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Gavin Newsom's comments regarding Israel and apartheid have been caught in a whirlwind of controversy, reflecting a broader societal tendency to focus on pol...

Joel Swanson explores the troubling use of antisemitic imagery by Israeli governmental figures to target political adversaries like Iran and others. Highligh...

Supporters of a Jewish charter school in Oklahoma City have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state's prohibition on religious charter schools. The law...

Judaism Unbound, an innovative Jewish organization, offers an alternative to traditional Jewish life by embracing digital platforms, attracting those who fee...

The article explores the impending arrival of two new restaurants near Columbia University: the Palestinian cuisine-focused Hinds Hall Ayat and the Israeli s...

Edward Serotta, an American Jewish photojournalist, was secretly surveilled by Romania's notorious secret police, the Securitate, during the 1980s due to his...

Avraham Burg, a prominent figure of the Israeli left and former interim president, recently engaged in a surprising conversation with Tucker Carlson, a right...

King Charles III has become the first patron of the Community Security Trust (CST), the UK’s leading antisemitism watchdog, following an arson attack involvi...

The Iowa City Yiddish Group, originally formed during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been utilizing the "Yiddish with Rukhl" podcasts from the Forverts to enhanc...

California Governor Gavin Newsom expressed regret over using the term "apartheid" to describe the situation in Israel, a comment which had previously caused ...

Nicholas Lemann's memoir, "Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries," explores his family's history as assimilated Jews in the American South, con...

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 remains a critical reminder of the need for strong labor laws, yet the hard-won protections it inspired are curr...

The play "Giant," now on Broadway, explores an imagined confrontation between Roald Dahl and his publishers following Dahl's antisemitic comments in a 1983 r...

Josh Cahan provides a firsthand account of the recent Smol Emuni conference at Bnai Jeshurun in Manhattan, challenging the characterization by the Forward of...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a memorandum urging Catholic clergy to address misinformation propagated by far-right influencers...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strategic response to increasing tensions with Iran at Dimona is examined through a lens of political and societa...

A proposed merger between Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center and New York City's public hospital system faces delays following the rejection of a fast-trac...

The Forverts podcast episode 11, titled 'Passover,' discusses themes surrounding the Jewish holiday in the context of 1962, reflecting on its cultural and hi...

Jacques Berlinerblau's book "Can We Laugh at That?: Comedy in a Conflicted Age" examines the evolving landscape of comedy and its relationship with free spee...

Tulsa, Oklahoma, traditionally seen as a tumbleweed town, is drawing attention for its unique initiative, "Tulsa Tomorrow," which actively recruits young Jew...

Sheba Rasson shares a personal account of her experiences as an Iranian Jew in the context of Israel's ongoing conflict with Iran. She reflects on her multi-...

Dan Sheena, a TikTok creator and Arabic teacher, is on a mission to revive the nearly extinct language of Judeo-Arabic through social media and online classe...

Germany has ceased its defense of Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against genocide allegations related to the Gaza conflict, citing a need...

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, claiming that the institution permitted an antisemitic environment on campus by bein...

This piece contrasts the literary legacies of two New Jersey-born American Jewish writers, Philip Roth and Judy Blume. While Roth is often celebrated as a se...

Jason Stahl, an inventive deli operator in Jersey City, has brought a modern twist to Jewish culinary traditions through his business, Hank Schwartz’s Delica...

Emily Tamkin argues for the need to open up honest conversations about Israel and its influence in American politics to combat the spread of antisemitic cons...

Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has made controversial insinuations linking Israel to the murder of right-wing pundit ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a viral rumor of his death by appearing at a rare in-person press conference, countering claims he had be...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a Jewish Democrat and former AIPAC donor, has vocally distanced himself from the pro-Israel lobbying group, criticizing its tr...

Paul Klee, a renowned German artist and a pivotal figure in abstract, surrealist, and expressionist art, is re-examined in "Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds,...

Amidst a military conflict involving multiple fronts, including Iran, air travel in Israel has become increasingly disrupted, with major cancellations at Ben...

In a heartwarming display of interfaith solidarity, West Bloomfield's Iraqi Christian Chaldean community rapidly responded to an attempted attack on Temple I...

The article discusses the recent expulsion of Rabbi Scott Elkan, a former co-director of Oberlin Chabad, from Oberlin College after online chats surfaced rev...

Lore Segal, a revered Jewish storyteller who passed away in 2024 at age 96, is celebrated for her incisive and minimalist literary style in the posthumous co...

Rabbi Gesa Ederberg's installation as the first European president of the Rabbinical Assembly marks significant progress in the Conservative Jewish movement....

Fox's new miniseries, "The Faithful: Women of the Bible," offers a fresh, if dramatized, perspective on biblical women, starting with Hagar, Sarah, and Abrah...

Dina Fuchs-Beresin expresses her disappointment with the controversies surrounding the 25th Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AJFF), particularly the Israeli Con...

Andreas Böttner, the antisemitism commissioner for the German state of Brandenburg, resigned from the far-left Die Linke party after the party's youth delega...

As conflict with Iran escalates, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump have failed to articulate clear objectives fo...

The future of Maimonides Medical Center, a vital healthcare institution for Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community, hangs in the balance as the city steps in t...

Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned amid controversy over his claims that Israel had manipulated President Trump into th...

A contentious debate has erupted at UCLA regarding claims of antisemitism, with over 100 Jewish faculty members disputing a lawsuit by the Trump administrati...

Ian Buruma's book, "Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945," delivers a gripping cultural and social history of Berlin during WWII, highlighting the moral complexitie...

In a new Netflix documentary, Louis Theroux delves into the misogynistic "manosphere," where extremist online personalities promote traditional gender roles ...

Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, misinformation and AI-generated deepfakes have proliferated, causing confusion and fueling conspiracy theo...

Daniel Biss, the Jewish mayor of Evanston, Illinois, and a congressional candidate, finds himself embroiled in a contentious primary, facing nearly $6 millio...

Support for Israel among Democratic voters has significantly declined, with only 13% currently expressing a positive view, according to a new NBC News poll. ...

The Forverts podcast episode commemorates the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, where 146 young Jewish and Italian women tragically died due to locked doors ...

The United States has officially defended Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against genocide charges related to Israel’s military actions in...