Ashkenazi
Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt the Ashkenaz Jewish music and culture festival in Toronto
The disruption was promoted online by pro-Palestinian activist Jagbir Ghankas, also known as jagpile on Instagram, who filmed himself and fellow activists walking through the event.
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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why - opinion
The irony behind telling Jews to 'go back where they belong' - opinion
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
