The New York Times

Glimpses of ‘Lost Tribe’ Jewish Communities in India and Myanmar

Often overlooked, the communities in South and Southeast Asia complicate notions of Jewish identity while emphasizing its malleability. Yonahan Khaim, the chazzan, or prayer leader, of the Talpiot ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Details of Jewish Tribe in Arabia Given by Secretary of Wahabi Mission

A detailed description of the Jewish tribe at Khaibar, on the Nejd-Hedjas border, in Central Arabia, was given by Nissim Tajjir, son of the Chief Rabbi of Damascus who returned from a trip to Hedjas ...
The Jewish Exponent

Gaby Newell: Tribe 12 Jews of Color Organizer Helps Jews Feel Safe

Gaby Newell is the Jews of color organizer for Tribe 12, and a Jew of color herself. She said she gets emotional when she thinks about what that identity means to her. Newell said that the Jewish ...
Washington Examiner

Indian Jews from 'lost tribe' move to Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Jews who claim to be the descendants of a lost biblical Jewish tribe emigrated to Israel on Monday from their village in northeastern India, celebrating their arrival after ...
Houston Chronicle

Community from India claims to be lost Jewish tribe

KIRYAT ARBA, WEST BANK — When Tzvi Khaute came six years ago from a remote corner of India, claiming to be of the lost Jewish tribe of Menashe, Israeli authorities didn't buy it. Things may be ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Existence of Unknown Jewish Tribes Discovered in Sahara Desert

Existence of Jewish tribes in the Sahara Desert, hitherto unknown, was reported here today by Andre Chouraqui, assistant secretary general of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, who recently completed ...
Jewish Journal

The Asian-Jewish connection: Is it really kosher to call Asians the “new Jews”? Read more: http://w

The notion that Asians and Jews are two shoots from the same cultural rootstock is an old but evergreen meme. You see it in fringe theories about the Lost Tribes of Israel—there’s an entire body of ...
Newsweek

Are Jews Indigenous People? Here’s What a Native American Jew Thinks | Opinion

In recent months, the never-ending heated debate on the Israel-Palestinian conflict has sometimes boiled over to a new debate: Are Jews indigenous to the land of Israel? But as the indigenous rights ...
Los Angeles Times

Why I built my own tribe for Hanukkah

Twenty years ago, I moved from L.A. to San Francisco and then Bellingham, Wash. — so far north I could spit across the border and a Canadian would apologize for being too close. For the longest time I ...
The Jewish Exponent

Building a Community of Pride: Tribe 12’s New Staff Expand LGBTQIA+ Programming

After volunteering with Tribe 12 for many years and seeing firsthand the power of connection within a community, Jess Meyers decided to further dedicate their professional life to forwarding the ...
Jewish Press

Redeeming Relevance: Shelach: 10+2 Tribes

Beit El (in red circle) was in the territory given to the Tribe of Ephraim. Rabbenu Bachya asks as follows in this week’s parsha: Why did God send twelve scouts and not a smaller number like the two ...
Washington Examiner

Indian Jews from ‘lost tribe’ move to Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Jews who claim to be the descendants of a lost biblical Jewish tribe emigrated to Israel on Monday from their village in northeastern India, celebrating their arrival after ...