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ADL appoints former head of embattled Gaza aid foundation to its board (Jan 30, 2026 09:07 PM - Forward.com – All)The Anti-Defamation League named Rev. Johnnie Moore, who led the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, to its board of directors last week. Moore became the public face of the foundation over the summer as it faced blame for hundreds of Palestinian civilians being killed while attempting to access aid at distribution centers that critics said were... The post ADL appoints former head of embattled Gaza aid foundation to its board appeared first on The Forward .
When Catherine O’Hara delivered the perfect Purim spiel (Jan 30, 2026 07:43 PM - Forward.com – All)
Catherine O’Hara, the SCTV star who rose to international fame in Home Alone and had a late career renaissance on Schitt’s Creek and on Apple TV+’s The Studio, has died at 71. The cause of death was not clear at press time. O’Hara was an actor known for her versatility, convincing millions she could forget... The post When Catherine O’Hara delivered the perfect Purim spiel appeared first on The Forward .
Iranian Jews caught between frustration and hope as US debates intervention (Jan 30, 2026 07:41 PM - Forward.com – All)
Over the past several weeks, Iranian American Jews have watched a historic uprising unfold in Iran. For many in the diaspora, the protests feel like a potential watershed moment for revolution in Iran. But alongside that hope is concern that the American conversation around Iran has been subsumed in domestic debates about American power abroad.... The post Iranian Jews caught between frustration and hope as US debates intervention appeared first on The Forward .
As editor-in-chief, I’m finding my way Forward (and back) (Jan 30, 2026 06:59 PM - Forward.com – All)
It’s with excitement and awe — of all that the Forward is, was and will be — that I arrive as your new editor-in-chief, at a moment like so many before when the Jewish world (and the world, period) urgently needs unflinching journalism. Disorientation is hardly just a Jewish experience in this moment — nor is... The post As editor-in-chief, I’m finding my way Forward (and back) appeared first on The Forward .
Ritchie Torres’ challengers are testing how Israel plays in the Bronx — and taking aim at ‘Zionists’ in a Jewish neighborhood (Jan 30, 2026 06:46 PM - Forward.com – All)
(New York Jewish Week) — In his campaign to unseat the Bronx’s pro-Israel congressman, Ritchie Torres, political organizer Jose Vega has referred to the New York City borough as “Gaza West.” In both Gaza and the Bronx, he’s said, young people’s lives are “being destroyed.” And in a recent video, Vega identified what he sees... The post Ritchie Torres’ challengers are testing how Israel plays in the Bronx — and taking aim at ‘Zionists’ in a Jewish neighborhood appeared first on The Forward .
16 Jewish and Israeli athletes to watch in the 2026 Winter Olympics, from the ice rink to the alpine slopes (Jan 30, 2026 06:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — All eyes might be on Israel’s unlikely bobsled squad, making its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, but there are actually a slew of Jewish and Israeli athletes headed to Milan. The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics kick off on Feb. 6, followed by the Paralympics exactly one month later. Jewish and Israeli... The post 16 Jewish and Israeli athletes to watch in the 2026 Winter Olympics, from the ice rink to the alpine slopes appeared first on The Forward .
Netflix’s ‘Queen of Chess’ tracks the rise of Judit Polgar — but leaves her Jewishness out of it (Jan 30, 2026 04:33 PM - Forward.com – All)
Watching Queen of Chess, Rory Kennedy’s Netflix documentary about the top-ranked woman chess player and her long contest with world champion Garry Kasparov, I was reminded — of all things — of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It comes down to one moment. In a montage in the 2018 superhero cartoon, we briefly see Peter Parker’s... The post Netflix’s ‘Queen of Chess’ tracks the rise of Judit Polgar — but leaves her Jewishness out of it appeared first on The Forward .
Could this be the most Jewish musical that never admits its own Jewishness? (Jan 30, 2026 03:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
There’s a moment in the musical Oliver! when Fagin launches into one of Lionel Bart’s deliciously minor-key melodies, and suddenly the show feels about as Victorian as a hot pastrami on rye. Oliver! may be the most Jewish musical ever written that refuses to admit as much, and watching Simon Lipkin’s sly, buoyant portrayal of... The post Could this be the most Jewish musical that never admits its own Jewishness? appeared first on The Forward .
New York City Council pushes action on antisemitism, without Mamdani (Jan 30, 2026 02:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
The announcement Thursday by New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin of a new task force dedicated to combating antisemitism — co-chaired by a critic of Mayor Zohran Mamdani — is setting up potential tension between the City Council and the mayor’s office over how to respond to the rise in antisemitism. So is the... The post New York City Council pushes action on antisemitism, without Mamdani appeared first on The Forward .
Here’s exactly why it’s dangerous to compare ICE to Nazis (Jan 30, 2026 11:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
It may feel morally clarifying to compare ICE to Nazis in moments of outrage. But those comparisons are also historically inaccurate, and politically counterproductive. Nazism remains historically singular, both because of its eliminationist antisemitism and its state-driven project of industrial genocide. No other political movement has so entirely organized its worldview around the idea that... The post Here’s exactly why it’s dangerous to compare ICE to Nazis appeared first on The Forward .
Italian rapper Ghali’s planned Winter Olympics set draws backlash over his Gaza advocacy (Jan 30, 2026 02:32 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Italian rapper Ghali’s slated performance at the opening ceremony for this year’s Winter Olympics in Milan has drawn criticism from Italian leaders over his past activism against Israel. Ghali Amdouni, a prominent Milan-born rapper of Tunisian parents, will be joined by a host of performers including Andrea Bocelli and Mariah Carey during the... The post Italian rapper Ghali’s planned Winter Olympics set draws backlash over his Gaza advocacy appeared first on The Forward .
After Alex Pretti killing in Minneapolis, Jewish gun owners confront Second Amendment tensions (Jan 30, 2026 02:30 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Roberta Tarnove was horrified last week when she learned that a man protesting ICE was shot and killed in Minneapolis. And it wasn’t just because someone was dead. The 65-year-old Jewish resident of Los Angeles was also distressed that federal officials said the agents were justified in shooting Alex Pretti because they believed... The post After Alex Pretti killing in Minneapolis, Jewish gun owners confront Second Amendment tensions appeared first on The Forward .
IDF official says 71,000 killed in Gaza war, matching Gaza Health Ministry estimate (Jan 30, 2026 02:28 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A senior Israel Defense Forces official told Israeli media outlets on Thursday that the military estimates a death toll in Gaza of approximately 71,000 — the same number that the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry announced this week. In the past, Israeli officials have sometimes disputed Gaza Health Ministry data, accusing the ministry of... The post IDF official says 71,000 killed in Gaza war, matching Gaza Health Ministry estimate appeared first on The Forward .
Forverts podcast, episode three: The cemetery (Jan 29, 2026 09:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
דער פֿאָרווערטס האָט שוין אַרויסגעלאָזט דעם דריטן קאַפּיטל פֿונעם ייִדישן פּאָדקאַסט, Yiddish With Rukhl. דאָס מאָל איז די טעמע „דער בית־עולם“. די פֿאַרגאַנגענע וואָך איז זי געווען „ליבע“. צו הערן ביידע קאַפּיטלען גיט אַ קוועטש דאָ. אין דעם איצטיקן קאַפּיטל לייענט שׂרה־רחל שעכטער פֿאָר צוויי אַרטיקלען, „אַ טראַדיציאָנעלער מינהג געפֿירט פֿון פֿרויען: פֿעלדמעסטן און קנייטלעך... The post Forverts podcast, episode three: The cemetery appeared first on The Forward .
Actually, many Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews support Mamdani (Jan 29, 2026 07:29 PM - Forward.com – All)
To the editor: As progressive Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews and members of Jews For Racial & Economic Justice, we write to respond to your recent article “Why New York’s Sephardic Jews are more Zionist — and more wary of Mamdani — than their Ashkenazi neighbors.” The Forward’s portrayal of New York’s Mizrahi and Sephardi communities... The post Actually, many Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews support Mamdani appeared first on The Forward .
TikTok deal fuels rise of UpScrolled, whose founder conceived it as a haven for Palestinian activism (Jan 29, 2026 06:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Spooked by the deal finalized last week to sell part of TikTok to a U.S. investor group, some users have sought alternatives to the wildly popular social media platform. Many are turning to UpScrolled, an app founded last year by a Palestinian tech entrepreneur who has promoted it as an alternative to mainstream... The post TikTok deal fuels rise of UpScrolled, whose founder conceived it as a haven for Palestinian activism appeared first on The Forward .
In Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE protest song, a nod to Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan (Jan 29, 2026 06:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
If you think you’ve heard Bruce Springsteen’s brand-new protest song before, you may not be far off base. The melody of the Boss’s “Streets of Minneapolis,” written, recorded and released just days after masked federal militiamen killed Alex Pretti, bears a strong resemblance to that of Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row,” from the Nobel laureate’s 1965... The post In Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE protest song, a nod to Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan appeared first on The Forward .
Chabad attack suspect had previously sought ‘spiritual guidance’ from rabbi (Jan 29, 2026 05:10 PM - Forward.com – All)
The 36-year-old man arrested after repeatedly crashing into the entrance of the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday night has a history of engaging with Chabad. Rabbi Levi Azimov, who leads Chabad of South Brunswick in New Jersey, said the suspect, who has not yet been identified by police, attended a Purim service at... The post Chabad attack suspect had previously sought ‘spiritual guidance’ from rabbi appeared first on The Forward .
Chabad ‘let me down,’ suspect said, in hours before allegedly attacking their headquarters (Jan 29, 2026 05:10 PM - Forward.com – All)
The 36-year-old man arrested and charged after repeatedly crashing into the entrance of the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday night has a history of engaging with Chabad and had ranted about his experience with the movement at a different yeshiva the day before the attack. Dan Sohail was charged with reckless endangerment and... The post Chabad ‘let me down,’ suspect said, in hours before allegedly attacking their headquarters appeared first on The Forward .
Shiri Shapira’s Yiddish stories reflect the anxieties of millennials (Jan 29, 2026 04:51 PM - Forward.com – All)
שירי שאַפּיראַס ליטעראַרישע שאַפֿונג איז שױן באַקאַנט די לײענערס פֿון „פֿאָרװערטס“. די העלדן פֿון אירע דערצײלונגען, װאָס זײַנען אַרײַן אינעם בוך „די צוקונפֿט“, זײַנען ישׂראלדיקע מענער און פֿרױען פֿון אַ גאַנץ יאָר, די מחברטע בתוכם. זײערע דאגות זײַנען װעגן פּרנסה, משפּחה, געזונט און וכּדומה. אָבער הינטער אָט דעם טאָג־טעגלעכן שטײגער שטעקט אַ נײַע פּערזענלעכע דערפֿאַרונג,... The post Shiri Shapira’s Yiddish stories reflect the anxieties of millennials appeared first on The Forward .
Senior ADL antisemitism researcher leaves to lead competing effort (Jan 29, 2026 04:32 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Aryeh Tuchman, a veteran antisemitism researcher who spent nearly two decades at the Anti-Defamation League, is joining the Nexus Project, a rival watchdog, to lead a new center devoted to researching antisemitism. The move brings a senior figure from the country’s most prominent antisemitism watchdog to an organization that has repeatedly challenged the... The post Senior ADL antisemitism researcher leaves to lead competing effort appeared first on The Forward .
24 visions of Leonard Cohen, no clear picture of who he was (Jan 29, 2026 03:06 PM - Forward.com – All)
The World of Leonard Cohen Edited by David R. Shumway Cambridge University Press, 398pp, $35 The Torah has 70 faces — how many did Leonard Cohen have? To go by bibliography, 70 seems conservative. Books devoted to the singer-songwriter and poet, including a graphic novel treatment, are a cottage industry. There are texts on the... The post 24 visions of Leonard Cohen, no clear picture of who he was appeared first on The Forward .
What we know about the car ramming at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn (Jan 29, 2026 06:27 AM - Forward.com – All)
CROWN HEIGHTS — A driver crashed a car into an entrance of the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday night, damaging the building on a night thousands had gathered there to celebrate. Video circulating online and verified by eyewitnesses shows a vehicle repeatedly driving into the building’s doors at 770 Eastern Parkway in the... The post What we know about the car ramming at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn appeared first on The Forward .
What we know about the car ramming at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn (Jan 29, 2026 06:27 AM - Forward.com – All)
CROWN HEIGHTS — A driver crashed a car into an entrance of the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday night, damaging the building on a night thousands had gathered there to celebrate. Video circulating online and verified by eyewitnesses shows a vehicle repeatedly driving into the building’s doors at 770 Eastern Parkway in the... The post What we know about the car ramming at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn appeared first on The Forward .
Federal building with murals by Jewish artists at risk of sale, demolition (Jan 28, 2026 10:47 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A federal building in Washington D.C. known for its murals crafted by important Jewish artists is at risk of demolition. Now, activists are calling on New York City’s Jewish Museum for support to prevent the sale — and possible destruction — of the Wilbur J. Cohen Building. The Jewish Museum recently concluded a... The post Federal building with murals by Jewish artists at risk of sale, demolition appeared first on The Forward .
Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor (Jan 28, 2026 10:36 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of a former Israeli hostage, has been appointed to join Columbia University as a professor of history with a course load that includes instruction about modern Israel. Dekel-Chen’s son Sagui spent 498 days in captivity in Gaza after he was taken by Hamas from Nir Oz, a kibbutz in... The post Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor appeared first on The Forward .
Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University (Jan 28, 2026 10:32 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Yeshiva University has announced that prominent British conservative author and pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray will teach a class at the school this spring. Murray, who is not Jewish, was appointed as the school’s inaugural President’s Professor of Practice, a role the flagship modern Orthodox university in New York City billed as bringing “a... The post Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University appeared first on The Forward .
Israel is teaming up with the far right to fight global antisemitism (Jan 28, 2026 06:54 PM - Forward.com – All)
The Israeli government’s second annual antisemitism conference in Jerusalem this week is part of a relatively recent move by the country to concern itself with countering global antisemitism. Early Zionists presented the State of Israel as a solution to antisemitism, sometimes downplaying the concern Jews expressed about their persecution. “The Jewish people were mistaken for... The post Israel is teaming up with the far right to fight global antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, incensing Jewish critics on both sides of the aisle (Jan 28, 2026 05:53 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Vice President JD Vance made a statement marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day that failed to mention either Jews or Nazis, igniting further Jewish criticism of the vice president from both sides of the aisle. The statement was the latest in a series of comments Vance has made that have triggered concern regarding his... The post Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, incensing Jewish critics on both sides of the aisle appeared first on The Forward .
After punching a rabbi in Queens, suspect charged with hate crime, police say (Jan 28, 2026 05:53 PM - Forward.com – All)
A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a rabbi was verbally harassed and assaulted in Forest Hills, Queens on Tuesday, according to police. The suspect, Queens resident Eric Zafra-Grosso, was charged with assault and aggravated harassment as hate crimes, police said. An investigation is ongoing. On Tuesday afternoon, the suspect approached the rabbi, who is... The post After punching a rabbi in Queens, suspect charged with hate crime, police say appeared first on The Forward .
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