Ashkenazi stories have long dominated the American Jewish narrative. Now, a landmark study is bringing the Sephardic and Mizrahi experience into sharper focus.

A Snapshot of the Sephardic American ExperienceAshkenazi stories have long dominated the American Jewish narrative. Now, a landmark study is bringing the Sephardic and Mizrahi experience into sharper focus.
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Southern Jewry’s Complicated StoryAn adapted excerpt from ‘The Jewish South’ explores the complicated history of migrant Jews who flourished within a slaveholding society.
An adapted excerpt from ‘The Jewish South’ explores the complicated history of migrant Jews who flourished within a slaveholding society.
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Compromise and Hard Choices for Jews in AmericaFrom the nation’s founding to the present, generations of Jews have wrestled with the same question: How do you become fully American without ceasing to be fully Jewish?
From the nation’s founding to the present, generations of Jews have wrestled with the same question: How do you become fully American without ceasing to
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Forging a New Vision of American Judaism and American Zionism‘The only way Israel will learn from, listen to or care about American Jews is if we show ourselves to be living energetic Jewish lives,’ writes Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove.
‘The only way Israel will learn from, listen to or care about American Jews is if we show ourselves to be living energetic Jewish lives,’
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Jewish Matchmaking? There’s an App For ThatA 20-something single searches for her King David on two of the newest and buzziest Jewish dating apps.
A 20-something single searches for her King David on two of the newest and buzziest Jewish dating apps.
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Female Athletes Make History at This Year’s ‘Jewish Olympics’These American women have the potential to write new chapters of Maccabiah history during this summer’s games.
These American women have the potential to write new chapters of Maccabiah history during this summer’s games.
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As Refugee Crises Intensify, Jews Aid in U.S. ResettlementSynagogues and other Jewish groups have historically mobilized to help resettle refugees—most recently from Afghanistan, and soon from Ukraine.
Synagogues and other Jewish groups have historically mobilized to help resettle refugees—most recently from Afghanistan, and soon from Ukraine.
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Orthodox Women Are Saying: Lights, Camera, Action!Fed up with policies that remove women’s images from publications, a number of Orthodox women are fighting back—with photo shoots!
Fed up with policies that remove women’s images from publications, a number of Orthodox women are fighting back—with photo shoots!
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Battling Antisemitism on CampusAs antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment heat up on college campuses, new strategies emerge.
As antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment heat up on college campuses, new strategies emerge.
Deborah Lauter Talks Breaking Barriers to Fight Hate CrimesThe executive director of NYC’s new Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes has three prongs of strategy for fighting anti-Semitism: community relations, education and law enforcement.AIPAC Conference Opens With Appeals for BipartisanshipAIPAC launched its annual conference on Sunday with an appeal for bipartisanship and potshots aimed at Bernie Sanders, the Democratic front-runner in the presidential stakes.New York City Ads Will Feature Diverse Jewish New YorkersThe ads, to be featured in Orthodox Jewish publications as well as in the New York Jewish Week, were created to make Jews in New York more comfortable.House Approves $10 Million for Holocaust Education FundingThe money will be administered by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which will disseminate curriculum materials.25,000 March Against Anti-Semitism in New York CityDespite the somber reason for the march, the atmosphere was relaxed and even uplifting as scores of Jews traversed the Brooklyn Bridge.What Is Causing the Rise in Anti-Semitism in New York?According to the NYPD, through September 2019 there were 163 reported incidents of anti-Semitism—an increase of 50 percent from that period the previous year.Helping Survivors While Honoring Their Livesby Shira HanauJohn and Amy Israel Pregulman's photography-project-turned-nonprofit organization, KAVOD, provides emergency aid to Holocaust survivors living in poverty in the United States.RBG Inducted Into Hall of Fame at Philadelphia Jewish Museumby Lisa HosteinThe National Museum of American Jewish History is also hosting a special exhibition, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”Footer Menu Column 2
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