Jews Around the Globe

While all Jews have roots in the Middle East, Mizrahi Jews never left it.

Amsterdam became a haven for Jewish refugees from the Inquisition.

An Ethiopian Jewish holiday held 50 days after Yom Kippur.

Although most jews from core areas of this country survived, those in Bulgarian-occupied territories were deported to death camps.

More than 60,000 Greek Jews — out of a prewar population estimated at 72,000 — were murdered by the Nazis.

Though often confused with Sephardic Jews, Mizrahi Jews have a separate Middle Eastern heritage.

Or, the story of how the so-called marranos returned to Judaism.

Piecing together legends and stories.

An exuberant Sephardic custom whose origins are the subject of debate