Zeide wasn’t meshuga — family has Sephardic genes Social worker Judy Simon helped launch a growing genealogical trend when she used DNA testing to help prove her Latvian grandfather’s claim that the family were Sephardic Jews. By Suzanne Kurtz August 14, 2009 11:50 pm
Yiddish author Josef Burg dies in Ukraine The award-winning Yiddish author Josef Burg has died at the age of 97 in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. August 11, 2009 10:04 pm
Mason calls Obama ‘schvartze’ Comedian Jackie Mason called President Obama a “schvartze” during a performance in New York, angering some audience members. March 16, 2009 6:47 pm
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — oy gevalt, it’s a Jewish ‘Watchmen’ By Rachel Freedenberg March 12, 2009 8:33 pm
