Are Gypsies Descendants of the Lost Israelite Tribe of Simeon?
Hundreds of Gypsies have been flocking to Israel for conferences following an Israeli scholar’s discovery of a biblical connection between Jews and Gypsies. According to Shmuel Avukia of the community More...
Between two worlds: French Jews at a crossroads
Every normative Jewish family living in France questions its future in the country, according to the leader of an umbrella organization for French immigrants in Israel. “Some 500,000 Jews are at a crossroads. More...
Jewish French immigration fail to successfully integrate in Israeli society
High housing costs, difficulty in finding work that matches their skill set and cultural differences are the classic challenges faced by new immigrants to Israel. Shmuel Trigano, a Paris University emeritus More...
Israeli Americans assimilate more than US Jews
“It really bothers me that my son doesn’t care whom he’ll marry. It could be anyone, as far as he’s concerned. He doesn’t see any importance in starting a family with a Jewish girl. I realize More...
The Jews and the Chinese: A connection between ‘the world’s most ancient people’
When Israeli footballer Jew, Eran Zahavi received a proposal to play in the Chinese league, he wasn’t very keen on moving there, despite the large sums of money he was offered. He deliberated for a More...
Why the Jewish vote is so important to US presidential candidates
US Jewry only makes up two percent of the electorate, so even if the entire Jewish community comes as one to vote (which won’t happen), it cannot in any way sway the outcome of the elections More...
No Jewish majority between Jordan River and sea, says ‘national demographer’
There seems to be a feeling that the Jewish people like to count, summarize and place a numerical label on the elements surrounding their life. However, demographer Sergio DellaPergola, a person More...