The story young Jews of color tell themselves and tell others is an important part of acceptance, says Tani Prell, the ...

In the 19th century, small towns along the Ohio River Valley often had vibrant Jewish communities. By 1900, Ligonier, Ind., ...

A groundbreaking discovery from Israeli scientists is changing what doctors know about inherited heart disease. Researchers ...

Israel’s deepening divides call for a new model of unity through diversity, with dialogue and mutual responsibility crucial ...

The scale of the suffering that Israel has inflicted on all Palestinians within its reach has meant that Hamas’ fate is ...

Shlissel challah is a special loaf baked the first sabbath after Passover. We trace the modern route by which the bread has ...

When Jessica Yeroshalmi started her political science degree at Baruch College in New York six years ago, she was surprised to learn that some students in her classes had no idea there were Jews with ...

Yiddish, the historic language of Jews in Europe and Russia, was once nearly extinguished. But now Jews drawn to the language for different reasons are keeping Yiddish alive.

Coke is made with high-fructose corn syrup, which doesn’t make the cut for most Orthodox or Ashkenazi Jews observing Passover. According to MyJewishLearning, “Corn is not one of the five ...

Then, most Jews were part of the educated and largely secular Ashkenazi community, although a minority population of the older Sephardic Jewish families remained prominent. Beginning in 1881, a wave ...

Eastern European Jews of Ashkenazi descent (which make up about 75% of the Jewish population) also avoid another category known as "kitniyot," which includes legumes and other grains like corn.