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.
Yiddish author Josef Burg dies in Ukraine The award-winning Yiddish author Josef Burg has died at the age of 97 in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
Mason calls Obama ‘schvartze’ Comedian Jackie Mason called President Obama a “schvartze” during a performance in New York, angering some audience members.
