and a dispute that touches on historical tensions between Sephardic Jews with roots in Spain, Portugal, North Africa and the Middle East, and Ashkenazi Jews with roots in Eastern Europe.

The first synagogues in Poland were built in the late Middle Ages, as from the 12th century, increasing numbers of Ashkenazi Jews chose to settle there ... This is none other than the house of God; ...

(JTA) — The maternal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jews comes mainly from Europe, a new study shows. The findings, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, fly in the face of the ...