Oral traditions among the crypto-Jews maintained certain Jewish laws and holidays, such as Shabbat, Passover ... many moved East to form the Sephardic community we all know, but as many Jews ...

Both observe dietary laws—the Jews eat kosher food, and the Muslims eat halal food. Both trace their origins to lands in the Middle East. Also, Jews fared relatively well in Muslim lands ...

The ISA has directed the Ministry of Religious Services to elevate security measures around the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Yosef due to threats from terrorist groups. The Chief ...

Meanwhile, Anne and Rivka are busy preparing special foods for Hanukkah. Traditionally, Jews eat foods fried in oil during Hanukkah to commemorate the "miracle of oil", which became the basis for ...

(JTA) - As 2024 came to a close, we looked back and mourned the Jewish icons who have left outsized legacies on politics, the arts, sports and everything in between In chronological order, here is a ...

This Spanish tradition involves eating 12 grapes in the final 60 seconds before midnight. Known as 'Las doce uvas de la suerte' or 'The Twelve Grapes of Luck,' it has found takers in India as well.

Malverne, L.I.: To all my Donald Trump-hating Voicer friends: Every morning I read the Voice of the People, and for the last nine or so years, there is never a day where your rhetoric is not in ...

And the other guy said ‘I will donate the bima.’” This kind of instant generosity and the respect for tradition of Sephardic Jews –spurred by Rabbi Bittan’s own talents – have ...

So as an Israeli who is also a rabbi and works in the public sphere of Jewish life in this country ... Israel’s first Sephardic Chief Rabbi – Rav Benzion Meir Hai Uziel.

She died on August 11 at 89. Silvio Santos, a son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants, rose from working-class roots to become one of Brazil’s wealthiest men and a popular television personality.