“It’s a good question why a predominantly Sephardic community is led by Ashkenazi seculars,” said Pierre Besnainou, a French-Tunisian who formerly headed the European Jewish Congress and now ...

Israel's Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi tried to fix the damage of his Sephardic counterpart and spoke on Monday in support of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers. While speaking at the funeral of ...

to create the meal that incorporated both Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions. The meal included dishes prepared by family members of several of the seder’s attendees. In recounting the story of ...

Descriptions of Jewish life often divide communities up into three main groups: Ashkenazi, Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews. Spain and Portugal expelled Jewish inhabitants in the late 1400s, sending ...

About 50 percent of Cohanim in both Sephardic and Ashkenazic populations have an unusual set of genetic markers on their Y chromosome. What is equally striking is that this genetic signature of ...

According to Ms Rachline, Ashkenazi Jews have had a very different journey compared to Sephardic Jews. She says Sephardic Jews look upon their history in a much more positive light to Ashkenazi ...

The furor erupted after the Israel Antiquities Authority moved a five-ton fallen stone from the Western Wall to an exhibition at Ben Gurion International Airport.