But to the disbelief of his family and friends, Maman became a spy for the Jewish state’s bitterest foe, Iran. According to Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security service, Maman is one of 39 ...

While certain works are crafted with the intent of leaving an indelible mark on Jewish literature and preserving their legacy, there are instances when I encounter books that seem destined for ...

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, the founder and president of the ... She will retain an advisory role. JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong ...

The star waded into some of history’s most charged debates about the Jewish community with her comments on the Holocaust and race. (JTA) — She may not have meant to, but this week Whoopi ...

Senior Israeli and Iranian rabbis were among the religious ... Yosef committed the Jewish community always to remember him. Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Turkey Isak Haleva, at right ...

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I grew up on stories of exile. My family was forced out of Iraq and Tunisia for being Jewish — homes stolen, communities erased and history rewritten. To this day, too many people insist it was ...

not to be confused with the Second Aliyah – as its famous voyage was designed to call the world's attention to the plight of the hundreds of thousands of Jews left homeless in the aftermath of ...

As one of Palestine’s leading writers, Raja Shehadeh, points out, the Ashkenazi Jews of European stock have historically looked down on the Mizrahi Jews, or “Arab Jews", creating a simmering ...