The title of this magnificent history of the Jews of Venice is a touch misleading. It is true that the Venetian Ghetto, officially established on March 29th, 1516, was Europe’s first designated urban ...
In the 1890s, the crowded Jewish enclave on New York’s Lower East Side, filled with horses, pushcarts, clotheslines and Hebrew shop signs, drew fascination and derision from the American public. This ...
Swedish Immigration Minister Anders Ygeman faced criticism after stating that the country should follow Denmark and seek to limit the concentration of people with immigrant backgrounds in the most ...