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The Genetic Map of the Jewish African Diaspora

Genome-wide analysis of Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Djerban, and Libyan Jews demonstrates a shared genetic history and supports the historical record of the Sephardic world.Spy vs. Spy

While the American press remains outraged at Jonathan Pollard’s spying on the U.S. for Israel, the Jewish state is crawling with American spies—and this is normal, routine, and implicitly accepted by both sides.  Paralympic Pioneer

A refugee to England from Nazi Germany, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann’s groundbreaking treatments for traumatic paraplegia provided the platform for what has become the Paralympics.Joshua’s Fire

The discovery of jars of scorched wheat at Tel Hazor dating from 3400 years ago may be evidence of the Israelites’ destruction of the Canaanite city recounted in the book of Joshua. France’s Jewish Archbishop

The chief rabbi of Paris declared that “One cannot be both a Christian and a Jew.”  But Jean-Marie (Aron) Lustiger never surrendered his double identity.Who is an Arab Jew?

“The much vaunted idyllic life of the Jews in Arab lands is a myth! The truth, since I am obliged to return to it, is that from the outset we were a minority in a hostile environment.” (1975)