Theories have ranged from the 15th-century explorer being a Spanish Jew or a Greek, to Basque, Portuguese or British.

Several countries disputed origins of Columbus, the divisive explorer who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s ...

Spanish scientists have used DNA analysis to uncover the true origin of Christopher Columbus, claiming he was a Sephardic Jew ...

A recently televised documentary in Spain rekindles competing versions of the famed explorer's origins, but the scientific ...

A new study led by Spanish scientists has revealed that Christopher Columbus may have been of Sephardic Jewish origin, ...

(JTA) — At least 90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews have become citizens of Portugal or Spain since 2015, when those countries passed laws offering a naturalization process for such applicants ...

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It's time to recognize other great Italians on Columbus Day and not a founding father of the slave trade responsible for over three million deaths. Christopher Columbus is a polarizing historical ...

“We started to reach out with any means at our disposal to the world of Jews, telling them: Look at Sepharad [Hebrew word for the Iberian Peninsula], this is where Sephardic Jews come ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets had business to take care of doing their home opener, welcoming the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers to Nationwide Arena. The Columbus Blue Jackets played ...