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Forward How Gene Hackman made my dad a better rabbi 27 Feb 2025
The article delves into how Benyamin Cohen's father, an Orthodox rabbi and Jewish educator, used movies like Gene Hackman's "Hoosiers," as a source of moral ...
27 Feb 2025
Forward Barnard College pro-Palestinian protest turns violent as campus tensions rise 27 Feb 2025
A pro-Palestinian protest at Barnard College escalated into violence as demonstrators stormed Milbank Hall, resulting in the injury of a college employee and...
27 Feb 2025
Forward ‘Devastating’: What Germany’s election results mean for Jews 24 Feb 2025
Germany's recent election reveals a disturbing trend with significant implications for Jewish communities. While the center-right Christian Democrats won, th...
24 Feb 2025
Forward The forgotten U.S. plan to send Jewish refugees to Alaska — and why it matters today 19 Feb 2025
Eighty years ago, the U.S. considered a plan, the Slattery Report, to resettle Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to Alaska. Initiated by Interior Secretary H...
19 Feb 2025
Forward Christian nationalism is rising. So is the Christian resistance 18 Feb 2025
Amanda Tyler, head of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, leads a growing movement within Christianity resisting the rise of Christian nationa...
18 Feb 2025
Forward Did the weekly Torah portion predict the winner of the Super Bowl? 10 Feb 2025
In a curious intersection of religion and sports, Benyamin Cohen's article explores how the Torah portion read during Super Bowl weekend seemed to foretell t...
10 Feb 2025
Forward Super Bowl 2025: The Yiddish history of the ‘tush push,’ the Philadelphia Eagles’ unstoppable play 9 Feb 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles' infamous 'tush push' play not only dominates on the football field but also carries a surprising linguistic and cultural history. Kn...
9 Feb 2025
Forward SNL has been joking about Israel for 50 years 5 Feb 2025
Saturday Night Live (SNL) has a long history of incorporating humor about Israel into its sketches, starting with its very first episode in 1975. The show fe...
5 Feb 2025
Forward What if Israel and Georgia switched places? SNL’s 1975 premiere proposed peace through land swap 5 Feb 2025
In its first episode in 1975, Saturday Night Live featured a comedic short film by Albert Brooks envisioning a land swap between Israel and the state of Geor...
5 Feb 2025
Forward They met at synagogue in 1961. They were buried together at Arlington National Cemetery in 2025. This is their story. 29 Jan 2025
Elsie Adler and Edith Kaufman shared a remarkable friendship that lasted over six decades, beginning when they met at synagogue in 1961. Both wives of Navy c...
29 Jan 2025