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What Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Ruth and the burning bush can teach us about the LA fires (Jan 18, 2025 03:00 AM - Forward.com – All)We are all so heartbroken over the devastating Los Angeles fires. Many of my congregants have lost everything. This week, a dear friend of mine who lost his family’s home in the Palisades Fire said to me, “I’ve been dealing in my own way with all the things I’ve lost. But I’d love to talk... The post What Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Ruth and the burning bush can teach us about the LA fires appeared first on The Forward .
How a new ketubah helped one couple restart after the LA fire (Jan 17, 2025 09:35 PM - Forward.com – All)
On their 31st wedding anniversary this month, Dave and Jen Miner planned to go out for ice cream. For the big ones — “if it’s divisible by 10,” as Jen put it — the couple takes a big trip; last year, to mark their 30th, they went to the south of France. This year, they... The post How a new ketubah helped one couple restart after the LA fire appeared first on The Forward .
Biden team resolves its final Title VI antisemitism and anti-Arab cases (Jan 17, 2025 09:06 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — In the final days of the Biden administration, the federal Department of Education has resolved a small number of its many remaining Title VI cases involving allegations of antisemitic and anti-Palestinian discrimination. The resolutions at the University of Washington, Emory University, Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and Howard County Public Schools in Maryland come... The post Biden team resolves its final Title VI antisemitism and anti-Arab cases appeared first on The Forward .
These are the hostages to be released (and left behind) in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal’s first phase (Jan 17, 2025 08:52 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Their names, faces and stories have resonated around the world, on posters and in prayers, since they were taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. Now, some of the 98 remaining hostages abducted that day, when Hamas invaded southern Israel, could soon be free. Under the terms of a ceasefire deal nearing final approval... The post These are the hostages to be released (and left behind) in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal’s first phase appeared first on The Forward .
Bob Dylan joins TikTok — just in time for TikTok to be banned (Jan 17, 2025 08:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
It must be tough being an iconoclast. The temptation to join with the popular taste must be resisted. This could mean you are a visionary, arriving early at an alternative trend, or, to quote Bob Dylan, “too late, too late, too late, etc.” to catch on to the latest thing. This tension between tradition and... The post Bob Dylan joins TikTok — just in time for TikTok to be banned appeared first on The Forward .
As Trump takes the oath of office, remember its most famous phrase has roots in Christian nationalism (Jan 17, 2025 06:54 PM - Forward.com – All)
The swearing-in of a new president is one of the most treasured rituals in American politics. And it’s one that, a little-known history shows, has been meaningfully shaped by Christian nationalism — and with it, covert antisemitism. Everyone knows the presidential oath of office ends with the phrase “so help me God,” theoretically because George Washington... The post As Trump takes the oath of office, remember its most famous phrase has roots in Christian nationalism appeared first on The Forward .
‘Shalom, friends’: Jews on TikTok prepare for app’s possible ban after Supreme Court ruling (Jan 17, 2025 05:34 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Like many people during the pandemic, Asher Lovy became addicted to TikTok. After watching numerous videos on the social media platform, he asked his social media manager to start an account of their own. Today Lovy’s group, Za’akah, has around 9,000 followers on the platform — a paltry amount compared to its most... The post ‘Shalom, friends’: Jews on TikTok prepare for app’s possible ban after Supreme Court ruling appeared first on The Forward .
A Jewish family’s trauma is the villain in an epic Israeli-Palestinian love story (Jan 17, 2025 05:07 PM - Forward.com – All)
Zeeva Bukai wrote The Anatomy of Exile from the perspective of a familiar literary figure: the anxious Jewish mother. Only in this novel about a Mizrahi Israeli family moving to America, the main character, Tamar, has a reason to be anxious. In Israel after the 1967 War, Tamar’s sister-in-law, Hadas, is killed in a suspected... The post A Jewish family’s trauma is the villain in an epic Israeli-Palestinian love story appeared first on The Forward .
Before I learned Kabbalah, I learned from David Lynch (Jan 17, 2025 04:27 PM - Forward.com – All)
David Lynch taught me how to be Jewish. That claim may seem bizarre – perhaps as strange, oracular, and inscrutable as many of the lines in Lynch’s films, music and art. After all, Lynch, who died this week at 78, wasn’t Jewish. He was a brilliant, challenging, independent filmmaker and artist, not a teacher... The post Before I learned Kabbalah, I learned from David Lynch appeared first on The Forward .
Poet Peretz Miransky’s daughter learns about him through his work (Jan 17, 2025 04:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
„כּדי צו שרײַבן װעגן אַן ענין, דאַרף מען אים גוט קענען. אָבער איך האָב לגמרי ניט גוט געקענט מײַן פֿאָטער, דעם ייִדישן דיכטער און משלים־שרײַבער פּרץ מיראַנסקי, ניט קינדװײַז און ניט װען איך בין געװאָרן אַ דערװאַקסענע, אַלע יאָרן, װאָס מיר האָבן געלעבט אין אײנעם.“ אַזױ עפֿנט חנה מיראַנסקי דאָס בוך װעגן איר פֿאָטער „ליד... The post Poet Peretz Miransky’s daughter learns about him through his work appeared first on The Forward .
Sotheby’s to auction ‘the most complete Jewish baseball card collection in the world’ (Jan 17, 2025 12:30 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — For many Jewish fans who collect baseball cards, the joy of opening a new pack and finding a Jewish player is second to none. That was Seymour Stoll’s experience years ago when he drew a Sandy Koufax card at 14 years old. Inspired by that sense of pride, Stoll set out to collect... The post Sotheby’s to auction ‘the most complete Jewish baseball card collection in the world’ appeared first on The Forward .
Israeli leaders convene to approve ceasefire deal (Jan 17, 2025 12:13 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — After more than a day of delays, Israel’s security cabinet has gathered to formally approve an agreement to stop the fighting in Gaza, paving the way for hostages to be released beginning on Sunday. Later on Friday, the full Israeli government will assemble to approve the deal, which negotiators reached earlier this week.... The post Israeli leaders convene to approve ceasefire deal appeared first on The Forward .
For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists (Jan 17, 2025 12:11 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Oct. 18, 2011, was a landmark day in Israeli history. Five years after he was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released from captivity in Gaza and photographed in uniform saluting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in what felt like an iconic moment and a sign of the success of... The post For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists appeared first on The Forward .
easyJet to resume Israel flights (Jan 17, 2025 11:18 AM - HomePage)
The UK low-cost carrier says it will operate flights from Tel Aviv to London (Luton), Amsterdam, Berlin, Basel, Geneva, Nice and Milan from June 1.
Why pro-Palestinian groups are being charged with fraud — and could pro-Israel groups be next? (Jan 17, 2025 12:12 AM - Forward.com – All)
In the fall of 2020, a New York employment lawyer, who moonlights as a legal crusader for Israel, went to apply for a pandemic government relief loan and noticed some restrictions had been added since a prior round of money was distributed to businesses earlier in the year. The lawyer, David Abrams, saw that he... The post Why pro-Palestinian groups are being charged with fraud — and could pro-Israel groups be next? appeared first on The Forward .
Trump taps Mel Gibson, actor-director with record of antisemitism, as ‘special ambassador’ to Hollywood (Jan 16, 2025 10:18 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — For years following his highly publicized antisemitic outbursts, Mel Gibson couldn’t find much work in Hollywood. But now he’s back in the filmmaking capital — as Donald Trump’s “special ambassador.” The president-elect announced Thursday he was appointing the actor-director, along with fellow conservative celebrities Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone, to the newly created... The post Trump taps Mel Gibson, actor-director with record of antisemitism, as ‘special ambassador’ to Hollywood appeared first on The Forward .
From the ashes, a forgotten mural — and a new mystery for a Pasadena synagogue (Jan 16, 2025 08:32 PM - Forward.com – All)
PASADENA – In the days following a fire, focus often turns to treasures lost — homes, landmarks, keepsakes — or saved, like Torah scrolls, family menorahs or precious books. At Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, the century-old synagogue whose campus burned down last week in the Eaton Fire, the community is also buzzing about one that... The post From the ashes, a forgotten mural — and a new mystery for a Pasadena synagogue appeared first on The Forward .
Psychologist, writer and Yiddish culture activist Michael Fox has died (Jan 16, 2025 08:27 PM - Forward.com – All)
Michael (Menachem) Fox, a Yiddish-speaking psychologist and author of the book Becoming Ordinary: A Youth Born of the Holocaust, What I Kept, What I Let Go… about his turbulent life as a child of traumatized Holocaust survivors, died of cancer on Tuesday, Jan. 14 in New York. He was 79 years old. Fox was a... The post Psychologist, writer and Yiddish culture activist Michael Fox has died appeared first on The Forward .
Lenovo to buy Israeli enterprise storage co Infinidat (Jan 16, 2025 07:57 PM - HomePage)
The Chinese computer giant will pay hundreds of millions of dollars for Infinidat, which will become its Israel development center.
Reporters castigating Israel and US support ejected from Blinken’s final press briefing (Jan 16, 2025 07:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Two journalists accusing Israel of genocide and other atrocities were expelled from Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference, in one case getting dragged out while repeatedly screaming, “Why aren’t you in the Hague?” In addition, Blinken said he was “confident” that an impending ceasefire in Gaza and Israel would be implemented... The post Reporters castigating Israel and US support ejected from Blinken’s final press briefing appeared first on The Forward .
I’m a Jew who teaches at Rutgers. Our campuses must stop trying to pacify the government over antisemitism (Jan 16, 2025 06:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
In the wake of student protests over Israel’s war in Gaza, we are now witnessing a bipartisan assault on protest and free speech on campus — one that is, shockingly, being supported by many university administrators. The tools are lawsuits and civil rights complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Education, and the targets are... The post I’m a Jew who teaches at Rutgers. Our campuses must stop trying to pacify the government over antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
Thu: Camtek, Nova surge; El Al dips (Jan 16, 2025 06:41 PM - HomePage)
The main TASE indices kept up their powerful opening to 2025, with the Tel Aviv 35 Index up 3.1% for the week.
How the discovery of a secret tunnel inspired a film about Jewish resistance (Jan 16, 2025 06:32 PM - Forward.com – All)
For biblical archeologist Richard A. Freund, who excavated dozens of Holocaust sites, it was critical to not disturb victims’ remains. His use of noninvasive electronic methods was considered by many in the field to be revolutionary. It also aided in one of his most stunning achievements: proving the existence of a rumored escape tunnel dug... The post How the discovery of a secret tunnel inspired a film about Jewish resistance appeared first on The Forward .
Defense Ministry awards Rafael $5.2b US-funded air defense contract (Jan 16, 2025 06:19 PM - HomePage)
The contract is being funded out of the $8.7 billion special military aid approved by the US Congress in April 2024.
In lawsuit, Drake accuses Kendrick Lamar of picking on ‘Jewish Heritage’ (Jan 16, 2025 06:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
It may be song of the year — but is it also an antisemitic dig? Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music, alleging defamation and harassment over Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-nominated diss track “Not Like Us,” notes in its complaint that the song “alludes to Drake’s Jewish heritage” when it states that the rapper is “not a colleague”... The post In lawsuit, Drake accuses Kendrick Lamar of picking on ‘Jewish Heritage’ appeared first on The Forward .
In lawsuit, Drake accuses Kendrick Lamar of picking on ‘Jewish heritage’ (Jan 16, 2025 06:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
It may be song of the year — but is it also an antisemitic dig? Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music, alleging defamation and harassment over Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-nominated diss track “Not Like Us,” notes in its complaint that the song “alludes to Drake’s Jewish heritage” when it states that the rapper is “not a colleague”... The post In lawsuit, Drake accuses Kendrick Lamar of picking on ‘Jewish heritage’ appeared first on The Forward .
Lenovo to buy Israeli enterprise storage co Infinidat (Jan 16, 2025 04:15 PM - HomePage)
The Chinese computer giant will pay hundreds of millions of dollars for Infinidat, which will become its Israel development center.
A previous version of Binem Heller’s iconic poem, ‘My Sister Khaye’ (Jan 16, 2025 04:15 PM - Forward.com – All)
אין זײַן ליד „קערנדלעך ווייץ“, וואָס אַבֿרהם סוצקעווער האָט געשריבן אין ווילנער געטאָ אין מערץ 1943, שרײַבט ער וועגן די באַרימטע „פּאַפּירענע בריגאַדע“ — אַ גרופּע אינטעלעקטואַלן אין געטאָ וואָס האָבן באַהאַלטן כּתבֿ-ידן און ביכער פֿון די דײַטשן. די באַהאַלטענע כּתבֿים זײַנען, אין די ווערטער פֿון סוצקעווערן, ווי אַלטע קערנדלעך ווייץ, וואָס וועלן זיך צעבליִען... The post A previous version of Binem Heller’s iconic poem, ‘My Sister Khaye’ appeared first on The Forward .
Dazz CEO: Wiz has potential for $100b valuation (Jan 16, 2025 03:50 PM - HomePage)
Merav Bahat, CEO of Dazz, bought by Wiz last year, tells "Globes" she advised Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport not to sell to Google.
Netanyahu delays ceasefire vote as right-wing protest against deal mounts (Jan 16, 2025 01:54 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Facing opposition from some of his allies, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed a planned Cabinet meeting to approve a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas. Netanyahu said in a statement that Hamas was reneging on parts of the deal announced Wednesday and confirmed by outgoing President Joe Biden, incoming President... The post Netanyahu delays ceasefire vote as right-wing protest against deal mounts appeared first on The Forward .
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