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Forward Watch: What happens next with Israel's judicial overhaul? 11 Sep 2023
In a wide-ranging conversation, Daniel Gordis and Dahlia Scheindlin joined Forward's opinion editor, Laura E. Adkins, to discuss the potential outcomes of Is...
11 Sep 2023
Forward Member of Goyim Defense League extradited to Netherlands after allegedly projecting antisemitic message onto Anne Frank House 11 Sep 2023
A member of the Goyim Defense League, a neo-Nazi group based in Florida, has been extradited to the Netherlands to stand trial for projecting an antisemitic ...
11 Sep 2023
Forward How to protect your congregation from swatting and bomb threats during High Holiday services 11 Sep 2023
Jewish institutions have been targeted by white supremacists with swatting calls and bomb threats aimed at disrupting services. The extremists behind these c...
11 Sep 2023
Forward Leni Reiss, longtime editor of Arizona Jewish weekly, dies at 84 11 Sep 2023
Leni Reiss, longtime editor of Jewish News in Arizona, passed away at the age of 84. Reiss, who battled pancreatic cancer, was known for her contributions to...
11 Sep 2023
Forward This city wants to make antisemitic flyers illegal as ‘hate litter’ 11 Sep 2023
San Diego City Councilmember Raul Campillo is proposing a law to make hate litter, specifically antisemitic flyers, illegal after several incidents of such f...
11 Sep 2023
Forward Elon Musk doubted biblical miracles but loves Mel Brooks 11 Sep 2023
Elon Musk's biography, written by historian Walter Isaacson, reveals that Musk doubted biblical miracles and questioned religious stories during his upbringi...
11 Sep 2023
Forward For 'Rabbi On The Block,' the street is her pulpit 11 Sep 2023
The documentary film "Rabbi On The Block" explores the life and work of Chicago anti-violence advocate Tamar Manasseh. The film, directed by Brad Rothschild,...
11 Sep 2023
Forward How Yiddish became a ‘foreign language’ in Israel 11 Sep 2023
The article discusses the decline of Yiddish as a language in Israel. It highlights the efforts of advocates of Modern Hebrew to delegitimize Yiddish using v...
11 Sep 2023
Forward What Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik said about Jews who turn religious 10 Sep 2023
A newly uploaded video recording from 1969 features Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik discussing baaley teshuva, Jews who become observant. In the 17-minute clip, So...
10 Sep 2023
Forward A Jewish writer confronts the other 9/11, and urges us to never forget it 10 Sep 2023
In Ariel Dorfman's novel, "The Suicide Museum," he confronts the other 9/11, referring to the September 11, 1973 coup in Chile when President Salvador Allend...
10 Sep 2023
Forward How I stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters and traced the stories behind them 10 Sep 2023
In this article, the author describes how they stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters while researching a column called "Seeking Relatives" in the ...
10 Sep 2023
Forward This editor helped thousands of Holocaust survivors. But he rarely talked about it. 10 Sep 2023
Isaac Metzker, a legendary editor at the Forward, is credited with overseeing the Seeking Relatives column, which helped thousands of Jewish refugees and Hol...
10 Sep 2023
Forward How one newspaper column saved lives, reunited families and changed the course of Jewish history 10 Sep 2023
This article discusses the impact of the Seeking Relatives column in the Jewish newspaper, the Forward, during the mid-20th century. The column served as a w...
10 Sep 2023
Forward What’s Jewish about the jam band Phish? Many things, according to a new book. 9 Sep 2023
The book "This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity" explores the connection between Jewish fans and the jam band Phish. While many Phish...
9 Sep 2023
Forward Sermonizing about Israel can be risky. These High Holidays, some rabbis feel compelled to. 9 Sep 2023
Many American rabbis typically avoid discussing Israeli politics, but the recent political turmoil in Israel has compelled many to address it in their High H...
9 Sep 2023
Forward How a Forward journalist came to hold a piece of Albert Einstein’s brain 8 Sep 2023
A journalist at The Forward, Benyamin Cohen, has gained a significant following on social media by running Albert Einstein's Twitter, Instagram, Threads, and...
8 Sep 2023
Forward Five books you need to prepare for the High Holidays 8 Sep 2023
In Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman's article, he emphasizes the importance of being mentally prepared for the High Holidays to truly benefit from the synagogue serv...
8 Sep 2023
Forward Persian Jewish musician, Galeet Dardashti, duets with her famed Iranian grandfather in 'Monajat' 8 Sep 2023
Galeet Dardashti, a Persian Jewish musician, has created an album called 'Monajat' inspired by her late grandfather, Younes Dardashti, a renowned singer of P...
8 Sep 2023
Forward Orthodox Union certifies Israeli brand of lab-grown meat as kosher — but not pareve 8 Sep 2023
The Orthodox Union (O.U.) has granted kosher certification to lab-grown poultry products from Israeli startup SuperMeat, marking a significant development in...
8 Sep 2023
Forward Under fire for pledging to cut aid to Israel, Vivek Ramaswamy says he's outspoken just like Israelis 8 Sep 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate, defended his pledge to cut aid to Israel, stating that his outspokenness is similar to how Israelis exp...
8 Sep 2023
Forward News Quiz: Test your knowledge of Hollywood's Jews and modern Orthodox education 8 Sep 2023
This article discusses two topics: the influence of Jews in Hollywood and the challenges faced by modern Orthodox education. It presents a quiz that tests th...
8 Sep 2023
Forward Holy cow! Can one heifer herald the Third Temple — and the end of the world as we know it? 8 Sep 2023
The birth of a red heifer in Israel has sparked excitement among some Jewish and Evangelical Christian groups who believe it is a sign that the Third Temple ...
8 Sep 2023
Forward A summer reunion in the country, Jewish socialist style 8 Sep 2023
The article discusses a recent reunion of former campers and staff from Camp Hemshekh, a Jewish socialist summer camp in the Catskills that operated from 195...
8 Sep 2023
Forward We taste-tested affordable kosher wine for Rosh Hashanah 8 Sep 2023
In this article, the authors taste 11 new kosher wines for Rosh Hashanah and share their honest reviews. They emphasize that Rosh Hashanah is a time for levi...
8 Sep 2023
Forward A canceled JCC book talk shows Jews are entering a dangerous era of self-censorship 8 Sep 2023
The cancellation of a book talk at a JCC in Florida highlights the growing trend of self-censorship in response to laws limiting freedom of expression. The i...
8 Sep 2023
Forward The co-creator of ‘Shtisel’ identifies as haredi Orthodox again 8 Sep 2023
Yehonatan Indursky, co-creator of the hit show Shtisel, has revealed that he now identifies as haredi Orthodox again after previously being secular. Indursky...
8 Sep 2023
Forward Spain’s language authority still uses an antisemitic definition of ‘Jew.’ These groups want it deleted. 8 Sep 2023
Over 20 Jewish groups from the United States and Spanish-speaking countries are urging Spain's linguistic authority, the Royal Academy of Spanish (RAE), to r...
8 Sep 2023
Forward Picketing alongside Guatemalan workers in a labor dispute with their Hasidic bosses + New Kanye song called “Israel” 8 Sep 2023
Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson writes about her experience leading an antisemitism training for Guatemalan construction workers who are in a labor dispute with ...
8 Sep 2023
Forward Nearly 1 in 3 Jewish college students has witnessed or experienced antisemitism on campus, survey finds 8 Sep 2023
A survey conducted by Jewish on Campus, a student-founded antisemitism watchdog group, and Ipsos, a polling firm, found that nearly 1 in 3 current Jewish col...
8 Sep 2023
Forward Girls wore pants. Prayer was optional. Was this modern Orthodox school too open-minded for its own good? 7 Sep 2023
The Idea School, a coed modern Orthodox school in New Jersey, offered a creative and hands-on approach to education that integrated Jewish and secular studie...
7 Sep 2023
Forward I led an antisemitism training for workers in a labor dispute with their Hasidic bosses. Here's what I learned 7 Sep 2023
In this article, Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson shares her experience leading an antisemitism training for a group of Brooklyn construction workers who are camp...
7 Sep 2023
Forward Ohio school board member apologizes for giving Nazi salute at public meeting 7 Sep 2023
Anne Zakkour, a school board member in Tipp City, Ohio, has apologized after giving a Nazi salute and saying "Sieg heil" during a public meeting. Zakkour ini...
7 Sep 2023
Forward Newly discovered document lists more than 3,000 Jews the Catholic Church sheltered from Nazis 7 Sep 2023
Newly discovered documents found at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute reveal that more than 3,000 Jews were sheltered by Catholic convents and mona...
7 Sep 2023
Forward Jewish women’s group: Biden should have seriously considered a woman for ambassador to Israel 7 Sep 2023
Prominent Jewish women's group, the National Council of Jewish Women, expressed disappointment that President Joe Biden did not seriously consider a woman fo...
7 Sep 2023
Forward The genocide in Darfur didn’t go away, but the Jewish community’s attention did  7 Sep 2023
The Jewish community's attention to the ongoing genocide in Darfur has waned, despite the fact that the crisis continues unabated. In the past, Jewish groups...
7 Sep 2023
Forward How a religious revival fed the demise of the Midtown kosher deli 7 Sep 2023
The merging of Bens Kosher Deli and Mr. Broadway, both located in the Theater District of Manhattan, marked the end of an era for kosher delis in the area. B...
7 Sep 2023
Forward Who's afraid of Naomi Wolf? Naomi Klein's newest book takes on her doppelganger 7 Sep 2023
Naomi Klein, a progressive writer and activist, has written a new book called "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World," in which she explores the similar...
7 Sep 2023
Forward Why do conspiracy theorists love to hate Rothschilds? A Rothschild explains. 7 Sep 2023
In his book, "Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories," Mike Rothschild explores the history of conspiracy theories surroun...
7 Sep 2023
Forward ADL CEO: Elon Musk is a ‘great innovator’ who engages with ‘users who are espousing antisemitism and hate’ 7 Sep 2023
Elon Musk's recent engagement with users espousing antisemitism and hate on social media has frustrated ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. While praising Musk's bu...
7 Sep 2023
Forward An Oedipal tale of sex, violence, crooks, cutthroats and egg creams — set in the Jewish wilderness of the Lower East Side 7 Sep 2023
"Ravage & Son" by Jerome Charyn is a gritty historical crime novel set in the Lower East Side of New York City in 1912. The story revolves around Ben Ravage,...
7 Sep 2023
Forward Elon Musk is not alone in criticizing the ADL 7 Sep 2023
In this collection of news updates, Elon Musk's criticism of the ADL is highlighted as not being an isolated viewpoint. The article also mentions various oth...
7 Sep 2023
Forward High Holiday services are set to return this year — with a new eternal flame — to a Texas synagogue damaged in a 2021 arson 7 Sep 2023
Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas, is preparing for High Holiday services with the installation of a new eternal flame made from the stained glass th...
7 Sep 2023
Forward The Holocaust wasn't fueled by antisemitism, Hitler hated Jews for their money, says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas 7 Sep 2023
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made controversial statements at a conference, claiming that Adolf Hitler's motivation for fighting Jews was not antisemi...
7 Sep 2023
Forward Jewish Federations launch Rosh Hashanah letter-writing campaign to Evan Gershkovich 7 Sep 2023
The Jewish Federations of North America has launched a letter-writing campaign in support of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been de...
7 Sep 2023
Forward Vivek Ramaswamy is guest of a podcaster who says Jews ‘own almost everything’ 7 Sep 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy, an upstart Republican presidential candidate, appeared on the podcast of an influencer known for his anti-Semitic views. The influencer, Alb...
7 Sep 2023
Forward Meet Mark Robinson, the Republican frontrunner in the North Carolina governor’s race accused of antisemitism 6 Sep 2023
Lieutenant Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, a Republican candidate for governor, has faced accusations of antisemitism due to his past social media post...
6 Sep 2023
Forward Cemetery manager says synagogue's insistence on temporary grave markers is about money, not Judaism 6 Sep 2023
A battle has erupted between Congregation Beth Jacob, an Orthodox synagogue in Atlanta, and Crestlawn Cemetery over a new rule that bars families from instal...
6 Sep 2023
Forward Antisemites, right-wingers, progressives ... the ADL takes heat from all sides  6 Sep 2023
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit organization fighting antisemitism, faces criticism from various groups. White supremacists accuse the ADL of p...
6 Sep 2023
Forward Antisemities, right-winger, progressives... the ADL takes heat from all sides  6 Sep 2023
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit fighting antisemitism, faces criticism from various perspectives. On one hand, white supremacists and overt ant...
6 Sep 2023
Forward Tired of dry honey cake? Here's how to make it moist and delicious! 6 Sep 2023
In this article, the author recalls their childhood memories of disappointing dry honey cake and shares their own recipe for a moist and delicious version. T...
6 Sep 2023