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(The Conversation) — May is both Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month. Two entirely separate commemorations for two entirely separate communities, right?

May is both Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month.

"We are prepared to meet all of the security needs of the State of Israel, both defensively and offensively," said the Israeli premier.The post Netanyahu: ‘Whoever harms us, we will

Subjective highlights culled from gallery hopping at the Jerusalem Biennale

The Blue Butterfly of Cochin, by Ariana Mizrahi, illustrated by Siona Benjamin, published by Kalaniot Books In this important and touching picture book, Mizrahi shares the history of Jews from Cochin, India, highlighting their magnificent ancient synagogue and the Jewish community’s traditions. As the Cochin Jews get ready to move to the land of Israel,

A guide to this season’s museum exhibitions and art events in and around New York City, including the Whitney Biennial.

(New York Jewish Week) – Every two years, hundreds of artists from all over the world flock to Israel for the Jerusalem Biennale, an art festival that celebrates contemporary Jewish

In 2015, ArtsWestchester staged an exhibit supported by the National Endowment for the Arts about art’s relationship to migration. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a worsening climate crisis, the war in Ukraine and now the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s declaration of war, global migration has taken on a new urgency and […]

A compilation of the histories of three main Indian Jewish communities—the Bene Israel, Baghdadi and Cochini— Ori Z. Soltes’ book ‘Growing up Jewish in India’, published by Niyogi books is a well-researched text with contributions from three other authors who help construct the story from various perspectives. But what really stands out in the book, […]

In 'Zhen Yu and the Snake,' author Erica Lyons adapts a well-known story about Rabbi Akiva's daughter while also highlighting China's rich Jewish history