Mizrahi

Most Israeli Jews fast on Yom Kippur, while over half take part in prayer services, survey finds

Only a small number of those reported to be fasting partially or not at all are older people, according to the survey data, suggesting that the reasons are more linked to health or principle.

A Jewish man blows a shofar at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City during the final Selichot prayers ahead of Yom Kippur, September 19, 2026.
DUDU TASSA (left) and Jonny Greenwood will perform material from their acclaimed collaborative project ‘Jarak Qaribak.’

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, Dudu Tassa to kick off Jerusalem Oud Festival

The Likud primaries in Ashdod, August 17, 2026.

Why Israel's right-wing voters feel the system is stacked against them – opinion

A Bank Mizrahi in Tel Aviv.

Man arrested for threats after bullets, knives, and red X's placed at banks, supermarket


Jews from the Middle East know Mamdani is a threat to Israel – opinion

When Jews who survived the Middle East say, “Pay attention,” it is not hysteria. It is experienced individuals trying to prevent history from repeating itself.

Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, shakes the hand of a cab driver while campaigning in Manhattan's Upper East Side neighborhood during early voting, in New York City, US, October 27, 2025

‘Olim come here because of their solidarity with Israel’ Immigration Minister Ofir Sofer says

Sofer noted that aliyah is increasing in countries in the West, such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France.

 Ofir Sofer

Foreign interest grows in Israel’s real estate market

Dror Feldman, deputy head of the Retail Division of Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, addressed attendees at the bank’s conference on business and financial opportunities for foreign residents and new olim.

 DROR FELDMAN

'Neither day nor night': A powerful look at Mizrahi struggles in haredi society

Phinehas Veuillet’s 'Neither Day Nor Night' delves into the struggles of a newly religious Mizrahi family in Bnei Brak, exposing deep-seated biases in Haredi society.

 A SCENE from Phinehas Veuillet’s ‘Neither Day nor Night.’

The Holocaust in North Africa: Antisemitic laws and forced labor camps

Despite their distance from European centers, the Jews of North Africa were forcefully displaced to detention and labor camps, subject to discriminatory legislation, and participated in armed groups.

Tunisian Jews were enlisted into forced labor by the Nazis during their six-month occupation from November 1942

The last Jews of Damascus: A journey through memory and ruins

Behing the Lines | Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the rubble of historic synagogues.

 THE ELFRANGE SYNAGOGUE in Damascus.

Beloved Israeli actor, Ze'ev Revach, dies at 84

Revach is survived by his wife and five children.

 Ze'ev Revach, center, in the 1975 classic comedy, Snooker, with Yehuda Barkan (left).

How 'Tamid Ohev Oti' became an unlikely Israeli anthem of 2024

“Tamid Ohev Oti” is more than a song; it’s a phenomenon uniting Israel through faith, rhythm, and hope.

 SASSON SHAULOV’S YouTube cover page for ‘Tamid Ohev Oti,’ translated from the Hebrew as ‘Always Loves Me.’

Mizrahi pop singer Eden Hason comes out as gay

Hason follows in the footsteps of other LGBTQ+ Israeli icons, indicating a societal shift for Mizrahi music fans.

 Israeli singers Ishay Ribo and Eden Hason at a ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at the Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem, on May 12, 2024.

Bidding farewell to David Levy, a trailblazer for a generation of Mizrachi politicians - editorial

Levy was a man of keen political instincts and a genuine representative of the periphery.

David Levy speaks near the Erez Crossing in Gaza, September 13, 1999