My Mom Is Moroccan, My Dad Was Ashkenazi. It Was Clear Which Culture Would Prevail
Their marriage lasted two years, but it shaped my mother's identity and influenced her all her life, trapping her between two worlds
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How the Israeli Army's Racist System Harmed Hundreds of Thousands of Mizrahim
The 'quality' score has been the chief classification tool used by the Israeli army over the years to evaluate recruits. A sociologist explains how this mysterious criterion became an instrument of discrimination that caused long-term damage to Israeli society
'In the Whole Sephardi Community There Is No Worthy Candidate for the Supreme Court'
In Israel's early years, members of the government had bitter arguments about the appointment of non-Ashkenazi justices to the Supreme Court. The consequences of these discussions, which ultimately led to the creation of the 'Sephardi chair,' are felt to this day
Analysis Gideon Sa'ar Just Paid a High Price to Beat Netanyahu. It'll Be Worth It
Netanyahu's Residence tried to divert attention from lawmaker Yifat Shasha-Biton joining Gideon Sa'ar's party by naming a new police commissioner. It didn't work
Israel Is Sliding Into a Nondemocratic Abyss, and We Know Who Will Be Blamed
The prevailing association of Mizrahim with Netanyahu isn't just cynical and opportunistic – it's also dangerous
'Loneliness Hurts,' but No Zoom on Passover, Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Says
Movement restrictions shouldn't lead to desecrating the holiday, statement pushed by official Israeli government channel says
Orthodox Sephardic Rabbis Greenlight Video Conference Seders in Stunning Ruling
The ruling hopes to 'remove sadness from adults and the elderly, to give them motivation to continue fighting for their lives,' rabbis say
Gideon Levy Took a DNA Test and Found Out the Truth About His Ancestors' Link to Israel
How one instance of spitting by me led to the conclusion that I can’t be anti-Semitic
Attempt to Locate Holocaust Victims' Remains Causes Rift Between Hungary's Jewish Groups
Row over whether the victims' bones should be retrieved from Danube River reveals larger debate over how the Jewish community should approach Orban's government
Opinion So Many Mizrahim on Television
Even though Netanyahu has acted cynically, can one ignore the fact that under his governance, the socio-ethnic fabric of the public domain has changed beyond recognition?
Opinion Why I'm Angry With Israel's Mizrahi Elite
I've always hoped that the second or third generation of Jews from Muslim countries, remembering their forebears contribution to Islams Golden Age, would be a bridge from Israel to the Muslim world
In Israel, Sometimes 'The Moroccan Repairman' Went to the Sorbonne
An interviewee in a new documentary series about Mizrahi Jews tells Haaretz about life’s challenges both in France and the old-new country
Opinion Not a Word About Mizrahim
It seems like early elections are approaching. It also seems that, once again, the parties will ignore the intolerable inequality between Mizrahim and Ashkenazim
Opinion When Will the Leftists in Their Kibbutzim Absorb Refugees?
It's easy to cluck with disapproval at south Tel Aviv's Mizrahi population when hardly any of these self-righteous writers or spokespeople have ever even seen an asylum seeker
Opinion Israel's Most Combative Minister Actually Invites Dialogue
We can't wait for the perfect politician who will speak and act precisely as we would like in all areas. In the push for cultural justice, Miri Regev is all there is
Opinion Funneling Israeli Youth Toward Failure
Education Minister Naftali Bennett crowed this week about the wonderful opportunities Israel’s children have. In fact, it's not a matter of choice at all.
Opinion A Government in Denial
The Ashkenazi-Zionist propaganda machine strives to convince us that Arabs and Arab Jews are the barrier keeping us from progress and prosperity
Opinion The Danger of Ignoring Mizrahi Jews' History
The more you delve into Mizrahi Jewish history, the more you understand what a real alternative it is, one that could help to neutralize the Israeli fear machine
Opinion Netanyahu, the European Union's Border Cop
The prime minister is telling the Europeans he'll stop the Arabization of Europe, just as he signals he'll favor Israeli Jews with European roots
Opinion What Are You Rejoicing About?
How long will the discourse use tools that most people, Ashkenazi and Mizrahi, can’t understand?
Opinion Why Populists and Rightists Have Been in Power for Such a Long Time
That so few Jews of Middle Eastern or North African origin have advanced in Israeli academia is a sad reflection of systematic, if unintended, discrimination.
Opinion Ashkenazi Jews Are to Blame for Israel’s Ethnic Rift
Ashkenazi Zionism has always known how to foment trouble, in order to continue holding the reins of power.
Opinion Morality Isn't an Ashkenazi Province
The characteristics Uri Avnery attributes to the Mizrahi and Ashkenazi camps seem to come from the 1950s: They embody a wealth of arrogance, ignorance, racism and stereotyping.
Opinion When and How the Ashkenazi-Mizrahi Rift Was Born
We learned from the Elor Azaria case that only after we get rid of the occupation will we be able to devote our intellectual and social resources to healing the great schism in the nation.
The Last Name Israelis Are Most Keen to Shed: Mizrahi
Names they might choose instead include Chen, Mor and Tal, while many of the country's ubiquitous Cohens and Levys are also eager to make a fresh start.
Former Israeli Chief Rabbi Convicted of Bribery, Faces 3.5 Years in Prison
Yona Metzger also ordered to pay $1.32 million as part of plea bargain.