While there are genetic markers that are more or less prevalent among Jewish populations, there’s no such thing as “Jewish DNA.” More importantly, DNA is not identity. Lab results tell us less than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 1 in 5 people in Spain and Portugal today may indeed be of “converso” origin: descendants of Jews or Muslims who converted ...

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a Sephardic Jew from western Europe. Spanish researchers announced their ...

This article is in no way meant to be controversial but to just share. My own heritage is from a Puritan descendant who came over from England in search of religious freedom. I think of ocean voyages ...

John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” asked a really simple yet poignant question: How is Columbus Day still a thing? At this point, the American education system has modified textbooks to indicate that ...

I was disappointed, shocked, and angered to find an article written in the Forward that attempted to glorify and Judaize Christopher Columbus. Theories do exist that Columbus was Jewish, but there has ...

(The Conversation) — In connection to Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, media from the BBC and Fox to Reuters and Haaretz reported on new DNA evidence about the holiday’s original namesake.