Sephardic Jews
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News Muslim and Sephardic Jewish college students are connecting over shared heritage
Amid campus tensions, participants in Mizrahi cultural events say shared food, language and other commonalities are creating unexpected connections.
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Letters Actually, many Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews support Mamdani
Recent reporting suggested our communities hold less nuanced political opinions than we do
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News Why New York’s Sephardic Jews are more Zionist — and more wary of Mamdani — than their Ashkenazi neighbors
Different histories of exile and migration help explain why some Jews view Mayor Mamdani differently
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Film & TV How a Kentucky-raised comic dodged a beer can and became a Jewish star
Comedian Ariel Elias dished on her new special and how to skip the line at her favorite cooldown spot
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Fast Forward Fraudsters sold fake Sephardic citizenship for cash, say Spanish police
Six people in Málaga were accused of exploiting a law intended for genuine descendants of Jews expelled from Spain
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Culture Why Ladino is having a big moment — both in New York and the rest of the world
Ladino Day celebrates the Judeo-Spanish language that has made it to Netflix and the New Yorker's crossword puzzle
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Fast Forward Christopher Columbus was genetically Jewish, Spanish researchers say
New research uses DNA analysis to add to longtime speculation about the explorer’s identity
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Fast Forward NYC officially recognizes Landing Day, when the first Jewish community arrived in 1654
Three hundred and seventy years ago this week, 23 Sephardic Jews arrived in New York and established the first Jewish community
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Fast Forward CA Gov. Newsom says he regrets apartheid comment, ‘reveres’ Israel in new interview
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Opinion We must rewrite the rulebook for fighting antisemitism — or conspiracists like Joe Kent will win the narrative wars
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News Mamdani voices concerns about synagogue buffer zone bill poised to pass NYC Council
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Looking Forward We need to talk about New Jersey’s Jewish master of literature. No, not that one
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News Analysis: NYC synagogue protest protection vote gives Mamdani cover
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