The modern population of Berber Jews in Africa now numbers about 8,000 people in Morocco, with the majority having emigrated to Israel since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, along with smaller numbers ...
Alas, the Judaic origins of the Natives weren’t necessarily to their credit. “The Jews were a sinful people,” Thorowgood wrote, “the Indians were and are transcendent sufferers.” ...
“It’s anarchy,” Thangjom told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last week. “They’re specifically targeting Kuki [tribe members] and calling us foreigners, telling us to ‘go back to Burma.’ ...
The Jewish people preserved their sacred texts. Their sacred texts preserved the Jewish people. The survival and return of the Jews of Ethiopia provide an astonishing example of this dialectic ...
PRETORIA, South Africa (JTA) – Filmmaker Laurence Gavron is on a journey to document lost Jewish tribes in Africa. The French-born Gavron, who has made Senegal her home since 1989, says she was ...
so much so that most Jewish people in Aoteoroa New Zealand will admit to sometimes, or often, being scared. In Melbourne, Australia, in the last month a synagogue was fire-bombed and one person was ...
Given the rich musical tradition of the Jewish people, this should hardly come as a surprise. Songs are used in celebration, in times of happiness and in times of sorrow. Holy scriptures are ...
It is hard for me as a Reform Rabbi to understand why most Jews in Medina, where they were a fairly large minority, didn’t support Muhammad as a prophet for all the pagan Arab tribes.
"It sucked," says the notorious Jewish writer and gadfly, who has lots of theories on just about everything. After more than a year of anticipation, Six60One: Kosher on Amsterdam fills the space ...