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Turkey’s Secret Jews

When 17th-century heretic Sabbatai Zevi declared himself the messiah and set about making his own rules for Judaism, he amassed a Jewish following across Europe. None too pleased by the groundswell, Ottoman authorities forced Zevi to convert to Islam. His followers were crestfallen. But a few in the Ottoman Empire followed him into his new […]

By Leah Falk

The Yemeni Sisters Whose Video is Sweeping Across Israel and the Muslim World

The Israeli Sisters Whose Music Video is Sweeping Across the Arab World

On March 8, a music video uploaded to YouTube flew from the Israeli desert to Yemen and through the Middle East. Its three stars, sisters Tair, Liron and Tagel Haim (not to be confused with L.A.’s three-sister rock band Haim) became immediate celebrities. Going by the name A-WA (pronounced Ay-wa, Arabic for “yes”), the young […]

See The Yiddish Paper Beloved by Polish Jewry Before the War

Looking for news from the provinces? A husband? Sholem Aleichem’s book tour schedule? Published between 1908 and 1939, Haynt (along with Der Moment) was one of the two widest-circulation, longest-running Yiddish newspapers in Poland. Well-known writers (even some you’ve probably heard of), like I.L. Peretz and Sholem Aleichem, published columns in it. Haynt’s weekend edition had […]