A DNA analysis revealed the mystery behind Christopher Columbus' heritage - however, the reveal raised more questions.

Op-Ed by Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) in Washington, DC: ...

PRNewswire/ -- jscreen, a national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases, announces the sixth annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week (JGSAW), taking ...

Study reveals that sleep traits predict over 15% of body characteristics across 15 physiological systems, with visceral fat, ...

Auschwitz survivors have warned of the rising antisemitism and hatred in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders ...

As Jewish life at UVM continues to flourish, we invite Harvard to join us in demonstrating what’s possible when universities commit to creating inclusive, vibrant communities for Jewish students.

The facade of the Kahal Zur synagogue, which hosts a Yom Hashoah commemoration and other special Jewish community events. (Wikimedia Commons) Since 2015, at least 400 people with Sephardic ancestry ...

La Cara says one of her family’s surnames, Scimonetto, is a common converso name in the southern Italian region of Reggio Calabria, but she has no definitive proof of Jewish ancestry.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Jan. 29, outlining “Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism” to ...

Last year, a decades-long investigation led by forensics scientist José Antonio Lorente from the University of Granada in Spain came out in support of claims that Columbus may not be of Italian ...