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.
Sephardi Voices: Recording a Forgotten ExodusLibyan Regina Bublil-Waldman, 65, can still vividly describe the brilliant sun and taste the fresh fish her father caught during a Shabbat spent frolicking onProfile: Nathan and Alyza Lewinby Barbara PashMenachem Zivotofsky was born in Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. He was not born in Israel, at least according to the United States passport hisInterview: Jodi RudorenJodi Rudoren’s education at Yale University prepared her for two decades at two of the world’s most influential newspapers, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.As It Was Written: Burial in BabylonOn a blustery December day, I stand with 100 Jews of Iraqi descent at Section Five Block Two of the New Montefiore Cemetery in WestLetter from Boston: People of the Silver Linings Playbook“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” Charles Dickens famously wrote in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities.Interview: Julián CastroThirty-nine-year-old San Antonio native Julián Castro is the youngest mayor of a major American city. First elected mayor of San Antonio in May 2009, CastroLetter from New York: Jewish Stars of the DiamondMost Jews, whether or not they are baseball fans, know the story of Sandy Koufax choosing not to pitch the first game of the 1965Footer Menu Column 2
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