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A new Hebrew press in Berlin argues that Israel doesn’t own the language (May 4, 2026 11:12 PM - Forward.com – All)(JTA) — Dory Manor and Moshe Sakal, who run a press for Hebrew literature in Berlin, are often asked if their business is Israeli. The partners in life and publishing come from Israel, though they have lived in Berlin and Paris for the better part of two decades. But they say their publishing house, Altneuland,... The post A new Hebrew press in Berlin argues that Israel doesn’t own the language appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish library and Chabad near Buenos Aires attacked, Argentine Jewish advocates say (May 4, 2026 11:10 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Counterterrorism officials in Buenos Aires are investigating after a Jewish library and a Chabad center in a suburb in the Argentine capital were attacked last week. On Thursday night, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the Israeli Literary Center and Max Nordau Library in La Plata, according to a statement published Friday by... The post Jewish library and Chabad near Buenos Aires attacked, Argentine Jewish advocates say appeared first on The Forward .
Cornell’s Jewish president clashes with students following on-campus debate about Israel (May 4, 2026 11:01 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff and student protesters are trading accusations after an incident in which protesters surrounded the president’s car following an on-campus debate about Israel. The protesters, from a group called Students for a Democratic Cornell, released a video appearing to show that President Michael Kotlikoff had backed up into one... The post Cornell’s Jewish president clashes with students following on-campus debate about Israel appeared first on The Forward .
U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech (May 4, 2026 10:51 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The University of Michigan has issued a formal apology after its faculty senate chair went off-script to praise pro-Palestinian student protesters during last weekend’s commencement address. Derek Peterson, who also praised the memory of the school’s first Jewish professor in his speech, had drawn criticism from Michigan Hillel and from major organizations including... The post U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech appeared first on The Forward .
Leon Botstein, Bard College’s pioneering Jewish president, to retire amid Jeffrey Epstein ties (May 4, 2026 10:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Leon Botstein will end his half-century tenure as president of Bard College following an investigation commissioned by the school into his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the school’s Board of Trustees announced late Friday. “Nothing that President Botstein did in connection with his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was illegal, but President Botstein... The post Leon Botstein, Bard College’s pioneering Jewish president, to retire amid Jeffrey Epstein ties appeared first on The Forward .
Reform Judaism helped craft the Voting Rights Act. Its evisceration gives Jews a new mission (May 4, 2026 09:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
Last week, the Supreme Court further gutted what is left of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Court’s ruling was terrible for the country, and particularly for communities of color whose votes will be diminished by this decision. But the ruling touched another, very personal nerve because the Voting Rights Act was partially drafted... The post Reform Judaism helped craft the Voting Rights Act. Its evisceration gives Jews a new mission appeared first on The Forward .
This graphic novel illustrates the story of America’s first Jewish congregation — pirates and all (May 4, 2026 06:20 PM - Forward.com – All)
Graphic novelist Julian Voloj was walking through Manhattan’s Chinatown when he stumbled across the cemetery of the United States’ oldest Jewish community, Shearith Israel. This inspired him to write Remnants, an interpretation of the story of 23 Jews from Brazil who established North America’s first congregation. When people think about Jewish immigration to New York,... The post This graphic novel illustrates the story of America’s first Jewish congregation — pirates and all appeared first on The Forward .
A new musical wonders: What happened to solidarity with English Jews? (May 4, 2026 05:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
The Battle of Cable Street, a 1936 street scuffle off an obscure stretch of road in London’s East End, holds a totemic importance to the Jews of England, and, given how few they are in number, a correspondingly small significance in the larger British imagination. The musical Cable Street, dramatizing that showdown between Jewish and... The post A new musical wonders: What happened to solidarity with English Jews? appeared first on The Forward .
Support for Iran war among ‘connected’ US Jews falls again, poll finds (May 4, 2026 03:43 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — In the early days of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, 68% of “connected” American Jews — those with ties to American Jewish institutions — supported the war, according to a poll taken by an Israeli public affairs institute. That proportion fell weeks into the war and fell further to 60% just after President Donald... The post Support for Iran war among ‘connected’ US Jews falls again, poll finds appeared first on The Forward .
A folksy approach to this year’s Yiddish symposium in Amsterdam (May 4, 2026 03:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
דעם 21סטן אַפּריל איז פֿאָרגעקומען דער יערלעכער אַמסטערדאַמער ייִדיש־סימפּאָזיום, נאָר דאָס יאָר איז עפּעס ניט געװען װי געװײנטלעך. איז מה נשתּנה, מיט װאָס איז דער הײַיאָריקער סימפּאָזיום געװען אַנדערש װי אַלע יאָר? מיט 20 יאָר צוריק האָט דער פֿילאָלאָג און היסטאָריקער שלמה בערגער ע״ה געגרינדעט דעם סימפּאָזיום — װי אַ פֿאָרש־קאָנפֿערענץ. אלא װאָס, אין יאָר... The post A folksy approach to this year’s Yiddish symposium in Amsterdam appeared first on The Forward .
A New Jersey congregation was already falling apart. Then came Oct 7. (May 4, 2026 02:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Partly Strong, Partly Broken By Nathaniel Popkin New Door Books, $19.95, 249 pages When Rabbi Adinah Feld returns to her reform congregation in New Jersey after a nearly week-long trip to Israel, she discovers two crises have occurred in her absence: The roof of the synagogue has collapsed after a heavy storm and the Muslim... The post A New Jersey congregation was already falling apart. Then came Oct 7. appeared first on The Forward .
Most Jewish voters rate Mamdani poorly, new poll finds (May 3, 2026 01:38 PM - Forward.com – All)
As New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marks four months in office, a new survey of New York City’s Jewish voters suggests he has done little to ease concerns among a community that overwhelmingly did not support his election and remains uneasy about his handling of antisemitism and Israel. A Mercury Public Affairs poll of... The post Most Jewish voters rate Mamdani poorly, new poll finds appeared first on The Forward .
After a Maryland teacher’s death, her 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in a Jewish museum (May 3, 2026 01:35 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As Rae Ann Kaylie sat on her mother’s couch in the wake of her death, the Judaica felt overwhelming. Over 50 menorahs adorned the shelves. A dozen seder plates had been meticulously hung alongside a trove of Jewish art on each wall. And countless dreidels, kiddush cups and shofars filled every corner of... The post After a Maryland teacher’s death, her 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in a Jewish museum appeared first on The Forward .
British Green Party candidate tweeted about killing Zionists from Anne Frank parody account (May 3, 2026 01:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A candidate in the United Kingdom’s Green Party is under fire after posting under that social media handle “thereal.anne.frank” that “every single Zionist” should be killed, marking the latest antisemitic scandal to hit the party in a matter of days. Two other candidates have been charged with spreading hate online in relation to... The post British Green Party candidate tweeted about killing Zionists from Anne Frank parody account appeared first on The Forward .
New documentary captures the lively history of Yiddish theater in America (May 3, 2026 02:30 AM - Forward.com – All)
The new documentary Immigrant Songs: Yiddish Theater and the American Jewish Experience, produced by the Milken Archive of Jewish Music, is fast, entertaining and a good introduction to the topic. Focusing mainly on the musical side of the story, but covering ‘straight plays’ as well, the film opens with a superb ‘warm-up act’: “Hu Tsa... The post New documentary captures the lively history of Yiddish theater in America appeared first on The Forward .
Is supporting peace illegal in Israel? A shocking arrest carries a warning (May 2, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
A Jewish man is wearing his kippah at a local café when an angry customer accosts him. The kippah is against the law, the man is told; the other customer calls the police. Within minutes, officers arrive. They confiscate the Jewish man’s belongings, and place him in a cell without water for around 20 minutes.... The post Is supporting peace illegal in Israel? A shocking arrest carries a warning appeared first on The Forward .
The handwriting analysis that convicted Alfred Dreyfus is for sale (May 1, 2026 07:52 PM - Forward.com – All)
The false conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, a captain in the French military, for treason against France in 1894 is remembered by historians as a flashpoint of antisemitism in modern history. It spread a renewed hatred and suspicion of Jews throughout French society, birthed Emile Zola’s famous J’accuse and spurred early Zionists like Theodore Herzl, who... The post The handwriting analysis that convicted Alfred Dreyfus is for sale appeared first on The Forward .
Yiddish street signs: Commemoration or marginalization? (May 1, 2026 04:43 PM - Forward.com – All)
This is a revised translated version of the original article in Yiddish which you can read here. One sunny day in spring 2021, without asking permission, artist Sebestyén Fiumei climbed a ladder in central Berlin and attached a white sign to a pole. It was inscribed with an antiquated Yiddish spelling of the street’s former... The post Yiddish street signs: Commemoration or marginalization? appeared first on The Forward .
Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors (May 1, 2026 04:12 PM - Forward.com – All)
Last Sunday, my cousin, his cousin, their spouses and I arrived by rental car into a small city that until then had existed for us only as a blip on a genealogy chart: Saint-Quentin, in northeast France, where my cousins’ great-uncle Marcel had lived alongside, for a time, their grandfather. We were here thanks to... The post Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors appeared first on The Forward .
Women aren’t equal citizens in Israel. But this week brought us closer than ever (May 1, 2026 03:16 PM - Forward.com – All)
On Monday, three women sat for an exam — and changed the course of Israeli history. Never before have women been permitted to take the rabbinical exams issued by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. But thanks to a groundbreaking Supreme Court ruling in July which deemed such exclusionary practices unlawful, three scholars were able to break this... The post Women aren’t equal citizens in Israel. But this week brought us closer than ever appeared first on The Forward .
The Israeli plant with a heavenly sweet fragrance (May 1, 2026 02:09 PM - Forward.com – All)
יאָרן לאַנג האָב איך דאָ אין ישׂראל געהערט רעדן וועגן די וווּנדער פֿון בעז. די וואָס זײַנען געקומען אַהער פֿון מזרח-אייראָפּע האָבן דערציילט וועגן אַ לעגענדאַרן לילאַ-בוים, וואָס גיט אַ ריח גן-עדן אינעם וווּנדער-שיינעם מאָנאַט מײַ. לעגענדאַר – ווײַל אין ישׂראל, צום באַוידערן, וואַקסט נישט קיין שום בעז. עס איז געוואָרן אַ מין פֿויגלמילך, אַ... The post The Israeli plant with a heavenly sweet fragrance appeared first on The Forward .
I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill (May 1, 2026 12:48 PM - Forward.com – All)
My classmates at Manhattan’s Hunter College regularly gather to protest in a plaza at the southwest corner of East 68th Street and Lexington Avenue. This winter, that intersection hosted many protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement — protests that felt more urgent because, for many Hunter students and their family members, detainment and deportation are... The post I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill appeared first on The Forward .
Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class (May 1, 2026 03:46 AM - Forward.com – All)
The selection of Israeli President Isaac Herzog as the Jewish Theological Seminary’s commencement speaker has divided undergraduates at the school, with several seniors and dozens of other current students and alumni signing a letter calling on the school’s chancellor to disinvite Herzog. The letter accused Herzog of inciting violence against civilians in Gaza — a... The post Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class appeared first on The Forward .
Playing with bows and arrows and other Lag BaOmer shtetl customs (May 1, 2026 02:27 AM - Forward.com – All)
עס קומט באַלד דער יום־טובֿ ל״ג־בעומר — דער 33סטער טאָג פֿון ציילן ספֿירה, די טעג צווישן פּסח און שבֿועות. ל״ג־בעומר איז אַ טאָג פֿון פֿרייד אין מיטן פֿון זיבן וואָכן טרויער און ערנסטקייט. מע דריקט אויס די פֿרייד אויף פֿאַרשיידענע אופֿנים. דאָס ווערטל „אַ ל״ג־בעומר-גענעראַל איז נאָר אויף איין טאָג“ פֿאַררופֿט זיך אויפֿן מינהג, אין... The post Playing with bows and arrows and other Lag BaOmer shtetl customs appeared first on The Forward .
‘Don’t give up on us now’: Israel peace summit convenes thousands to aim for elusive progress (May 1, 2026 12:14 AM - Forward.com – All)
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — On Thursday’s bright, sun-drenched morning during a rare pause in the multi-front war Israel has been locked into for nearly three years, in between the protests, funerals and steady drumbeat of violence and trauma, something decidedly more hopeful was taking place. In one of the city’s largest conference centers, thousands gathered... The post ‘Don’t give up on us now’: Israel peace summit convenes thousands to aim for elusive progress appeared first on The Forward .
A GOP lawmaker tried to put a Holocaust denier on New Hampshire’s Holocaust education board (May 1, 2026 12:11 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A Republican state lawmaker in New Hampshire partnered with a notorious German Holocaust denier in an effort to insert Holocaust denial into the state’s public education guidelines. Rep. Matt Sabourin dit Choinière successfully pushed the New Hampshire Commission on Holocaust and Genocide Education to hear testimony from Germar Rudolf, a German chemist who... The post A GOP lawmaker tried to put a Holocaust denier on New Hampshire’s Holocaust education board appeared first on The Forward .
NH lawmaker reprimanded for ‘final solution’ joke aimed at Jewish colleague (May 1, 2026 12:09 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A Republican state legislator in New Hampshire faced a disciplinary hearing this week for having tweeted a “final solution” reference at a Jewish Democratic colleague. Last month, GOP state Rep. Travis Corcoran wrote on social media, “We need a final solution for theater kids in politics,” in response to state Rep. Jessica Grill’s... The post NH lawmaker reprimanded for ‘final solution’ joke aimed at Jewish colleague appeared first on The Forward .
Sheryl Sandberg endows scholarship at Camp Ramah in California in honor of late husband (May 1, 2026 12:08 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Sheryl Sandberg, the former Meta COO, announced on Thursday that she is endowing a new scholarship fund at Camp Ramah in California in honor of her late husband, Dave Goldberg. “Camp Ramah is where Dave built friendships that lasted decades. It’s where he developed a sense of independence that shaped the rest of... The post Sheryl Sandberg endows scholarship at Camp Ramah in California in honor of late husband appeared first on The Forward .
Keir Starmer: ‘If you stand alongside people who say Globalize the Intifada, you are calling for terrorism against Jews’ (May 1, 2026 12:06 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said people who use the phrase “globalize the intifada” should be prosecuted, describing the popular pro-Palestinian chant as a call for “terrorism against Jews” in the wake of a terror attack in a heavily Orthodox neighborhood of London. “Of course, we protect freedom of speech and peaceful protest... The post Keir Starmer: ‘If you stand alongside people who say Globalize the Intifada, you are calling for terrorism against Jews’ appeared first on The Forward .
Analysis: As Democrats unite behind Platner, Schumer’s future as leader faces tests (Apr 30, 2026 09:21 PM - Forward.com – All)
National Democrats on Thursday moved swiftly to unite behind Graham Platner — a progressive candidate whose past Nazi-linked tattoo and sharp criticism of Israel have alarmed some Jewish groups — after he became the presumptive nominee for Maine’s Senate seat. The move made political sense. Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer, had already been leading... The post Analysis: As Democrats unite behind Platner, Schumer’s future as leader faces tests appeared first on The Forward .
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