Yiddish, which combined Hebrew with primarily Medieval German, was only spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. When they were busy “noshing” (eating) and “kvetching” (complaining). Sephardic Jews had a variety of ...

From the earliest days of this long war, the unifying slogan here in Israel has been Yachad Nenatze’ach – Together we win. We see this on billboards, the Tel Aviv skyline is illuminated with these ...

The passing of Dr. Isaac Halevi Herzog, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, revived support today for an effort to establish one Chief Rabbi and end the duality of separate spiritual leaders for the Ashkenazi and ...

What happens when “an Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, a Sephardic Chief Rabbi and a future Nobel Prize winning author walk into a café?” While such a dream meeting never took place, what we do know is that ...

(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. ...

Two great groups make up modern Judaism: the Ashkenazi, who originated in Central and Eastern Europe, and the Sephardim, who have long been spread out among far-flung places from Portugal to China.

The first world conference of Ashkenazi and Sephardic congregations, which has been the target of disputes among Orthodox Jews from its inception in the United States, opened here last night in an ...

Alzheimer's is a specific type of dementia. A groundbreaking study by Israeli scientists has identified a significant ethnic disparity in the prevalence of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, show that ...

(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 ...