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Forward Yankees draft a player who drew a swastika on Jewish classmate’s door 20 Aug 2025
The New York Yankees recently drafted Core Jackson, a 21-year-old baseball player who, as a freshman at the University of Nebraska, drew a swastika on a Jewi...
20 Aug 2025
Forward If an antisemite chops down a memorial tree in Paris, how do we know it makes a sound? 20 Aug 2025
This reflective piece revisits the tragic case of Ilan Halimi, a young French Jew tortured and murdered in 2006, and examines the recent antisemitic act of v...
20 Aug 2025
Forward Donald Trump wants to ‘try and get to heaven’ — just like Bob Dylan 19 Aug 2025
Former President Donald Trump recently expressed a desire to secure a place in heaven, citing potential achievements in brokering peace between Russia and Uk...
19 Aug 2025
Forward ADL chief attacks Zohran Mamdani, but gets his facts wrong 18 Aug 2025
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, criticized NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for allegedly not engaging with Jewish communities an...
18 Aug 2025
Forward Should we fear that Trump is this generation's Neville Chamberlain? In a word, yes. 18 Aug 2025
Robert Zaretsky critiques the parallels between Neville Chamberlain's 1938 appeasement of Hitler and Donald Trump's recent summit with Vladimir Putin in Alas...
18 Aug 2025
Forward Trump says remaining hostages will be released when Hamas is ‘confronted and destroyed’ 18 Aug 2025
President Donald Trump stated that the return of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza is contingent upon Hamas being confronted and destroyed. This comment support...
18 Aug 2025
Forward House Minority Whip Katherine Clark calls war in Gaza a ‘genocide’ — then walks it back 18 Aug 2025
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark faced backlash after initially characterizing the conflict in Gaza as genocide, making her the highest-ranking congressio...
18 Aug 2025
Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Indianapolis this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US 18 Aug 2025
White supremacist and neo-Nazi rallies remain a persistent issue across the United States, with groups often organizing near significant events or locations ...
18 Aug 2025
Forward Ukraine’s Jews and rabbis ‘on the front line’ as Zelenskyy meets with Trump 18 Aug 2025
In the midst of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Jewish communities continue to face great hardships as they navigate life amid war and uncertainty. Rabbi Yo...
18 Aug 2025
Forward The world is outraged by a reporter's death in Gaza. It's part of a much bigger problem 15 Aug 2025
The death of Anas al-Sharif, a Palestinian journalist, in Gaza has sparked international outcry and raised critical questions about press freedom and truth i...
15 Aug 2025
Forward The Torah verse that makes the case for journalism 15 Aug 2025
Louis Keene explores the intersection between journalism and Judaism, particularly focusing on how the role of a gabbai at a Modern Orthodox synagogue parall...
15 Aug 2025
Forward Steeped in the horrors of post-war Hungary, these are not ordinary Holocaust stories 15 Aug 2025
Aviya Kushner reviews Gabor T. Szanto's collection, "1945 and Other Stories," which explores life in post-Holocaust Hungary through deeply moving narratives....
15 Aug 2025
Forward The challah that changed everything: tracing Jewish baking back to Poland 14 Aug 2025
Laurel Kratochvila, a baker originally from Massachusetts, found a profound connection to her Jewish roots through Polish baking, inspiring her cookbook "Dob...
14 Aug 2025
Forward A Polish apple cake with streusel, shortcrust and deep Jewish roots 14 Aug 2025
Laurel Kratochvila presents a recipe for Polish szarlotka, a traditional apple cake deeply rooted in Jewish culinary heritage. Szarlotka is a beloved treat i...
14 Aug 2025
Forward Jewish baseball fans have created an exhaustive list of Jewish players. They missed Monte Pfeiffer. 14 Aug 2025
Monte Pfeiffer, a little-known Jewish baseball player from the early 20th century, has been rediscovered and added to the rare list of Jewish major leaguers,...
14 Aug 2025
Forward Argentinian President Javier Milei will use ‘Jewish Nobel’ to launch ‘Isaac Accords’ 14 Aug 2025
Argentinian President Javier Milei, a staunch supporter of Israel, has been awarded the Genesis Prize, often called the Jewish Nobel, and is using the $1 mil...
14 Aug 2025
Forward Columbia University will screen prospective students for ‘civility’ 14 Aug 2025
Columbia University and several other prominent institutions are integrating a new element into their admissions process to evaluate prospective students' ab...
14 Aug 2025
Forward Entering motherhood — and an obsession with the works of an Italian Jewish literary hero 14 Aug 2025
Emily Tamkin reflects on her personal journey of reading the works of Italian Jewish writer Primo Levi as she prepares for motherhood. Enamored by Levi's exp...
14 Aug 2025
Forward ‘Bojack Horseman’ creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg on his new, ‘unapologetically Jewish’ family affair 14 Aug 2025
Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of the acclaimed series Bojack Horseman, brings forth a new animated show, Long Story Short, on Netflix, showcasing the Schwoop...
14 Aug 2025
Forward It’s Jew vs. Jew in the fight over a Brooklyn bike lane 14 Aug 2025
In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the longstanding clash over a bike lane has evolved from a hipster-Hasidic conflict to a Hasidic internal dispute. Baruch Herzfeld...
14 Aug 2025
Forward They tried to steal our language, too 14 Aug 2025
In 1944, the Nazi-supported Hungarian regime not only plundered Jewish homes for valuables but also targeted Jewish cultural heritage by confiscating Yiddish...
14 Aug 2025
Forward The latest pro-Israel talking point on Gaza is guaranteed to backfire 13 Aug 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent dismissal of reports of starvation in Gaza as 'fake starving children' employs a troubling rhetorical stra...
13 Aug 2025
Forward Hiding from the Nazis in Japan 13 Aug 2025
In August 1940, Meyer Zucker, a Jewish refugee from Nazi-occupied Europe, received a life-saving visa from Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania....
13 Aug 2025
Forward Who is Marty Reisman, the Jewish ping-pong star who inspired Timothée Chalamet's new movie? 13 Aug 2025
Timotheé Chalamet stars as a Jewish ping-pong hustler in the forthcoming film "Marty Supreme," inspired by the larger-than-life character of Marty Reisman, a...
13 Aug 2025
Forward Why museums should be leading the fight for Holocaust art restitution, not resisting it 13 Aug 2025
Jonathan H. Schwartz argues that museums should not resist but rather lead the effort for the restitution of Holocaust-looted art. With new evidence continua...
13 Aug 2025
Forward What exactly is the Justice Department's plan to stop antisemitism? 13 Aug 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi's Justice Department is tackling antisemitism on campuses through a series of ad hoc measures, diverging from previous methods whi...
13 Aug 2025
Forward American Jewish support for Israel is cracking. Occupying Gaza may break it. 12 Aug 2025
American Jewish support for Israel is being tested as the possibility of Israel re-occupying Gaza becomes more likely. Many American Jews who have historical...
12 Aug 2025
Forward California Jewish groups say Trump $1B demand of UCLA ‘does not make Jewish students safer’ 12 Aug 2025
California's leading Jewish organizations, led by the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), have opposed a $1 billion demand from the Trump a...
12 Aug 2025
Forward George Washington University was ‘deliberately indifferent to antisemitic discrimination,' Trump administration finds 12 Aug 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice has found George Washington University (GWU) intentionally ignored antisemitic incidents, creating a hostile environment for J...
12 Aug 2025
Forward As Iran faces drought, Netanyahu offers a deal: Overthrow the mullahs, and Israel will help 12 Aug 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended a controversial offer to Iran amid its severe water crisis, proposing to provide advanced water management...
12 Aug 2025
Forward Is Taylor Swift's new album about the tortured lives of artists in communist Russia? 12 Aug 2025
Taylor Swift's upcoming album, "The Life of a Showgirl," seems to draw unexpected parallels with the experiences of artists like Marc Chagall facing creative...
12 Aug 2025
Forward Germany had a complicated reckoning with its Nazi past — will post-Trump America face a similar reckoning? 12 Aug 2025
The article draws a provocative parallel between postwar Germany's struggle with remnants of Nazism and contemporary America's turmoil under Donald Trump. It...
12 Aug 2025
Forward This small, stubborn Appalachian synagogue is defying the odds — and so is its new rabbi 12 Aug 2025
Rabbi Adam Berman is set to lead Congregation Bnai Jacob, an Orthodox-turned-Conservative synagogue with deep roots in Charleston, West Virginia, defying the...
12 Aug 2025
Forward Huda Beauty founder defends anti-Israel conspiracy rant: ‘There is a smear campaign against me’ 11 Aug 2025
Beauty mogul Huda Kattan is under scrutiny after making antisemitic remarks linking Israel to various global events, sparking significant backlash. In a TikT...
11 Aug 2025
Forward New on Rikers Island: a Jewish prayerbook designed with incarcerated congregants in mind 11 Aug 2025
Rabbi Mia Simring and Rabbi Gabriel Kretzmer-Seed have introduced a unique Jewish prayer book, "The Very Narrow Bridge: A Rikers Island Siddur," specifically...
11 Aug 2025
Forward Third-generation Conservative rabbi resigns from movement after facing punishment for performing intermarriages 11 Aug 2025
Rabbi Ari Yehuda Saks, a third-generation Conservative rabbi, resigned from the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly after it launched an ethics inves...
11 Aug 2025
Forward The first Jewish woman to win a NYC mayoral primary has a message for voters about Mamdani 11 Aug 2025
Trailblazing Jewish political leader Ruth Messinger has endorsed Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, citing his focus on affordab...
11 Aug 2025
Forward The podcasters making antisemitism Christian again 11 Aug 2025
A new wave of antisemitic rhetoric has emerged from a segment of Christian podcasters known as TheoBros, who claim that Christianity is being corrupted by Je...
11 Aug 2025
Forward When Walt Disney went South of the Border to fight Nazi influence 11 Aug 2025
In 1941, amidst personal and professional turmoil, Walt Disney embarked on a U.S. government-sponsored tour to South America to combat Nazi influence. This h...
11 Aug 2025
Forward How a Kentucky-raised comic dodged a beer can and became a Jewish star 11 Aug 2025
Comedian Ariel Elias' debut special, "A Jewish Star," available on YouTube, humorously explores her unique experiences as a Jew growing up in Kentucky. Drawi...
11 Aug 2025
Forward JB Pritzker: Blocking arms sales sends Israel ‘the right kind of message’ 10 Aug 2025
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has publicly endorsed a Senate initiative to block U.S. arms sales to Israel, a move aimed at pressuring Israel's government ...
10 Aug 2025
Forward On a tour of Hasidic Brooklyn, this rabbi doesn't have all the answers — but he knows who does 9 Aug 2025
In this captivating narrative, Clara Shapiro recounts her immersive experience on a guided tour of Hasidic Crown Heights in Brooklyn, led by Rabbi Mayer Frie...
9 Aug 2025
Forward Which school of philosophy provides the best guide for how to think about Gaza? 9 Aug 2025
In an exploration of philosophical perspectives on the moral implications of the Gaza conflict, Robert Zaretsky reflects on teachings from the Torah and comp...
9 Aug 2025
Forward Everything's terrible — but at least there are Moomins 8 Aug 2025
The Moomins, created by Finnish author Tove Jansson, debuted at a time when the world was grappling with the aftermath of World War II. The Brooklyn Public L...
8 Aug 2025
Forward Roman Polanski's take on the Dreyfus Affair is perfect for 2025. That's the problem 8 Aug 2025
Roman Polanski's film "An Officer and a Spy," a depiction of the Dreyfus Affair, aligns with contemporary issues as it debuts in the U.S. The movie parallels...
8 Aug 2025
Forward His grandfather’s Holocaust stories didn’t add up — so he set out to tell the fact-checked version 8 Aug 2025
Ari Schneider, an investigative journalist, uncovered inconsistencies in his grandfather Louis' Holocaust survival stories, prompting him to fact-check and d...
8 Aug 2025
Forward The Jewish Federation isn't evolving on Israel. So it's losing young Jews like me 8 Aug 2025
Lahav Zaken, a young Jewish Israeli American from North Carolina, criticizes Jewish Federations for not acknowledging the evolving perspectives of many Ameri...
8 Aug 2025
Forward A Florida college student said ‘F— Israel.’ Now she’s under federal investigation 7 Aug 2025
Eden Deckerhoff, a Florida State University graduate student, faced intense backlash and federal investigation following a confrontation with a fellow studen...
7 Aug 2025
Forward Historic Ukrainian synagogue significantly damaged by Russian drone strike 7 Aug 2025
The historic Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue in Odessa, Ukraine, sustained severe damage from a Russian drone strike amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. Built in 1898...
7 Aug 2025
Forward In that horrific video of a man digging his own grave, Israelis are seeing something that Americans aren't 7 Aug 2025
Aviya Kushner reflects on the harrowing video of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, released by Hamas, depicting his dire conditions. Israelis and Americans seem...
7 Aug 2025