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Looking for snow in August: My lifelong obsession with the Irish (Aug 21, 2026 07:30 PM - Forward.com – All)According to the 11th-century set of Irish texts known as Lebor Gabála Érenn, or The Book of the Invasions of Ireland, there once lived a man called Fénius Farsaid — “Irishman the Pharisee.” If the weirdness of this name is not hitting home for you, it’s a bit like if I told you my name... The post Looking for snow in August: My lifelong obsession with the Irish appeared first on The Forward .
When does Shabbat end? This astrophysicist thinks we’ve been getting it wrong (Aug 21, 2026 07:04 PM - Forward.com – All)
Aster Taylor observes Shabbat on their own time — literally. For the past year, Taylor, a Ph.D. candidate in astrophysics at the University of Michigan, has been keeping Shabbat according to a schedule they devised using astronomical data. So this Saturday, when Chabad of Ann Arbor says Shabbat will end at 9:09 p.m., Taylor will... The post When does Shabbat end? This astrophysicist thinks we’ve been getting it wrong appeared first on The Forward .
Do you suffer from ‘Israel Derangement Syndrome’? This ad says there’s a cure (Aug 20, 2026 07:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
It opens like a two-minute infomercial pulled off a 1990s VHS tape. Soft lighting, Clinton-era fashion, a narrator whose voice has the reassuring cadence of a prescription drug ad. “Do you or someone you love suffer from Israel Derangement Syndrome?” he asks. The two-minute ad has become one of the most-shared clips on Jewish and... The post Do you suffer from ‘Israel Derangement Syndrome’? This ad says there’s a cure appeared first on The Forward .
Did this field trip to a mosque violate the First Amendment? A group of Palo Alto parents think so. (Aug 20, 2026 03:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
A group of Jewish, Hindu and Zoroastrian parents and students are suing a California school district, alleging that a high school program’s field trip to a mosque — and no other houses of worship — violated the First Amendment. The suit, brought forth by Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools – San Francisco... The post Did this field trip to a mosque violate the First Amendment? A group of Palo Alto parents think so. appeared first on The Forward .
Remains of last Israeli soldier missing from First Lebanon War’s Sultan Yacoub battle found (Aug 20, 2026 02:17 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The remains of Yehuda Katz, the last Israeli soldier still missing from the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War, have been recovered after 44 years, the Israeli military said Tuesday, bringing to a close one of the country’s longest-running missing soldier cases. Katz, a 22-year-old tank gunner and yeshiva... The post Remains of last Israeli soldier missing from First Lebanon War’s Sultan Yacoub battle found appeared first on The Forward .
What Florida Senate nominee Angie Nixon has said about Israel and Gaza (Aug 20, 2026 12:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
Angie Nixon is not the first progressive and outspoken critic of Israel to win a major-party nomination for statewide office. But her upset victory in Florida’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate makes her the first member of the Democratic Socialists of America to do so. The milestone comes after a string of victories for DSA-backed... The post What Florida Senate nominee Angie Nixon has said about Israel and Gaza appeared first on The Forward .
Manhattan Central Synagogue attacker faces federal hate crime charges (Aug 20, 2026 08:54 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The man accused of disrupting Shabbat services at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue last week now faces federal hate crimes charges in addition to the state ones leveled against him immediately after the attack. “These charges serve as notice that the Department of Justice will intervene to protect the public in the face of antisemitic... The post Manhattan Central Synagogue attacker faces federal hate crime charges appeared first on The Forward .
He’s campaigning to regulate Texas oil and gas. Why is he linking his Jewish opponent to the Bolshevik Revolution? (Aug 19, 2026 06:58 PM - Forward.com – All)
A Texas race that would normally focus on oil wells, pipelines and energy policy has spilled into accusations of antisemitism. In a fundraising email last month, Bo French, the Republican nominee for the powerful Texas Railroad Commission, circulated an AI-generated image of Jon Rosenthal, his Jewish Democratic opponent, smiling inside the room where Russia’s Romanov... The post He’s campaigning to regulate Texas oil and gas. Why is he linking his Jewish opponent to the Bolshevik Revolution? appeared first on The Forward .
‘An Israel run by undereducated Haredim risks being overrun by its enemies’ (Aug 19, 2026 06:39 PM - Forward.com – All)
There is something surreal about Israel’s confrontation over Haredi education, which is rapidly coming to a boil. A dispute that has simmered for decades over whether ultra-Orthodox schools should be required to provide a basic secular education has become a test of something much larger: whether the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu is still capable... The post ‘An Israel run by undereducated Haredim risks being overrun by its enemies’ appeared first on The Forward .
When Harry met ‘Hava Nagila.’ Belafonte’s lifelong love affair with Jewish culture (Aug 19, 2026 06:18 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Harry Belafonte let loose the word ”Day-O” in Webster Hall in 1955, it echoed a storied past. He was in the ballroom recording “The Banana Boat Song,” a working man’s cry for reprieve, taken from the Caribbean’s banana loaders, who worked nights to escape the scorching heat, for his album Calypso. Decades earlier, in... The post When Harry met ‘Hava Nagila.’ Belafonte’s lifelong love affair with Jewish culture appeared first on The Forward .
Amid bombs, drone-strikes and blackouts, these non-Jewish Ukrainian students are studying Yiddish (Aug 19, 2026 04:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
Daryna Kahaniuk, a 19-year-old student of English philology at the University of Lviv, was in the middle of an online Yiddish class when the air raid started. Outside, the sirens were wailing. Her phone blared out a warning. After five years of war, these sounds didn’t surprise Kahaniuk anymore. She knew the rules: Seek out... The post Amid bombs, drone-strikes and blackouts, these non-Jewish Ukrainian students are studying Yiddish appeared first on The Forward .
Florida redistricting scrambled the map. Three Jewish Democrats found a way through. (Aug 19, 2026 10:46 AM - Forward.com – All)
Three Jewish Democratic House members from Florida emerged victorious from their party primaries Tuesday amid a redistricting shakeup that scrambled South Florida’s congressional map and threatened to end some of their political careers. U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Lois Frankel and Jared Moskowitz all won Democratic nominations in newly redrawn districts, each facing different challenges... The post Florida redistricting scrambled the map. Three Jewish Democrats found a way through. appeared first on The Forward .
I drove a friend to a protest in Jerusalem. Now Israel’s government wants to send me to prison. (Aug 19, 2026 09:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
‘The people fighting to save Israeli democracy are fighting for the only version of Zionism that can last.’ META: Amit Cahanovich is charged with five counts of joint arson after giving someone a ride to a demonstration where recycling bins were set ablaze. For nine months I was a political detainee in Israel. My trial... The post I drove a friend to a protest in Jerusalem. Now Israel’s government wants to send me to prison. appeared first on The Forward .
Whistleblower claims Trump’s campus antisemitism crackdown was a cash grab (Aug 18, 2026 09:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
A new whistleblower report alleges that the Trump Administration’s investigations into campus antisemitism were merely efforts to extract millions from universities, under the pretense of rooting out hate. The report, written by the Washington, D.C.-based Government Accountability Project on behalf of former Department of Justice Attorney Haley Van Erem, alleges that the administration’s antisemitism task... The post Whistleblower claims Trump’s campus antisemitism crackdown was a cash grab appeared first on The Forward .
An influential book of a Nazi leader’s confessions is now available in English (Aug 18, 2026 08:52 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Jürgen Stroop, the Nazi commander who led the killing of more than 50,000 Jews, was sitting in a cell in Warsaw awaiting his own execution. Before he met the gallows, Stroop described in unrepentant detail his ascent as a Nazi, his destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and his daily prosecution of mass murder.... The post An influential book of a Nazi leader’s confessions is now available in English appeared first on The Forward .
California Democratic primary pits AIPAC-backed candidate against progressive Israel critic (Aug 18, 2026 06:06 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — AIPAC and its allies have poured millions of dollars into a California special election, transforming a race between two Democrats into a battleground over the pro-Israel group’s place in Democratic politics. The spending in the Bay Area’s 14th congressional district is aimed at boosting Melissa Hernandez, a moderate Democrat and president of the... The post California Democratic primary pits AIPAC-backed candidate against progressive Israel critic appeared first on The Forward .
Progressive Israel critic leading in California Democratic congressional primary (Aug 18, 2026 06:06 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Progressive Israel critic Aisha Wahab has maintained a thin margin of victory over AIPAC-backed Melissa Hernandez in the Democratic primary for California’s 14th Congressional District, after polls closed Tuesday night. With 62% of the votes counted, Wahab is leading by 51%-49%, in a race where AIPAC and its allies poured millions of dollars,... The post Progressive Israel critic leading in California Democratic congressional primary appeared first on The Forward .
Samuel Beckett’s characters may have seemed inert, but he didn’t wait to fight antisemitism (Aug 18, 2026 04:04 PM - Forward.com – All)
A newly published diary of Samuel Beckett’s extended trip to Nazi Germany in the late 1930s helps to explain why the Nobel Prize-winning Irish author became active in the Resistance movement in Occupied France. Already discussed and cited by Beckett scholars in such studies as Samuel Beckett’s German Diaries 1936–1937, the new book explains how... The post Samuel Beckett’s characters may have seemed inert, but he didn’t wait to fight antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
Can an anti-Zionist Democrat win in a heavily Jewish South Florida district? (Aug 18, 2026 10:10 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Democratic primary voters in Florida’s newly drawn 25th Congressional District are choosing on Tuesday between an anti-Zionist member of the Democratic Socialists of America and one of Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress. The race offers a test of whether the Democratic Party’s progressive insurgency can extend to a district that includes Delray Beach,... The post Can an anti-Zionist Democrat win in a heavily Jewish South Florida district? appeared first on The Forward .
Florida’s primaries have many pain points for Jews. Here are 5 races to watch (Aug 18, 2026 09:04 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As an exhausting primary season begins to wind down, voters in Florida, the last remaining big state yet to hold its primaries, head to the polls Tuesday with several races on the Jewish community’s radar. The conservative state is home to large numbers of Jews, including a growing number of Jewish emigres from... The post Florida’s primaries have many pain points for Jews. Here are 5 races to watch appeared first on The Forward .
Vandals attack prominent Reform synagogue in Jerusalem (Aug 18, 2026 08:59 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — JERUSALEM – Vandals broke into a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem over the weekend, damaging the building and artwork and tearing down Pride flags displayed by the congregation. Shortly after midnight a group of youths entered the grounds of Kol HaNeshamah in Jerusalem’s Baka neighborhood, smashed a window and made their way into the... The post Vandals attack prominent Reform synagogue in Jerusalem appeared first on The Forward .
The Central Synagogue attack had no clear connection to Mamdani. He’s still being blamed. (Aug 17, 2026 09:02 PM - Forward.com – All)
A stabbing outside a synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Dozens of swastikas painted on a Brooklyn playground. A Queens synagogue desecrated with feces and motor oil. Combined with an unprecedented call by New York’s mayor to protest Israel’s prime minister, the recent rash of crimes against Jews in New York City has the community... The post The Central Synagogue attack had no clear connection to Mamdani. He’s still being blamed. appeared first on The Forward .
‘We are in a time of biblical proportions’: What survivors of past shul attacks want Central Synagogue to know (Aug 17, 2026 08:51 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Audrey Glickman heard about the Friday night attack at Central Synagogue, a prominent congregation on Manhattan’s East Side, she had a visceral, immediate reaction. “My first thought with anything like this is: they’ve been invaded,” she said. “And I know how that feels.” Glickman, 69. survived the October 2018 attack on Pittsburgh’s Tree of... The post ‘We are in a time of biblical proportions’: What survivors of past shul attacks want Central Synagogue to know appeared first on The Forward .
On my first Shabbat in NYC, the sanctuary was attacked (Aug 17, 2026 06:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
I don’t often go to synagogue. Outside of the High Holidays, it is not somewhere I would ordinarily find myself on a Friday night. In the last few years, I have made a point of spending Shabbat with my grandmother. We light candles, eat together and let the week recede for a few hours. I... The post On my first Shabbat in NYC, the sanctuary was attacked appeared first on The Forward .
Anti-Israel Republicans tests their strength in Florida primaries (Aug 17, 2026 10:44 AM - Forward.com – All)
Some insurgent Democrats have found success by making criticism of Israel central to their campaigns. Now a group of Republican candidates is trying to tap into a similar movement on the right, even if they are unlikely to win. That divide is on display in Florida’s Republican primaries, set for Tuesday, where several long-shot candidates... The post Anti-Israel Republicans tests their strength in Florida primaries appeared first on The Forward .
Anti-Israel Republicans test their strength in Florida primaries (Aug 17, 2026 10:44 AM - Forward.com – All)
Some insurgent Democrats have found success by making criticism of Israel central to their campaigns. Now a group of Republican candidates is trying to tap into a similar movement on the right, even if they are unlikely to win. That divide is on display in Florida’s Republican primaries, set for Tuesday, where several long-shot candidates... The post Anti-Israel Republicans test their strength in Florida primaries appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to use cutting-edge detection tech after synagogue attack (Aug 17, 2026 01:05 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A Jewish security watchdog is doubling down on safety measures in the wake of a Friday night attack against worshipers at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue, calling on police to identify cutting edge tactics to identify hot spots for potential hate crimes and to place more officers in those areas. But Mitchell Silber, CEO of... The post Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to use cutting-edge detection tech after synagogue attack appeared first on The Forward .
How a 19th century murder introduced Americans to a Jewish funeral (Aug 16, 2026 07:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
In June 1857, newspapers from Philadelphia to St. Louis carried reports of a shocking crime in western Massachusetts. Isaac Jackson, a 17- or 18-year-old German Jewish peddler from Westfield, was shot and robbed while traveling his route between the towns of Westfield and Russell. His body was dragged to the bank of a river, concealed... The post How a 19th century murder introduced Americans to a Jewish funeral appeared first on The Forward .
How an obscure centrist politician could be key to defeating Netanyahu in October (Aug 16, 2026 07:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — TEL AVIV — At a barbecue on a Netanya rooftop earlier this month, MK Yoav Segalovitz, a politician most people outside Israel have never heard of, told his fellow members of the leading opposition party Yesh Atid that he would not be running with them in the upcoming October election. It’s a decision... The post How an obscure centrist politician could be key to defeating Netanyahu in October appeared first on The Forward .
Man charged in Central Synagogue attack linked to posts about Israel, Judaism, and Mamdani (Aug 16, 2026 02:56 PM - Forward.com – All)
The man accused of attacking a woman and a security guard at Central Synagogue, a prominent New York City congregation on Manhattan’s Upper East Side during Friday night services, had filled his Facebook page with posts about Israel and Judaism in the months leading up to the attack — and, according to his aunt, had... The post Man charged in Central Synagogue attack linked to posts about Israel, Judaism, and Mamdani appeared first on The Forward .
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