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The Gelof brothers, Zack and Jake, are emerging Jewish stars in Major League Baseball, having both been recently drafted by MLB teams—the Oakland Athletics a...

In this article, the author discusses how Yiddish culture has helped them embrace their identity as a queer person. They talk about how Yiddish, a language t...

The Jewish Language Project, in collaboration with Wikitongues, is working to document and preserve the endangered Judeo-Iranian languages spoken by Jewish c...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog's speech to the U.S. Congress was deemed out of touch with the current realities and crises in Israel. The speech failed to ad...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate, has vehemently denied accusations of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories about COVID-19 dur...

A reader wrote to the Bintel column, asking if it's okay to pursue a romantic relationship with her single rabbi. The columnist responds that there is no inh...

In a morning briefing from The Forward, a debate on Jewish identity is highlighted in Christopher Nolan's biopic "Oppenheimer," examining the contrasting app...

Democratic leaders, including Jewish and Asian representatives, have urged Republicans to retract an invitation extended to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify ...

Jewish Twitter users are divided on whether to switch to Meta's new platform, Threads. While many users have become frustrated with Twitter, citing issues su...

In South Carolina, a parent affiliated with Moms for Liberty, a conservative group, sought to remove nearly 100 books from local school shelves, including Be...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited by Moroccan King Mohammed VI to visit Morocco following Israel's recognition of Moroccan sovereign...

Researchers and Sugihara's own grandson have challenged the story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who issued visas to thousands of Jewish refugees fl...

The Roald Dahl museum in Great Missenden, UK, has publicly acknowledged the author's racism and antisemitism and expressed support for the apology made by Da...

Evan Gershkovich, a Jewish journalist detained in Russia for 112 days on espionage charges while reporting on the Wagner Group, is being supported by his col...

Archaeologically valuable ceramic oil lamps from ancient Israel, initially brought to the U.S. for a White House Hanukkah Party in 2019, were reported missin...

Country music star Jason Aldean's latest hit song, "Try That in a Small Town," has sparked controversy for its lyrics that seemingly support small-town milit...

Noah Schnapp, the Jewish actor known for his role in the Netflix series Stranger Things, visited Israel and shared his experiences on Instagram. He visited t...

The author reflects on their experience as a child participating in a civil rights sit-in at the Chicago Board of Education 60 years ago. The sit-in was orga...

Alexa Derman, a queer Jewish playwright, recently won the Jewish Playwriting Contest for her script "Zionista Rising." The play critiques American Jewish rel...

Despite significant political turmoil in Israel due to protests over proposed judicial changes, American tourism to Israel has reached record levels, surpass...

The article discusses the film "Oppenheimer" directed by Christopher Nolan, which explores the clash between J. Robert Oppenheimer and Lewis Strauss, two pro...

Oppenheimer, a film by Christopher Nolan, delves into the complex relationship between physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and Lewis Strauss, highlighting their ...

The recent decision by five progressive Democratic members of Congress, known as "The Squad," to boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog's speech has sparked ...

In this video, Yiddish editor Rukhl Schaechter and food scholar Eve Jochnowitz demonstrate how to make "poor man's caviar," also known as Romanian eggplant o...

Kaia Berman-Peters, a 22-year-old grad student, is credited with founding the genre known as Kleztronica, which combines electronic dance music with klezmer ...

Leaders from the Latin American Jewish Congress and the Muslim World League met in Buenos Aires for a historic gathering. Over 40 members from Argentina, Bol...

Antiquities belonging to Israel, including ancient ceramic candles, have been kept at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida for severa...

Mandy Patinkin, known for his acting roles, became involved with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) after visiting a refugee camp in Greece. He was ins...

Fran Drescher, known for her role in The Nanny, has emerged as a strong advocate for labor rights as the president of SAG-AFTRA during a joint strike with th...

The exhibition "GENESIS, The Beginning of Creativity" explores the narratives of Genesis through the artworks of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim artists who ap...

Politicians and advocacy groups have criticized Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent comments on the coronavirus, which were a mix of old antisemitic tropes with a...

Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench faced accusations of antisemitism after making a comment during a pregame ceremony honoring a Jewish baseball executive. Th...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate and vaccine skeptic, came under fire for making antisemitic remarks claiming that COVID-19 was tar...

This article discusses the potential use of MDMA (also known as molly or ecstasy) as a tool for deradicalization and promoting empathy. There is evidence tha...

This article describes the writer's experience learning about Georgian cooking from a man named Davit Varduashvili, whom they met at church in Tbilisi, Georg...

The article discusses two topics: religion in the military and the Israeli moonshot. It mentions that there is ongoing debate about religious expression and ...

Asi Wind, an Israeli-born magician considered one of the world's finest close-up magicians, believes that magic allows him to connect with people by breaking...

Fran Drescher, the current president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), has announced an impending strike by SAG-AFTRA. Drescher has faced criticism for atten...

Following the verdict that the Tree of Life synagogue shooter, Robert Bowers, is eligible for the death penalty, Beth Kissileff reflects on the nature of jus...

A yeshiva in Brooklyn, Tents of Torah, has been found to be not providing the required secular curriculum by the New York City Department of Education. The a...

The man responsible for the deadliest crime against Jews in American history, the Tree of Life shooter, has been found eligible to receive the death penalty....

"Sound of Freedom," a summer blockbuster endorsed by Republican lawmakers for spotlighting child trafficking, has become controversial due to its association...

Readers have been responding to The Forward's advice column, the Bintel Brief, on topics such as bullying, Nazi memorabilia, religious identity and sexuality...

A book given to an Austrian-Jewish boy for his bar mitzvah in 1936 has been reunited with his surviving family members. The book, confiscated by the Nazis an...

A recent investigation by the New York City Department of Education found that 18 yeshivas (Orthodox Jewish schools) failed to provide adequate secular instr...

David Brodsky, an associate professor of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), writes in response to a flyer accusing him a...

The Trump campaign recently sent out a fundraising email portraying Jewish billionaire George Soros as a puppet master controlling President Joe Biden, using...

In recent years, there has been a surge in popular cultural production within the Hasidic community in America. Hasidim have been involved in creating theatr...

The Baseball Project, an alt-rock supergroup featuring Steve Wynn, his wife Linda Pitmon, Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills, continues to fuse base...

Despite the setbacks in Israel's attempts to land a spaceship on the moon, with the crash of its first spacecraft, Beresheet, and the recent withdrawal of a ...