David Ian Klein
Pumpkin knishes and spicy pumpkin dip: Jews and pumpkins go back long before Thanksgiving
A short history of Jews and pumpkins
Netflix’s ‘The Club’ offers a rare portrait of Turkish Jews, shattering historical taboos in the process
It’s a hit throughout Turkey, but its Jewish themes, characters and use of Ladino have particularly endeared it to local Jews.
Searching for kosher food in Iraq — and other tales from a Hasidic travel blogger
Shloime Zionce, with his black yarmulke and long peyot, would not draw a second glance on the streets of Brooklyn or Jerusalem. In Beirut, Bogota or Kabul, it’s a different story.
Ladino speakers dwindling, but newspaper reaches milestone: 200th issue
The pandemic has given those with an interest in Ladino more opportunities to study it, with many online classes and Zoom meetups.
After a month in hiding, Afghanistan’s last Jew arrives in Turkey
Afghanistan’s last Jew, Zebulon Simentov arrived in Istanbul Sunday morning, its one more step in his long journey out of the Taliban-ruled nation.
Fatty, crispy gribenes are finding a new home—as a diet chip
Gribenes are back. Those crispy, golden, fatty and slightly grotesque pieces of chicken skin fried in chicken fat have not returned to your local deli, but to your mass market snack aisle.
Coming to Washington D.C., a new Jewish museum highlighting activism and heritage
Opening in 2022, the D.C. Capital Museum will tell the story of Jews in the nation’s capital and the nation at large.
Close to crumbling, the tomb of an ancient prophet is saved in Kurdish Iraq
Jews for centuries have made pilgrimage to what many believe is the prophet Nahum’s grave.
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe to take ancient Jewish coin into space
Tom Cruise was also supposed to be on the trip, which is being hailed as a ‘meeting between the ancient world and the height of human innovation.’
Why only Yiddish and Ladino? Oxford wants to teach you Judeo-Tat and Karaim
The elite British university is offering online classes in nearly a dozen rare Jewish languages to students and non-students alike.