Ideas I’m a Jewish linguist, and unlike some in Congress, I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word There’s nothing partisan or antisemitic about recognizing obstacles to diversity in Jewish life, writes the director of the Jewish Language Project. By Sarah Bunin Benor May 2, 2024 5:21 pm
The Sit-Down Ideas How Israel’s Black Panthers radicalized its Mizrahi Jews, and changed the country A new history of the 1970s protest movement aims to plug a hole in Israel’s public record. March 17, 2024 6:45 am
Stephen Shalom, American Sephardic philanthropist who promoted tolerance, dies at 93 He said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was working to bring 400 Jewish women who wanted to marry within their faith to the United States from Syria in 1977. March 28, 2022 3:53 pm
Ideas Telling the forgotten story of Osnat Barzani, the first female rabbi who lived 400 years ago, is a win for Mizrahi representation By Lior Zaltzman February 10, 2021 2:35 pm from Kveller This link opens in a new window
Ideas We’re running out of time to preserve endangered Jewish languages. Here’s how we can stop them from being lost forever. By Sarah Bunin Benor February 8, 2021 11:55 am
Tunisian pumpkin jam is the most underrated Rosh Hashanah treat By Rachel Myerson September 17, 2020 9:37 am from The Nosher This link opens in a new window
Israeli schools to teach about fate of North African Jews in the Holocaust By Marcy Oster August 19, 2019 9:01 am
Ideas Jews in Arab countries suffered unbearable discrimination. Why do our stories remain untold? By Miriam Shepher June 20, 2019 2:09 pm
Ideas Why does Holocaust Remembrance Day ignore Middle Eastern Jews? By Hen Mazzig May 1, 2019 3:55 pm
Ideas Mizrahi Jewish spies fought to build Israel. Their descendants still encounter racism there. By Hen Mazzig March 5, 2019 11:46 am