Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

Residing steps away from the Temple Mount for near 50 years, the Ilans are well acquainted with life in the Old City of ...

Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the ...

Jacob’s midnight wrestling match wasn’t just a dramatic turning point in the Torah it left a mark on Jewish kitchens forever.

Join Moshe Phillips as he shares his unique experience in Israel during a significant moment for the Israel Defense Forces.

Unlike Jews in Europe or the Middle East, who often faced violent persecution and were forced to flee, the Jews of India – whether Bene Israel, Cochin, or Baghdadi – migrated to Israel as ...

In 1533, Leonor Caldeira, a Jewish woman who had been forced to convert to Christianity, moved from Lisbon, the Portuguese Empire’s capital, to Cochin in South India, hoping to escape the ...

As the researchers say, "Cochin Jewish children in Israel get dressed up on Purim as cowboys, Queen Esther, soldiers, or the latest television cult figures, such as Superman, ...

In stark contrast, in Israel, where an estimated 15,000 descendants of Cochin Jews now reside, Purim is celebrated in ways that reflect broader Jewish and Western cultural traditions.

They comprise the Cochin Jews, who are Sephardic, a community that fled persecution in the Iberian peninsula; the Baghdadi Jews, whose synagogues (such as the famous Magen David here in Kolkata) speak ...

India is home to 3 historically distinct Jewish communities: the Bene Israel (”Sons of Israel”), the Cochin Jews, and the Baghdadi Jews, and is projected to comprise 4,000–5,000 people now.