Sipora Gutzats Hipszer Meschino

Purim is a holiday that celebrates miraculous survival in Persia.Here is what crypto Jews did so they could continue celebrate Purim.

Happy Chanukah.

Got my DNA results.Although I can document my ancestors only to Poland in the 1700s, my DNA mirrors the history of the Jews.

Abravanel Hebrew Bible.

A painting depicting a "pogrom" on Jews living in Spain in 1391. The article is in Hebrew, hopefully translate will do a good job. There are many interesting responses, too, telling stories of other attacks on Sephardic Jews.

Tradition....Happy Rosh Hashana.

There was a post here a while ago that features some last names. Someone wrote that these were Jewish last names, although they sounded very Spanish to me. Looking at them, I would have never guessed that they were Jewish.Can anyone explain what makes a Spanish-sounding name Jewish?

Middle eastern Jews.

FYI.

Anyone?

Shabbat reading?Very long, and really interesting.

Are Italian Jews considered Sephardic?

Once upon a time there was a rich Jewish cultural life in Egypt.

For Indian movies lovers. It never occurred to me that some might be Jewish. But actually, why not?