If Christopher Columbus turns out to have been Jewish — fine. I will include him in my posthumous much-more-than-a-minyan of great Jews. And, if he’s not really Jewish, we can live with that, too.

How did Jewish “Columbus-mania” start? In 1892, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage, the American Jewish merchant Lazarus Straus and his diplomat son, Oscar Solomon ...

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. According to ...

Was Columbus, in fact, a Jewish hero? Experts say no. Or, at least, we can’t say with any certainty. Laurence Begreeen, author of Columbus: The Four Voyages, said, “I don’t see in Columbus ...

For many years, guides leading visitors on tours of Jewish history in Spain have shared rumors that Christopher Columbus was Jewish. A new documentary that garnered worldwide press coverage ahead ...

Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

Recent DNA evidence hints Columbus was of Sephardic Jewish heritage, likely from Spain, researchers said. James Messerschmidt. But attendees at the Columbus Day parade, where thousands draped ...

The Cleveland Jewish Publication Company won second place in The Boris Smolar Award for Excellence in Enterprise or ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jewish leaders in Columbus issued a statement in response to the attack in Boulder, Colorado, where authorities say a man hurled a makeshift flamethrower into a crowd that ...

U.S. President Benjamin Harrison instituted Columbus Day in 1892, initially as a one-time holiday. The event was meant to celebrate Italian American contributions to society – partly as an ...