Tag: Jewish ethnic groups
Rosh Hashanah Greetings from Azerbaijan
“Passersby, regardless of their religious affiliation, always congratulate us on Rosh Hashanah.”
Pew: Younger US Jews Less Worried than their Parents About Having Jewish Children
17% of younger Jews are Orthodox, compared with only 3% of older Jews.
Birobidzhan Residents Protest Russian Attempts to Eliminate Jewish Autonomous Region
According to the 1989 Soviet Census, only 8,887 Jews were living in the JAO, some 4% of the total population. As of 2002, only 2,357 Jews were living there.
Evangelical Leader: Stop GOD TV Missionary Broadcasts Aimed At Jews in Israel
"Our only mandate to the Jewish people is to love and support them because they are God's chosen people."
Chief Rabbinate Forbids Using Origin, Skin Color, to Determine Jewish Status
The Li Bar workers protested this humiliation, and the management objected to the procedure, calling it "shaming parade."
Central Bureau of Statistics: 1 in Every 50 Israeli Jews Is Named Cohen, 1...
The highest percentage of couples without children is in Tel Aviv-Yafo – about 41% (the national average is 25%).
Fresh from India, 15 Bnei Menashe Couples Remarry in Israel
The Bnei Menashe claim descent from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, who were sent into exile by the Assyrian Empire more than 2,700 years ago.
Are Modern Jews Genetic Descendants of the Ancient Israelites?
Corey Gil-Shuster asks about Jewish genetics...
Spanish, Portuguese Jews Support Sephardi and Mizrahi Heritage Empowerment Program
“The history of the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa is sadly overlooked, even though every other Jew in Israel comes from this region.”