We've identified 100 common Jewish last names and their Hebrew meanings. One doesn't have to be fluent in Yiddish to be familiar with the term, "mensch." If you're a mensch, it says a lot about you, ...

U. S. Jewry scarcely took notice when, last week in Manhattan, the Union of Sephardic Congregations held its second annual meeting. Ail Jewry is divided into two groups—the Ashkenazim and Sephardim.

Did you know that Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews in the United States, who make up 10 percent of the American Jewish population, have higher rates of Jewish communal participation? They also have a ...

Their ancestors came from North Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and Iberia. And they’re all Jewish. Sephardic Jews, at just 10% of the American Jewish population, are a minority within a ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (RNS) — When Flory Jagoda, the superstar of Ladino music, died in 2021, it was a wakeup call for Vladimir Mickovic. Mickovic, a Bosnian musician from Mostar, realized that ...

Naomi Waxman is the former reporter for Eater Chicago and an award-winning journalist who covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups. Vegans grew concerned last month when Gina and Andy Kalish announced the ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — When Flory Jagoda, the superstar of Ladino music, died in 2021, it was a wakeup call for Vladimir Mickovic. Mickovic, a Bosnian musician from Mostar, realized that with ...