According to the Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, Sephardi Jews from Morocco and Gibraltar settled in Cabo Verde in the mid-19th century, after Portugal abolished the Inquisition in 1821.

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. (JTA) — When she was in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man wearing a yarmulke stands on the edge of a hill, quietly taking in the landscape below as he considers his ancestors and ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Shortly after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the leadership of the South African Jewish community requested a meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss rising antisemitism.

The Holocaust is widely remembered as a tragedy that devastated Europe's Jewish communities. But its impact extended far beyond the continent's borders. Nazis persecution and antisemitic policies had ...

(JTA) — David Teeger, a rising star on South Africa’s cricket scene, has been removed as the country’s Under-19 team captain on the eve of the world championship competition. Cricket South Africa ...

“The Land of Israel legally belongs to the Indigenous Jewish Community, God gave it to Abraham and promised him the land and to his descendants. Today it belongs to the Jewish community and the ...

Cricket South Africa has stood down its captain, who is Jewish, for the upcoming Under-19 World Cup because of comments he made in support of Israeli soldiers in the ongoing conflict with Hamas in ...

San Diego Jews of Color (JoC) will convene Jews of African, Asian, Indigenous, Latin, Mizrahi, and Sephardic descent will ...

After graduating from college decades ago, I took my meager savings and went off to Paris. I wandered all over the city and happened upon a Jewish district with a lot of ethnic restaurants. I looked ...