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Forward ‘I just felt this urgency’: For some, Oct. 7 fueled a renewed dedication to becoming Jewish 10 Jan
Since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, there has been a surge in interest in conversion to Judaism. Many rabbis have reported an increase in inquirie...
10 Jan
Forward In a conversion comedy, France’s Jerry Seinfeld flirts with Catholicism 10 Jan
In the film "Stay With Us," comedian Gad Elmaleh, often referred to as the French Jerry Seinfeld, explores his real-life interest in Catholicism and its impa...
10 Jan
Forward ADL appears to count anti-Zionist incidents in tally of antisemitism 10 Jan
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has released a report listing over 3,000 antisemitic incidents in the three months since October 7, 2023, with the count rep...
10 Jan
Forward Anne Frank’s diary, ‘Schindler’s List’ among titles at center of major Florida book-ban lawsuit 10 Jan
Escambia County in Florida is facing a lawsuit over its decision to remove over 1,600 books from its schools, including Anne Frank's original diary and Schin...
10 Jan
Forward Sarah Unsicker, Missouri rep who spread antisemitic conspiracies, announces run for governor 10 Jan
Missouri state representative Sarah Unsicker, who was expelled from the Democratic House caucus for spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories, has announced ...
10 Jan
Forward The L.A. Times’ editor is stepping down. Did his policy on Israel coverage lead to his ouster? 10 Jan
Los Angeles Times executive editor Kevin Merida has announced his resignation, and it is suspected that a disagreement over Israel coverage may have played a...
10 Jan
Forward How Twitter activists turned a viral story about Orthodox Jews into a modern blood libel 10 Jan
A viral story about tunnels under the Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights has been twisted by online bad actors into a modern blood libel. Images of a mattr...
10 Jan
Forward Eyal Shani’s fast-casual Times Square restaurant is going kosher 10 Jan
Israeli celebrity chef Eyal Shani is turning his fast-casual restaurant Miznon in Times Square into a certified kosher establishment. The move comes after th...
10 Jan
Forward Netanyahu’s allies spent years slandering the man now tasked with cleaning up their mess 9 Jan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's allies have spent years maligning former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, who has been critical of the Netan...
9 Jan
Forward Gabriel Attal, France’s new prime minister, says his Jewish and gay identity has shaped him 9 Jan
Gabriel Attal, France's new prime minister, is making headlines for being the country's youngest prime minister at 34 and its first openly gay prime minister...
9 Jan
Forward So why were those yeshiva students digging a tunnel at Chabad headquarters? 9 Jan
A group of yeshiva students at Chabad Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn, known as meshichisten, dug a tunnel to dispose of debris from an unauthorized expan...
9 Jan
Forward Jews must reject calls for 'voluntary emigration' of Palestinians 9 Jan
In this article, Daniel Sokatch discusses recent calls by Israeli politicians for the "voluntary emigration" of Palestinians, particularly those in Gaza. Sok...
9 Jan
Forward As Desmond Tutu visited the Middle East in 1989, I thought peace was at hand — what went wrong? 9 Jan
The author reflects on a time in 1989 when Bishop Desmond Tutu visited Jerusalem and brought a sense of hope for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. At ...
9 Jan
Forward Boston writer Norm Finkelstein, whose YA books championed Jewish heroes, dies at 82 9 Jan
Norm Finkelstein, a Boston writer and educator, has passed away at the age of 82. Finkelstein was known for writing over 20 nonfiction books for children and...
9 Jan
Forward A heartbreaking story of Nazi-era heroism — but why did it take so long for it to get here? 9 Jan
"One Life" is a new film based on the book "If It's Not Impossible," depicting the heroic efforts of a small group of middle-class Brits in the late 1930s wh...
9 Jan
Forward This group thinks Jews aren't a protected minority in Hollywood — here's how they're trying to change that 9 Jan
Allison Josephs, founder and executive director of Jew in the City, has launched the JITC Hollywood Bureau to advocate for accurate and nuanced portrayals of...
9 Jan
Forward 9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza as IDF announces less intensive phase and Lebanon border simmers 9 Jan
Nine Israeli soldiers, including six in a single incident, were killed in Gaza during fighting as Israel announced a new, more targeted phase of its campaign...
9 Jan
Forward Arrests at Chabad’s iconic headquarters after students thwart attempt to fill secret tunnel 9 Jan
Arrests were made at the Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn after Chabad students attempted to prevent construction crews from filling a secret t...
9 Jan
Forward Americans for Peace Now becomes first US Zionist group to call for a ceasefire in Gaza 8 Jan
Americans for Peace Now, a left-wing pro-Israel organization, has become the first American Zionist group to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Th...
8 Jan
Forward A messy morning commute in NYC as pro-Palestinian protests shut down East River bridges and Holland Tunnel 8 Jan
Protests in New York City by pro-Palestinian groups resulted in major traffic delays as bridges and tunnels were shut down. The goal of the protests was to d...
8 Jan
Forward ‘Coaching fail,’ critics say of high school basketball game marred by antisemitism 8 Jan
A coach has been fired and an investigation is underway after a public school basketball team used antisemitic slurs during a game against a Jewish day schoo...
8 Jan
Forward 'People are afraid': Advocates warn of crackdown on Arab Israeli students 8 Jan
Arab Israeli students are facing disciplinary action for innocuous social media posts made on personal accounts following the Hamas terrorist attack in South...
8 Jan
Forward In Princess Diana's red dress, a symbol of the Jewish rise to prominence in the UK shmatta business 8 Jan
The Museum of London is hosting an exhibition called "Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style," highlighting the significant contributions of ...
8 Jan
Forward Israeli LGBTQ soldiers hope the war in Gaza will bolster their fight for equal rights at home 8 Jan
The war in Gaza has brought the fight for LGBTQ rights to the forefront in Israel. LGBTQ soldiers, who risk their lives on the front lines but are denied the...
8 Jan
Forward The worst thing American Jews can do right now is hide 8 Jan
The author shares a personal experience of his synagogue moving their Shabbat mincha service to an undisclosed location out of fear of a nearby protest turni...
8 Jan
Forward Girls basketball coach fired at NY school where players shouted antisemitic slurs at Jewish opponents 8 Jan
The varsity girls basketball coach at Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, New York, has been fired, and a student has been dismissed from the team after player...
8 Jan
Forward Israel opens investigation after Palestinian toddler is killed during response to car-ramming attack 8 Jan
Israeli police are investigating the killing of a 3-year-old Palestinian girl during a car-ramming attack near the West Bank settlement of Givat Zeev. The in...
8 Jan
Forward Gazans are starving. Airdrops of aid could help change that 7 Jan
Since the Israeli war in October, conditions in the Gaza Strip have worsened, with residents facing hunger and starvation and struggling to find food and cle...
7 Jan
Forward Israel Therapy: I haven’t cried in 6 weeks. What’s wrong with me? 6 Jan
The article discusses the emotional toll of experiencing ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza. It highlights the case of Jill, a woman who initially felt inte...
6 Jan
Forward Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation. 5 Jan
The resignation of Harvard's first Black president, Claudine Gay, has sparked wider significance than just a debate over campus antisemitism and free speech....
5 Jan
Forward How the watermelon wound up on Jennifer Garner’s daughter’s sweatshirt as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism 5 Jan
The symbol of a watermelon has become associated with Palestinian nationalism due to its colors matching those of the Palestinian flag. In the past, when Isr...
5 Jan
Forward For an Israeli Chicago Bulls' fan slain on Oct. 7, a final gift from that team's star forward 5 Jan
DeMar DeRozan, the star forward for the Chicago Bulls, honored the memory of an Israeli basketball fan who was murdered at a rave by signing a specially-made...
5 Jan
Forward He covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus. Then the protesters rebuked him. 5 Jan
Jacob Wheeler, a journalism student at the University of Southern California, faced personal attacks and protests after reporting on the Israel-Hamas conflic...
5 Jan
Forward The Forward hires Pulitzer winner to report from Israel 5 Jan
The Forward has hired Susan Greene as their first full-time Israel correspondent in nearly seven years. Greene, a veteran journalist and Pulitzer Prize final...
5 Jan
Forward Now in New York, a Michelin-starred chef's new kosher restaurant straight from Tel Aviv 5 Jan
Israeli chef Eyal Shani has opened his first-ever kosher certified restaurant outside of Israel, Malka, in New York City. Despite the challenging timing due ...
5 Jan
Forward Calls to depopulate Gaza are a dangerous pipe dream 5 Jan
The article criticizes the dangerous idea of depopulating Gaza and resettling Palestinians outside of the region. The author highlights that such proposals h...
5 Jan
Forward Jewish teens in South Africa, where crime and Israel criticism are sky-high, see little future at home 5 Jan
A significant number of Jewish teens in South Africa are considering leaving the country due to concerns about antisemitism, the government's anti-Israel sta...
5 Jan
Forward Will MIT’s Sally Kornbluth survive the campus antisemitism reckoning? 5 Jan
Sally Kornbluth, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is facing opposition and pressure following her participation in a controversi...
5 Jan
Forward Dozens of Penn professors spent the week in Israel, following their university president’s antisemitism resignation 5 Jan
A group of 39 professors from the University of Pennsylvania recently visited Israel on a solidarity trip organized by psychology professor Michael Kahana. T...
5 Jan
Forward Police say fire at Toronto Jewish deli was likely a hate crime. A local rabbi is not surprised 5 Jan
A fire that occurred at a Jewish deli in Toronto is being investigated by police as a hate crime. Rabbi Shmuel Neft, who lives near the deli, stated that thi...
5 Jan
Forward Israel faces charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice. Here’s why, and how Israel will respond. 4 Jan
Israel is facing charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by South Africa, which claims that Israel is committing genocide in its war ...
4 Jan
Forward Holocaust survivor who became a bat mitzvah at 91 dies in Buenos Aires 4 Jan
Eugenia Unger, a Holocaust survivor and one of the founding members of the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires, passed away at the age of 97. In 2017, she gaine...
4 Jan
Forward NYPD reports 31 antisemitic crimes in December, as Gaza war surge appears to subside 4 Jan
The NYPD reported 31 antisemitic hate crimes in December, which is a spike compared to the same month last year but lower than October and November. The incr...
4 Jan
Forward Israeli student sues School of Art Institute of Chicago, saying professor targeted her with anti-Israel images 4 Jan
An Israeli student has filed a lawsuit against the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, alleging that a professor targeted her with anti-Israel assignment...
4 Jan
Forward Analysis: Caught by surprise on Oct. 7, Netanyahu looks to preserve his power post-war 4 Jan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing increasing uncertainty about his political future following the security lapses that allowed Hamas to att...
4 Jan
Forward A viral post demonizing Zionist doctors sounds eerily like a Soviet antisemitic conspiracy theory 4 Jan
The article discusses a viral post that claims Zionist doctors are out to harm patients of color, drawing parallels between this conspiracy theory and an ant...
4 Jan
Forward The biggest question at the Golden Globes isn't who will win, but what they'll say about Israel 4 Jan
The Golden Globes, known for being politically outspoken, is expected to address Israel and Gaza during this year's awards ceremony. While organizers hope to...
4 Jan
Forward Chilean mayor under fire for saying being Jewish is a ‘supremacist conception’ 4 Jan
The mayor of Recoleta, a municipality in Chile, is facing criticism for calling Judaism a supremacist religion and comparing it to Nazism. Daniel Jadue, who ...
4 Jan
Forward To welcome interfaith couples, this Conservative synagogue hired a rabbi who’s allowed to wed them 4 Jan
Congregation Shirat Hayam, a Conservative synagogue in Swampscott, Massachusetts, has hired Cantor Sarah Freudenberger, who is permitted to officiate interfa...
4 Jan
Forward Sex offender who gave high profile interview to Hasidic comedian pleads guilty to new charges 4 Jan
Gershon Selinger, a convicted sex offender, has pleaded guilty to new abuse charges involving a minor. The incident occurred in 2008, and Selinger will be se...
4 Jan