Ashkenazi

Shas does not represent Moroccan Jewry, is Ashkenazi - former PMO official

David Agmon, born in Casablanca, Morocco, has spoken repeatedly against the government and the Shas Party in recent months.

Israel’s future: A tale of two (or three) Zionisms - opinion

The lines between religion and state are being blurred.

By MOTI KAHANA
05/06/2023

Ashkenazi Jews are more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's, study finds

Specific research into Ashkenazi genetics relation to Alzheimer's diseases was done for the first time.

Lorraine Hansberry’s second play revived by Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan

Hansberry, who's work is being revived, saw just two of her works produced on Broadway before her death from cancer at 34 in 1965.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
01/03/2023

Congresswoman claims to be Jewish, revealed to be granddaughter of Nazi - report

Luna's grandfather Heinrich Mayerhofer, who died in 2003, served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany when he was a teenager in the 1940s.

Scientists use zebrafish to study Jewish immune response to tuberculosis

A rare genetic disease claimed at Cambridge University to protect Ashkenazi Jews against tuberculosis, based on study of zebrafish genes.

The Mizrahi-Ashkenazi divide: The differences in Jewish cuisine

With a diasporic community spreading from Morocco to Iran, it is no surprise that the cuisine that developed in these countries reflects the food cultures around them.

04/02/2023

Does Israel still discriminate against Mizrahi Jews?

Are there still gaps between Jews of Mizrahi and Ashkenazi descent in Israel today? And if so, where and how do they manifest themselves?

Germany celebrates UNESCO World Heritage listing for Yiddish and Ashkenazi culture birthplace

The sites in the upper part of the Rhine River valley are known as the origin point of Ashkenazi culture and where the Yiddish language first began to develop over 1,000 years ago.

By DAVID I. KLEIN/JTA
04/02/2023

David Levy and Israel's incomplete Mizrahi revolution - opinion

If Golda Meir broke gender glass ceilings – as, more recently, Amir Ohana has done for gays – in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Levy was a role model for aspiring Mizrahi politicians.

19/01/2023
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