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Why can Harvard stand up to Trump? Because it didn’t give in to pro-Palestinian student protests (Apr 18, 2025 09:48 PM - Forward.com – All)Last week, Harvard University did something remarkable: It said “no” to the U.S. federal government. It was a dramatic moment in the ongoing clash between elite universities and a federal government determined to reshape them in its political image. But Harvard’s decision also highlights a broader truth: The only reason the university could afford to... The post Why can Harvard stand up to Trump? Because it didn’t give in to pro-Palestinian student protests appeared first on The Forward .
How an Israeli dance company shaped a Catholic school boy’s life (Apr 18, 2025 09:03 PM - Forward.com – All)
Everything changed for Billy Barry the day that choreographer Ohad Naharin walked into the studio. Before that moment, the second-year Juilliard student imagined himself becoming a contemporary ballet dancer, probably in New York. Afterwards, all paths led to Batsheva, the acclaimed company in Israel that Naharin helmed and Barry had, up until then, known little... The post How an Israeli dance company shaped a Catholic school boy’s life appeared first on The Forward .
Brooklyn event with Itamar Ben-Gvir cancelled days before Israeli far-right minister’s US trip (Apr 18, 2025 07:51 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A fundraiser with Itamar Ben-Gvir to be held at Brooklyn’s Jewish Children’s Museum was abruptly cancelled Friday, shortly after being announced. The event featuring the far-right Israeli minister was to be hosted by Beis Shmuel Chabad, a Crown Heights synagogue, as a benefit for Chabad of Hebron, in the West Bank. Following a... The post Brooklyn event with Itamar Ben-Gvir cancelled days before Israeli far-right minister’s US trip appeared first on The Forward .
How Abraham Lincoln in a kippah wound up making a $250,000 deal on ‘Shark Tank’ (Apr 18, 2025 07:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — When Ari Siegel took the stage on a recent episode of “Shark Tank,” he was dressed as Abraham Lincoln, but with a Jewish twist: His outfit featured a kippah and a kapota, the black robe traditionally worn by Hasidic men. The get-up reflected Siegel’s pitch for History By Mail, a historical document subscription... The post How Abraham Lincoln in a kippah wound up making a $250,000 deal on ‘Shark Tank’ appeared first on The Forward .
Marco Rubio sits down with Michael Benz, Jewish former Trump official with an antisemitic online persona (Apr 18, 2025 07:49 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio promoted an interview this week with a conservative influencer who has praised Hitler online, in the latest example of a Trump official conversing with a white nationalist figure. Michael Benz, who served in the State Department in Trump’s first term, revealed in 2023 he was the author of... The post Marco Rubio sits down with Michael Benz, Jewish former Trump official with an antisemitic online persona appeared first on The Forward .
Hapoel Tel Aviv nabs a European title, as 2 Jewish stars enter the NBA draft (Apr 18, 2025 07:48 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — This article was originally created as a newsletter. Sign up for the weekly Jewish Sport Report here. Hapoel Tel Aviv won its first European basketball title last Friday, beating the Spanish team Gran Canaria 103-94 to sweep the EuroCup finals. It’s the first time since 2004 that an Israeli team has won the tournament.... The post Hapoel Tel Aviv nabs a European title, as 2 Jewish stars enter the NBA draft appeared first on The Forward .
Eyeing a new opportunity, Jewish settlers are positioning themselves on the Gaza border (Apr 18, 2025 07:46 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — GAZA ENVELOPE, Israel — Reut Ben Kamon was in third grade when her family was uprooted from the Neve Dekalim settlement during the 2005 disengagement from Gaza. The scenes of soldiers clashing with settlers left her traumatized, she said. Yet she waxes nostalgic about life before the evacuation, describing the sand dunes she... The post Eyeing a new opportunity, Jewish settlers are positioning themselves on the Gaza border appeared first on The Forward .
Who killed Jesus? It wasn’t the Jews, writes a scholar of Roman law. (Apr 18, 2025 03:49 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — This again? Having grown up in the years after Nostra Aetate – the Vatican document rejecting the traditional accusation that the Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus – I assumed it was a settled issue. But only earlier this month, a major body that sets the liturgical calendar for a number... The post Who killed Jesus? It wasn’t the Jews, writes a scholar of Roman law. appeared first on The Forward .
Is ‘New Absolute Bagel’ real? A sign stirs fretful optimism on the Upper West Side. (Apr 18, 2025 02:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
(New York Jewish Week) — It was a Passover miracle: A sign for a bagel shop had risen again outside the storefront vacated abruptly in December by Absolute Bagels. “Reopen: New Absolute Bagel,” reads a banner outside the shuttered Broadway store. An image of a stack of two bagels, cream cheese spilling out their sides,... The post Is ‘New Absolute Bagel’ real? A sign stirs fretful optimism on the Upper West Side. appeared first on The Forward .
SoftBank teams with Israeli chip liquid cooling startup ZutaCore (Apr 18, 2025 01:36 PM - HomePage)
The Sderot-based company has developed an innovative cooling technology that dramatically cuts energy costs for data centers.
Yes, the attack on Gov. Shapiro was antisemitic. Here’s what the left should learn from it (Apr 18, 2025 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
Immediately following last weekend’s attack targeting Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, I wrote a column cautioning against jumping to the conclusion that Shapiro was targeted because he is Jewish and a vocal, if often critical, supporter of Israel. Another person who refused to stoke panic with speculation was… Gov. Josh Shapiro. “I know that there are... The post Yes, the attack on Gov. Shapiro was antisemitic. Here’s what the left should learn from it appeared first on The Forward .
‘Whose seat is now empty’: Remembering Hersh Goldberg-Polin at his family’s Passover retreat (Apr 18, 2025 09:40 AM - Forward.com – All)
CLAYTON, GEORGIA — On a blue-sky Thursday in the north Georgia mountains, Camp Ramah Darom’s canoes rested and pickleballs sat idle as more than 200 people filed into the sanctuary overlooking the lake to remember Hersh Goldberg-Polin — son, brother, camper, counselor — killed by Hamas after nearly 11 months in captivity. This Passover was... The post ‘Whose seat is now empty’: Remembering Hersh Goldberg-Polin at his family’s Passover retreat appeared first on The Forward .
Chicago man charged with hate crime for attack of two Jewish DePaul students (Apr 18, 2025 01:57 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — One of the men who allegedly beat two Jewish DePaul University students after one showed support for Israel last November has been charged with a hate crime. Adam Erkan, 20, has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery and hate crime, the Cook County State Attorney’s Office announced this week. The arrest... The post Chicago man charged with hate crime for attack of two Jewish DePaul students appeared first on The Forward .
In the ashes of the governor’s mansion, clues to a mystery about Josh Shapiro’s Passover Seder (Apr 18, 2025 12:40 AM - Forward.com – All)
Inside the charred southern wing of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence were the burnt remnants of a Haggadah — and a mystery. Printed on one surviving page was Hatikvah — the Israeli national anthem. And yet a different image Shapiro posted prior to the holiday showed a table set with matching Haggadot that don’t... The post In the ashes of the governor’s mansion, clues to a mystery about Josh Shapiro’s Passover Seder appeared first on The Forward .
Itamar Ben-Gvir is coming to America, with stops at Yale and in New York City already set (Apr 17, 2025 11:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — At least two Jewish organizations have announced events next week with Israel’s Itamar Ben-Gvir when the far-right politician makes his first trip to the United States since becoming Israel’s national security minister. When Ben-Gvir first joined Israel’s cabinet in 2022, the Biden administration considered banning him from the United States and American Jewish... The post Itamar Ben-Gvir is coming to America, with stops at Yale and in New York City already set appeared first on The Forward .
Texas Jews split as lawmakers sign off on $1B private school voucher program (Apr 17, 2025 11:11 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The Texas House of Representatives signed off Thursday on a $1 billion school voucher program, in a move that some Jewish groups are hailing as a win for school choice while others are expressing dismay over potential losses for Texas public schools. Texas is home to 20 private Jewish schools whose students and... The post Texas Jews split as lawmakers sign off on $1B private school voucher program appeared first on The Forward .
What is ‘Zionism without Zion?’ New history asks, but can’t answer (Apr 17, 2025 08:13 PM - Forward.com – All)
For her first book, Rachel Cockerell took an unconventional approach. With the exception of the preface and the afterword, Melting Point, a history of Cockerell’s family and their involvement in early Zionism, is made entirely of archival newspaper, book and interview excerpts — all presented without commentary or analysis. In the preface, Cockerell explains that... The post What is ‘Zionism without Zion?’ New history asks, but can’t answer appeared first on The Forward .
Shapiro recites Priestly Blessing given to him by fire chaplain after Passover arson (Apr 17, 2025 08:03 PM - Forward.com – All)
In the days since a Passover arson attack forced his family’s evacuation from the governor’s mansion, just hours after their first night Seder, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has been leaning on his faith, he’s said. On Thursday, serving lunch (with international chef Robert Irvine) at the local fire station to firefighters who responded to the... The post Shapiro recites Priestly Blessing given to him by fire chaplain after Passover arson appeared first on The Forward .
Israel just threw another wrench in the peace process — and possibly doomed the last hostages (Apr 17, 2025 05:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come up with a new seemingly reasonable but actually impractical demand engineered to prolong the war in Gaza: That Hamas fully disarm before any new ceasefire can be reached. This demand, delivered through Egyptian mediators, is not surprising. Most Israelis, and probably most informed people anywhere, would like to see... The post Israel just threw another wrench in the peace process — and possibly doomed the last hostages appeared first on The Forward .
In the new Fantastic Four trailer, a glimpse of Yancy Street’s Yiddishkeit (Apr 17, 2025 05:21 PM - Forward.com – All)
He’s still Benny from the block. In the new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Ben Grimm — aka the Thing — makes a homecoming to Yancy Street, the fictitious Lower East Side enclave that pays homage to the real-world Delancey Street. He, (super)naturally, looks a bit different, having recently been transformed into Marvel’s... The post In the new Fantastic Four trailer, a glimpse of Yancy Street’s Yiddishkeit appeared first on The Forward .
El Salvador’s president, Trump’s new deportation partner, has a strange history with Jews and Israel (Apr 17, 2025 04:01 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — When the president of El Salvador came to the White House this week, he rejected a U.S. Supreme Court order to “facilitate” the return of a man locked inside one of his country’s notorious detention facilities. “How can I smuggle the terrorist into the United States?” Nayib Bukele said at the meeting, echoing... The post El Salvador’s president, Trump’s new deportation partner, has a strange history with Jews and Israel appeared first on The Forward .
Report: Trump scuttled Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities (Apr 17, 2025 02:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As Donald Trump took office in January, many who have kept a close eye on Israel’s efforts to blunt Iran’s nuclear ambitions believed the timing was ripe for a decisive strike. Iran had been deeply weakened by Israel’s direct attacks and wars with its proxies, and Trump was seen as open to being... The post Report: Trump scuttled Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities appeared first on The Forward .
Thu: TASE ends holiday week flat (Apr 17, 2025 01:34 PM - HomePage)
Bezeq led the gains today as Nova fell strongly.
Hearst Ventures shuts down Israel office (Apr 17, 2025 12:23 PM - HomePage)
The closure is part of a global move to shut down offices outside the US, but the fund will continue investment in Israeli companies.
US reciprocal procurement demands put Israel in a bind (Apr 17, 2025 07:53 AM - HomePage)
Reciprocal procurement on major tenders injects billions of dollars into Israel every year and supports hundreds of local companies but Israel may need to relax them in exchange for US tariff cuts.
Despite turmoil, analysts bullish on Israel Wall Street stocks (Apr 17, 2025 06:58 AM - HomePage)
After recent strong declines, analysts are tipping Israeli tech stocks, with relative immunity to recession and limited exposure to tariffs.
‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’ (Apr 16, 2025 11:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
(New York Jewish Week) — “I’m preparing a tea so we can talk with leisure,” Sasson Gabay says over the phone from Israel. The Israeli film and TV star, now 77, wants to get comfortable so he can talk about one of his favorite characters from his 50-year career: Nuhem Shtisel. If that surname sounds... The post ‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’ appeared first on The Forward .
Noa Argamani, ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt among over a dozen Jews on 2025 TIME 100 list (Apr 16, 2025 11:53 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Former Israeli hostage Noa Argamani and Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt were included along with over a dozen Jews in Time Magazine’s 100 “Most Influential” list this year. Their inclusion — in the “Leaders” and “Titans” sections of the annual list — points to the ongoing significance of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack... The post Noa Argamani, ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt among over a dozen Jews on 2025 TIME 100 list appeared first on The Forward .
US claims Mohsen Mahdawi’s activism could ‘potentially undermine’ prospect of peace in Gaza (Apr 16, 2025 11:51 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian student protest leader arrested on Monday during a citizenship appointment, should be deported because his activism undercuts efforts to end the war in Gaza, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has argued in a memo. The argument contained in the memo, written last month and obtained by the New York... The post US claims Mohsen Mahdawi’s activism could ‘potentially undermine’ prospect of peace in Gaza appeared first on The Forward .
What Jewish university presidents say: Trump is exploiting campus antisemitism, not fighting it (Apr 16, 2025 09:09 PM - Forward.com – All)
There’s one thing that unites the university presidents that have so far prominently stood up against President Donald Trump’s ongoing assault on higher education: They’re Jewish. Clearly, some people are feeling the “hell no, Pharaoh” energy more than others this Passover. Start with Harvard University’s president, Alan Garber, who on Monday issued the most forceful... The post What Jewish university presidents say: Trump is exploiting campus antisemitism, not fighting it appeared first on The Forward .
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