14) that DNA analysis has revealed that Columbus was a Sephardic Jew. Rumors of this have been floating around the Jewish world for a long time — long enough for us to wonder: Is it true?

TEL AVIV — When she was preparing her Passover seder in April, Shlomit Sattler set a symbolic seat place for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who lived in her Jerusalem neighborhood before he was taken ...

Mr Halmagyi’s Surry Hills bakery Avner’s was vandalised with the inverted red triangle symbols used to identify Jewish targets by Hamas on Saturday night alongside a note that read “Be ...

Alphabet stock is historically cheap, presenting savvy investors with a compelling opportunity. In a court filing this week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) offered up a list of potential ...

In the 15th century, most Sephardic Jews were indeed Crypto-Jews. At the same time, historical evidence indicates that Columbus often made personal use of Jewish symbols. Writers have produced more ...

Cupids often are represented holding cups and associated with Dionysus, the god of the grape harvest, Goodenough explained in “Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period.” The suggestion is that ...

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish ...

A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture by Brill. “The palm tree was also used as a symbol by the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, but their palm iconography dates back to 400 and 200 years ...

"If I have any Jewish symbols on – on Friday nights I wear a Kippah. I’m yelled at. Sometimes, people will make rude comments to me in passing." University of Pittsburgh student Racheli told ...

Inflation is easing across much of the economy. For healthcare? Not yet. The cost of employer health insurance rose 7% for a second straight year, maintaining a growth rate not seen in more than ...

"If I have any Jewish symbols on – on Friday nights I wear a Kippah. I’m yelled at. Sometimes, people will make rude comments to me in passing." ...