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The Jewish Power Blog: The Buck Stops… Where?
23 Jan 2026 08:44 GMT
… as the state’s first Ashkenazic chief rabbi) wrote:
It is … the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Palestinian states. 299 … Reform rabbi, and received his PhD in modern Jewish history … recent books: Turnng Points in Jewish History (JPS 2018); Contested …
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Reclaiming the Ladino Left - The early 20th century saw a flurry of left activism by Ladino-speaking Sephardic Jews in the US. Recovering their legacy can enrich the Jewish left of today.
23 Jan 2026 00:43 GMT
… from Spain. The chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire, … is the homeland of the Ashkenazi Jews alone.” In 1937, writing … an Ottoman-born Palestinian Jew who settled in New York … and Jews principally on the Jewish Agency’s predominantly Ashkenazi representatives …
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A Moment in Time: “I am a Jew”
22 Jan 2026 22:51 GMT
… time to those who oppose Judaism today.
And so it got … -denomination” Jew.
I am a “Jew.”
I’m not a “Jewish-American.”
I … “Sephardic on Passover” Jew!)
I’m not an “Ashkenazi” Jew.
I am a … ,
I am a Jew.
Sent with love and Shalom,
Rabbi Zachary R …
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Thank you for the offer, President Trump – but as a British Jew my home is Britain
22 Jan 2026 20:52 GMT
… used shortened translations of their Ashkenazi surnames – Green, Black, White … But, while practising their Judaism, the Bray family had … simultaneously fully immersed in my Jewish life, the festivals, … is not something British Jews should even have to …
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Why New York’s Sephardic Jews are more Zionist — and more wary of Mamdani — than their Ashkenazi neighbors
22 Jan 2026 15:44 GMT
… Ashkenazi Jews, according to a new national study.
Aaron Cohen, a Moroccan Jew … fleeing openly anti-Jewish regimes and socialist … Syrian Jew from Midwood, described the Syrian Jewish community … concerns over antisemitism and Jewish safety, Cohen-Vásquez …
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Coast Chronicles: Our immigrants and our community
26 Jan 2026 02:49 GMT
… , Slovenia. Stephen Miller is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent; his great grandparents escaped …
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Yiddish Word of the Week Picked by U-M Yiddish Students: Butterfly
25 Jan 2026 16:48 GMT
… folk songs, reviving nearly lost Ashkenazi dance traditions, joining Klezmer jam … about the program.
The Detroit Jewish News has been supported by … since 1942. Support independent, local, Jewish journalism with a donation today …
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Israeli soldier’s videos show continued demolitions in Gaza after ceasefire
25 Jan 2026 12:01 GMT
… private Instagram account name Ariel Ashkenazi.
In a post dated 25 … the illegal immigration of European Jews to Palestine between 1921 and …
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Weaponed Up and Ready – chamush, chalutz, and mezuyan
25 Jan 2026 07:32 GMT
… word chamushim means that the Jews exiting Egypt were “armed … As Nachmanides explains, the Jews entering the wilderness were “packing … Divine and the Dumb: Jewish Perspectives on Idolatry, which … of the nation. Rabbi Moshe Tedeschi Ashkenazi (1821–1898) in …
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Her ancestors were expelled from Spain. Now she’s bringing bagels to Madrid.
23 Jan 2026 22:11 GMT
… — Until recently, a Jew could wander all day in … his regime in Catholicism, banning Jewish rites, shuttering synagogues and … whole country. (Both Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews eat challah, while bagels … like my little corner of Judaism here in Madrid,” said …