “Impossible” foods — its burger, its chicken nuggets — carried the OU seal ...
Albuquerque Journal

16th annual Festival Sefardí to explore the intertwined history of Sephardic Jews, Indigenous communities

Albuquerque’s Festival Sefardí returns for its 16th year, exploring the complex heritage of Sephardic Jews in the Southwest with a series of talks by prominent scholars, as well as music, dance, ...
The Forward

As a Jewish descendant of Carter G. Woodson, I cherish the history of the Black-Jewish alliance

We all have identities. Some can easily be seen while others can’t. Being both Black and Jewish is how I identify, and something I am immensely proud of. My mother, sister and I converted to Judaism ...
Opinion
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Mimouna and the Myth of Jewish-Arab Coexistence

I first wrote about Mimouna in 2016, for the Canadian Jewish News. I described the cultural symbiosis between Jews and Arabs in Morocco. I meant every word. I return to the subject every few years ...