Jewish news feeds from Jewish sources
Why is it important to get Jewish news from Jewish sources?
It's a matter of perspective. In addition to whatever other media you get your news about Jewish events from, it's good to add Jewish news media to the mix for balance and for depth that general or secular media can't aim for.
This is especially the case with news from Israel. The Israeli media is quite vigorous - a very free press, indeed! - and by visiting Jewish Feeds, you'll find a variety of sources that cover Israel and the Jewish world in a depth and balance that you won't find elsewhere.
So, make your Jewish Internet experience more Jewish by starting here at Jewish Feeds.
Here are some of the top stories today at Jewish Feeds. For more Jewish and Israeli news and other feeds (that's "web sites that publish Jewish or Israeli XML/RSS feeds"), click the category links at the bottom of the page. And enjoy noshing at Jewish Feeds.
Jewish and Israel Headlines and Torah Features
Does Jewish law say it’s OK to lie to the high-roller who wants to manage your rock ‘n’ roll band? (Feb 12, 2026 08:05 PM - Forward.com – All)The year is 1986. Last night, as I left for our gig at the Ritz, Migdalia — a stunning Puerto Rican hooker — was back on my stoop, proffering her nasty wares and services. Coming home later that night with an onion bagel and a half-gallon of milk, I see her again, this time with... The post Does Jewish law say it’s OK to lie to the high-roller who wants to manage your rock ‘n’ roll band? appeared first on The Forward .
In two controversial ads, a tale of how not to fight antisemitism — or support Israel (Feb 12, 2026 07:04 PM - Forward.com – All)
Multimillion dollar ad campaigns aimed at scaring Jews, or scaring others on Jews’ behalf, are not working. They are not effectively combating antisemitism. They are not strengthening Jewish life. And they are not persuading Americans to embrace Israel or its government’s current course of action. They are, in fact, backfiring. That was recently made clear... The post In two controversial ads, a tale of how not to fight antisemitism — or support Israel appeared first on The Forward .
Forverts podcast, episode 5: Jewish Education (Feb 12, 2026 06:26 PM - Forward.com – All)
דער פֿאָרווערטס האָט שוין אַרויסגעלאָזט דעם פֿיפֿטן קאַפּיטל פֿונעם ייִדישן פּאָדקאַסט, Yiddish With Rukhl. דאָס מאָל איז די טעמע „ייִדישע דערציִונג“. אין דעם קאַפּיטל לייענט שׂרה־רחל שעכטער פֿאָר איר אַרטיקל, „וואָס סע פֿעלט בײַ אונדזערע ייִדישע מיטלשולן.“ צו הערן דעם פּאָדקאַסט, גיט אַ קוועטש דאָ. אויב איר ווילט אויך לייענען דעם געדרוקטן טעקסט פֿון די... The post Forverts podcast, episode 5: Jewish Education appeared first on The Forward .
American synagogues are being forced into a terrible choice: Collaborate with ICE or risk our own safety (Feb 12, 2026 05:09 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The occupation of Minneapolis by ICE is terrifying and ominous. Last month 1,000 clergy from around the country traveled to the Twin Cities to witness how armed agents daily sweep through neighborhoods, setting up checkpoints, abducting people, tear gassing witnesses, and threatening everyone’s safety. Houses of worship have gone into lockdown, transforming their... The post American synagogues are being forced into a terrible choice: Collaborate with ICE or risk our own safety appeared first on The Forward .
What to do with anti-Zionist Jews? Try talking to them, some Jewish researchers say (Feb 12, 2026 04:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A survey showing that only around one-third of American Jews identify as Zionists set off shockwaves in the Jewish world last week, triggering speculation about what could have caused so many Jews to spurn a label once thought as nearly synonymous with Jewish identity. From his home in Israel, Robbie Gringras had a... The post What to do with anti-Zionist Jews? Try talking to them, some Jewish researchers say appeared first on The Forward .
A new collection of Yiddish rhymes and games for children (and Yiddish students!) (Feb 12, 2026 02:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
עס קומט באַלד צו גיין דער יום־טובֿ פּורים, האָב איך פֿאַר אײַך לייענער צוגעגרײט שלח־מנות: אַ גוגל־דאָקומענט מיט מאַטעריאַלן פֿאַר קינדער און תּלמידים, געשעפּטע סײַ פֿון עלטערע פֿאָלקלאָר־זאַמלונגען, סײַ פֿון שאַפֿונגען פֿון דער נײַערער צײַט. ער געפֿינט זיך דאָ. װײַטער קענט איר לײענען פֿאַר װאָס איך האָב זיך אונטערגענומען אַזאַ פּראָיעקט, און זיך דערװיסן נאָך... The post A new collection of Yiddish rhymes and games for children (and Yiddish students!) appeared first on The Forward .
Mass shooter at Canadian elementary school tweeted antisemitic content 2 days before attack, ADL finds (Feb 12, 2026 02:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The shooter who killed eight people and wounded dozens more in one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings Tuesday allegedly tweeted antisemitic content two days before the attack. “I need to hate jews because the zionists want me to hate jews. This benefits them, somehow,” Jesse Van Rootselaar, the alleged Tumbler Ridge school shooter,... The post Mass shooter at Canadian elementary school tweeted antisemitic content 2 days before attack, ADL finds appeared first on The Forward .
International social workers group set to vote on expelling Israeli union for ‘not acting to promote peace’ (Feb 12, 2026 02:17 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The Israeli Union of Social Workers could be booted from a global federation after at least three countries called for a vote on its expulsion on allegations of ethical breaches. The countries — Ireland, Spain and Greece — charged that the Israeli union should have moved to seek exemptions from military service for... The post International social workers group set to vote on expelling Israeli union for ‘not acting to promote peace’ appeared first on The Forward .
Unredacted Epstein files and planned deposition thrust Jewish philanthropist Leslie Wexner back into spotlight (Feb 12, 2026 06:48 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Newly released federal investigative documents and a looming congressional deposition have renewed scrutiny of Leslie Wexner, the Ohio billionaire philanthropist long known in the Jewish world for his leadership and largesse — and more recently for his decades-long association with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Wexner, the founder of... The post Unredacted Epstein files and planned deposition thrust Jewish philanthropist Leslie Wexner back into spotlight appeared first on The Forward .
Trump is poised to reinforce Iran’s regime — despite Netanyahu’s pressure (Feb 11, 2026 10:13 PM - Forward.com – All)
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took place with an air of urgency around Iran. Yet the men left their three-hour conclave without resolving a fundamental divergence: Israel is deeply suspicious of any agreement with the Islamic Republic, and Trump has a visible preference for keeping diplomacy alive. So visible,... The post Trump is poised to reinforce Iran’s regime — despite Netanyahu’s pressure appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish congresswoman storms out of Epstein hearing after Pam Bondi raises her record on antisemitism (Feb 11, 2026 09:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Rep. Becca Balint stormed out of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday after Bondi deflected questions about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and instead criticized Balint’s record on antisemitism. Lawmakers called the hearing to press Bondi on a range of issues, including Epstein and the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement... The post Jewish congresswoman storms out of Epstein hearing after Pam Bondi raises her record on antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
What Carrie Prejean Boller tells us about Christian Zionism in the U.S. (Feb 11, 2026 09:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California and a recent Catholic convert, was removed Wednesday from the Religious Liberties Commission after she made some controversial remarks about Jews and Israel in a hearing on antisemitism. “Catholics do not embrace Zionism,” she said. “So are all Catholics antisemites?” Prejean Boller was responding to the idea, presented... The post What Carrie Prejean Boller tells us about Christian Zionism in the U.S. appeared first on The Forward .
What Carrie Prejean Boller tells us about Christian Zionism in the US (Feb 11, 2026 09:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California and a recent Catholic convert, was removed Wednesday from the Religious Liberty Commission after she made some controversial remarks about Jews and Israel in a hearing on antisemitism. “Catholics do not embrace Zionism,” she said. “So are all Catholics antisemites?” Prejean Boller was responding to the idea, presented... The post What Carrie Prejean Boller tells us about Christian Zionism in the US appeared first on The Forward .
A podcast about disappearance – and Yiddish life (Feb 11, 2026 09:48 PM - Forward.com – All)
Elena remembers a moment when she fully disappeared. She describes it as “emerging into a wall or a transparent substance without any borders.” Adah feels she has disappeared from certain places and people when moving to a new place. Others, like Adi, wish to have more of a chance to disappear: to be less visible... The post A podcast about disappearance – and Yiddish life appeared first on The Forward .
This Jewish Olympian prays with her mom before every race (Feb 11, 2026 09:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
Kamryn Lute’s Olympic ritual doesn’t start on the ice. It begins with a text to her mom: “Dear God,” she types. “Please help me do my best.” Kamryn, 21, is the only member of Team USA’s speedskating squad to have had a bat mitzvah – or a beloved pug who shared her Hebrew name, Elisheva.... The post This Jewish Olympian prays with her mom before every race appeared first on The Forward .
After 3-hour White House meeting, Trump says he ‘insisted’ to Netanyahu that Iran talks should continue (Feb 11, 2026 07:47 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday in an effort to push the U.S. leader to widen negotiation with Iran to include Israeli security priorities. “Nothing definitive” came out of the highly anticipated meeting between the leaders, which lasted roughly three hours, Trump wrote in a... The post After 3-hour White House meeting, Trump says he ‘insisted’ to Netanyahu that Iran talks should continue appeared first on The Forward .
Most American Jews aren’t ‘Zionist’ — so what are they? (Feb 11, 2026 07:34 PM - Forward.com – All)
For years, leaders of the nation’s largest Jewish organizations have insisted that the overwhelming majority of Jews — often as high as 95% — are Zionists, powerful evidence that anti-Zionism was a form of antisemitism. But there was a glaring lack of data to back this up. Despite the absolute deluge of surveys polling American... The post Most American Jews aren’t ‘Zionist’ — so what are they? appeared first on The Forward .
For the titans of industry in Nazi Germany and Trump’s America, silence and complicity enable authoritarianism (Feb 11, 2026 05:27 PM - Forward.com – All)
On a frosty February day in 1933, Adolf Hitler summoned 24 of Germany’s leading industrialists to a government palace in Berlin to enlist them in dismantling the last vestiges of democracy. When it was over, the high priests of commerce and industry had donated a total of 2.1 million Reichsmarks to the Nazi Party. Last... The post For the titans of industry in Nazi Germany and Trump’s America, silence and complicity enable authoritarianism appeared first on The Forward .
Carrie Prejean Boller ousted from White House Religious Liberty Commission following antisemitism row (Feb 11, 2026 05:10 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Catholic right-wing activist Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from the White House Religious Liberty Commission over what the chair called her “political agenda” during a public hearing on antisemitism this week. The announcement of Prejean Boller’s removal by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, an evangelical Christian, on Wednesday came after Prejean Boller... The post Carrie Prejean Boller ousted from White House Religious Liberty Commission following antisemitism row appeared first on The Forward .
Art theft, angels and neo-Nazis force a reckoning with the past in ‘The Tavern at the End of History’ (Feb 11, 2026 02:30 PM - Forward.com – All)
Tavern At The End of History Morris Collins Dzanc Books, 326pp, $27.95 In Morris Collins’ novel about two directionless adults on the hunt for a famous work of art presumed to have been stolen during the Holocaust, one character theorizes that “the only way towards a moral life” is to let go of the past.... The post Art theft, angels and neo-Nazis force a reckoning with the past in ‘The Tavern at the End of History’ appeared first on The Forward .
Netanyahu returns to Washington — this time to shape a deal with Iran, not fight one (Feb 11, 2026 12:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
When President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at the White House today – their 6th meeting in the U.S. in the last year – their discussion will focus on a shared commitment to confronting the Iranian nuclear threat, but the stakes are different for each of them. For Trump, a nuclear... The post Netanyahu returns to Washington — this time to shape a deal with Iran, not fight one appeared first on The Forward .
5 things to know ahead of the Trump-Netanyahu meeting (Feb 11, 2026 11:26 AM - Forward.com – All)
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet at the White House Wednesday in a highly anticipated discussion. The primary focus of the meeting is expected to be the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran, particularly regarding Tehran’s treatment of protesters and the possibility of a renewed agreement... The post 5 things to know ahead of the Trump-Netanyahu meeting appeared first on The Forward .
Florida’s anti-Israel GOP candidate James Fishback is railing against ‘goyslop.’ What is he talking about? (Feb 11, 2026 11:16 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — At a campus campaign stop last week, Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate James Fishback dropped some unusual verbiage while inveighing against junk food in school cafeterias. “I’m not saying that the test scores are the result of the Pop-Tarts,” Fishback told a crowd at the University of Central Florida, in remarks boosting locally grown... The post Florida’s anti-Israel GOP candidate James Fishback is railing against ‘goyslop.’ What is he talking about? appeared first on The Forward .
A course on the Yiddish proverbs collected through the An-Ski expeditions (Feb 11, 2026 01:44 AM - Forward.com – All)
אינעם קומעדיקן ווינטער־זמן פֿון די ייִדיש־קלאַסן בײַם „אַרבעטער רינג“ וועט מען הײַיאָר פֿירן דורך „זום“ אַן אייגנאַרטיקן מיני־קורס אויף ייִדיש: וועגן די אידיאָמען און שפּריכווערטער, וואָס דער סאָוועטישער פֿאָלקלאָריסט אַבא לעוו האָט געזאַמלט בעת זײַנע עקספּעדיציעס מיט ש. אַנ־סקין איבער מערבֿ־אוקראַיִנע פֿון 1912 ביז 1914. דעם קורס וועט לערנען דער ייִדישער שרײַבער און רעדאַקטאָר פֿונעם... The post A course on the Yiddish proverbs collected through the An-Ski expeditions appeared first on The Forward .
In Trump’s instinct to punish and desecrate, a rejection of the values of King David (Feb 10, 2026 08:26 PM - Forward.com – All)
When is it most essential to speak truth to power: When power is amenable to listening, or when power, confronted, digs in further? The Bible has a powerful parable about that question in the story of Nathan the Prophet and King David. And as President Donald Trump’s administration showcases a tendency to punish those they’ve... The post In Trump’s instinct to punish and desecrate, a rejection of the values of King David appeared first on The Forward .
Why Bad Bunny’s halftime show delighted New York Jews of a certain age (Feb 10, 2026 08:18 PM - Forward.com – All)
Since last month, a TikTok has been floating around, showing arthritic Latino grandmas and grandpas hearing Bad Bunny for the first time, courtesy their bemused grandchildren. On the reel, he samples “Un Verano en Nueva York,” a 50-year-old salsa song about New York City — or “Nueva Yol,” as Bad Bunny calls his update in... The post Why Bad Bunny’s halftime show delighted New York Jews of a certain age appeared first on The Forward .
Elie Wiesel as an American phenomenon and a family man (Feb 10, 2026 06:08 PM - Forward.com – All)
How do you tell a story that everyone knows? Oren Rudavsky, in the opening scenes of his recently released documentary Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire, makes the wise decision to begin his film not through the known facts about Wiesel or the Holocaust, but through a more internal logic of art and dreams. As Wiesel... The post Elie Wiesel as an American phenomenon and a family man appeared first on The Forward .
These two anti-Zionist Jews think the Israeli government is so bad, it’s funny (Feb 10, 2026 06:01 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Matt Lieb started Bad Hasbara, his comedy podcast about so-called Israeli and US propaganda, he had a specific audience in mind: himself. “A Jewish anti-Zionist podcast that made jokes at the expense of the Israeli government was not something that, as far as I knew, existed,” said Lieb, 41, who in addition to podcasting... The post These two anti-Zionist Jews think the Israeli government is so bad, it’s funny appeared first on The Forward .
AIPAC defends $2.3M spend against ‘pro-Israel’ politician in NJ-11, where anti-Israel candidate is prevailing (Feb 10, 2026 03:09 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — If AIPAC has any regrets about pouring more than $2 million into opposing a candidate who calls himself pro-Israel — and is set to lose to an anti-Israel opponent — it isn’t saying so. In fact, the pro-Israel group’s affiliated super PAC suggests it would do it again. “We are going to have... The post AIPAC defends $2.3M spend against ‘pro-Israel’ politician in NJ-11, where anti-Israel candidate is prevailing appeared first on The Forward .
Oklahoma board denies proposal for Jewish charter school — and lawyers up ahead of expected legal battle (Feb 10, 2026 01:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A Jewish group is preparing to sue to overturn a ban on publicly funded religious charter schools in Oklahoma, after a state board unanimously rejected its proposal on Monday. The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board’s decision blocked an application from the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation to open a statewide virtual... The post Oklahoma board denies proposal for Jewish charter school — and lawyers up ahead of expected legal battle appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish Jobs
