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

From Ladino songs in Seattle to Syrian Shabbat dinners in Brooklyn, these women are preserving the foods, languages and customs that have shaped their families for generations.

Mizrahim need a manifesto, not a history book, the Israeli activist asserts.

Chebakia are made from a pareve dough that is shaped like a flower then fried, submerged in a warm honey-based syrup and, finally, sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds.