An eerie silence rang in the Tel Aviv market as Drew Bern, a rising junior at The Ohio State University in Columbus, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

An Ohio judge ruled EducationChoice Scholarships unconstitutional on three counts on June 24, delivering a blow to local ...

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 ...

Opinion: Columbus neo-Nazis wanted fear; they got Jewish pride instead Yet the struggle against antisemitism cannot fall solely on the Jewish community. It is a disease that undermines communities ...

Christopher Columbus was likely Jewish, Spanish researchers have announced in a splashy new documentary aired on Spain’s national broadcaster on Saturday.

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 ...

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 ...