In the late 1970s, when the federal government created our modern racial classification scheme, Arab Americans were placed in the white classification, along with Iranians, Afghans, Berbers, Jews ...

You can still see traces of the Berber Jews in the geometric, humanoid carvings on the gravestones in the old Jewish cemetery of Essaouira.

My North African Jewish Berber grandparents came from Djerba, Tunisia, to Israel in the early 1950s. When asked for their family name upon their arrival in Israel, they likely thought they were ...

«This diversity, part of our identity, our history, and a source of pride, is fully represented here. We are Hassanis, ...

When the Ethiopian Jews began arriving in Israel with Operation Moses in 1984, they brought with them a spice mixture called berbere — the mix gives Ethiopian cuisine its distinctive flavor. The ...