Tracing the Tribe readers may remember several posts concerning a cluster of “Ashkenazi” breast cancer among Hispanic women in Colorado’s San Luis Valley a few years ago. Later genealogical research showed the women were descendants... 

In a not-unexpected conclusion to a federal lawsuit spanning much of the past decade, a federal judge in Washington, D.C, ordered the Russian government to return a treasured library of priceless Jewish manuscripts seized by the Red Army during World... 

Over the coming year, 10 new Chabad Houses will open for Jewish students around the world, bringing the total number of centers represented by the Chabad on Campus International Foundation to more than 150. View post: Chabad on Campus Expanding With 10... 

Pointing to his experiences in the Holocaust as a caution against allowing human suffering to go unchecked in the world, 88-year-old Sam Spritzer told a group of young Jewish professionals in Houston, Texas, that his unlikely survival offered hope for... 

Jewish communities throughout the former Soviet Union, across Asia, and in the mountainous reaches of America’s upper northwest joined their counterparts around the world in celebrating the springtime holiday of Lag B’Omer this past Saturday night... 

Jewish communities throughout the former Soviet Union, across Asia, and in the mountainous reaches of America’s upper northwest joined their counterparts around the world in celebrating the springtime holiday of Lag B’Omer this past Saturday night... 

Lag B’Omer celebrations around the world offered something for everyone this past weekend, whether in the form of bonfires, barbeques, parades, rallies or carnivals. Read more here:  Worldwide Celebrations Recall Life of Mystical Sage  Read More →

Featuring clowns, floats, elaborately-decorated vehicles, and drum-carrying children, Berlin’s first-ever Jewish parade was as colorful as it was historic. See the original post: Jewish Pride on Display in Colorful Berlin Parade  Read More →

Last-minute World Expo preparations across Shanghai have taken on a feverous pace, including for its 1,500-strong Jewish community, which expects tens of thousands of people to need its services over the coming months. Read more from the original source: Shanghai... 

Question: My son is studying for his Bar Mitzvah and his Torah portion is Leviticus 14:1-15:33. He is having trouble understanding the meaning of being unclean as it relates to the men’s and women’s discharges and other bodily functions....