Rumors of this have been floating around the Jewish world for a long time — long enough for us to wonder: Is it true? The definitive essay on the subject comes to us from Jonathan Sarna of ...

One day before Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a decades-long genetic study revealed that explorer Christopher Columbus may have Jewish and Spanish heritage. The report, which says the explorer was ...

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And both in the Y chromosome (male) and in the mitochondrial DNA (transmitted by the mother) of Hernando there are traits compatible with Jewish origin ... But a study in January found the ...

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher ... that Columbus’s DNA was “compatible” with his being of Jewish ...

The famed 15th century Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus, was a Sephardic Jew, according to a new study out of Spain that took more than two decades to complete ... there are traits compatible ...

Famed explorer Christopher Columbus was likely Spanish and Jewish, according to a new genetic study conducted by Spanish scientists that aimed to shed light on a centuries-old mystery. Scientists ...

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish ...

Famed explorer Christopher Columbus was likely Spanish and Jewish, according to a new genetic study conducted by Spanish scientists that aimed to shed light on a centuries-old mystery. Scientists ...

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus ... said his analysis revealed that Columbus’s DNA was “compatible” with his being of Jewish origin. Throughout the 21-year ...