When Jews were expelled from Portugal, many moved East to form the Sephardic community we all know, but as many Jews, perhaps ...
Tuesday, January 14, marks 14 years since the fall of Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, which sparked one of the ...
Having already visited several sites associated with Jewish history in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, South ...
What life was like in those times is familiar to 75-year-old Jeff Calish, who grew up in Dorchester in the 1950s before his ...
I try to pick a theme for these articles that appear in The Eagle each month. In past years we have examined everything from ...
One of the most remarkable aspects of Jewish identity is its role as a repository of cultures. Wherever Jews have lived, they ...
Other recent Jewish deaths include former Oct. 7 hostage Hanna Katzir and Isak Andic, founder of the Mango fashion chain.
Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, opened its first metro transit system for passengers on Saturday, 30 November 2024, more ...
Another wave of Jews later arrived from Europe, fleeing the Spanish Inquisition that began in 1492. Advertising The community in Syria numbered about 100,000 at the start of the 20th century. In the ...
Avi Shalom and the Council of the Sephardi Committee; the Spanish Consul’s cultural attaché; the World Center for North ...
Hanukkah is one of the most famous holidays in the Jewish calendar, but here are facts about the Festival of Lights that you ...
On a recent visit to this port city, I was among a group of four Jews who were escorted by a guide to a five-month-old ...