Ashkenazi

'Melodies of Hope': Days of Jewish Music festival dives into Jewish music’s diversity

Bar-Ilan’s Days of Jewish Music festival explores global Jewish sounds under the theme “Melodies of Hope.”

Clarinetist Gilad Harel and accordion player Ilya Magalnyk will provide the sonic backdrop to Avi Bar Eitan’s talk on a broad range of musical genres.
FORMER PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

Who does Israel belong to? Why Bennett’s model matters now - opinion

THE EMPTY chair: Thomas Chippendale chair, c. 1772, mahogany, covered in modern red Moroccan leather, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

'Inspirational Reflections for the Seder Night': A Haggadah for empty chairs at the table - review

Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee speak in a Feb. 19, 2026, interview filmed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel and released by Carlson online.

Tucker Carlson pushes DNA tests for Jews: the ‘Khazar’ theory that antisemites can’t shake


Rosh Hashanah: Food traditions of the Jewish High Holy Days

As you plan your Rosh Hashanah meals, consider the traditions of your family, and new ones as well.

 Children picking pomegranates in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona.

Lack of diversity vs lack of human rights: Battle of Israeli blind spots - opinion

Imagine how much better off Israel would be if all protesters – and their rivals – since January had invested 15 minutes of every hour spent yelling into dialogue.

 ‘OUR PRESIDENT, Isaac Herzog, should encourage more of these dialogues. Sadly, most politicians prefer exploiting our differences to overcoming them,’ the writer argues.

RFK's COVID claims mired in antisemitic conspiracy - opinion

Kenny treats the rough findings of a study of ethnic genome variations as though they were firm conclusions based on hard evidence and then joins them to claims that are mired in sheer fantasy.

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on at a House Judiciary Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee hearing, examining the Missouri v. Biden case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2023.

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.

Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri at a party meeting, in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023.

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

The lines between religion and state are being blurred.

  THE ISSUE under discussion this Passover, on the eve of the 75th anniversary of Israel, is how do we perceive the origin story of Zionism?

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.

 Patients with Alzheimer's and dementia are sit inside the Alzheimer foundation in Mexico City

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.

 Molly Ranson and Francis Benhamou star in “Prayer for the French Republic,” a new off-Broadway play at Manhattan Theatre Club.

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.

 Official Portrait of Representative-elect, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida.

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.

 DNA, where genetics live. (Illustrative).

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.

 DOUGHY JACHNUN