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Vance, who’s drawn ire of Jewish conservatives, will speak at Republican Jewish confab (Aug 29, 2026 02:49 AM - Forward.com – All)(JTA) — Vice President JD Vance, who has drawn the ire of a number of Jewish conservatives, will speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual summit in Las Vegas on Monday, the RJC confirmed. “The Republican Jewish Coalition is proud to welcome Vice President JD Vance to our National Leadership Summit in Las Vegas,” said... The post Vance, who’s drawn ire of Jewish conservatives, will speak at Republican Jewish confab appeared first on The Forward .
Israeli expats push for voting rights in Oct. 27 election (Aug 29, 2026 02:45 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — When Ilana Mittman, a retired social scientist with American and Israeli citizenship, began arranging a trip to Israel from her home in Baltimore, she planned to observe her late father’s Yahrzeit and cast her ballot in the national elections on Oct. 27. Checking her voter registration status online, she made a startling discovery:... The post Israeli expats push for voting rights in Oct. 27 election appeared first on The Forward .
Jon Ossoff joins Democrats distancing from Hasan Piker (Aug 29, 2026 02:40 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff distanced himself from left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, who has called Ossoff a “dark-horse” presidential candidate, citing Piker’s “reckless and dangerous rhetoric” about American Jews. Ossoff is facing criticism from some of his state’s local Jewish community over his votes to block certain arms sales to Israel. He has joined... The post Jon Ossoff joins Democrats distancing from Hasan Piker appeared first on The Forward .
How the sunken 1948 Altalena arms ship became an election battleground in Israel in 2026 (Aug 29, 2026 02:37 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The discovery this week of the sunken arms ship the Altalena, which almost sparked an Israeli civil war just one month after the fledgling state was created in 1948, has become a political battle ground for right-politicians seeking support in advance of the Oct. 27 elections. “There is no more mobilizing ethos on... The post How the sunken 1948 Altalena arms ship became an election battleground in Israel in 2026 appeared first on The Forward .
Israel’s Ethiopian asylum seekers fight deportation efforts (Aug 29, 2026 02:28 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. TEL AVIV – When Endalkew Yemani Tesma fled Ethiopia in 2005, he did not know what awaited him on the way to Israel, nor that once he arrived, he would spend nearly two decades without permanent status. He passed through Sudan, then Libya, then Sudan... The post Israel’s Ethiopian asylum seekers fight deportation efforts appeared first on The Forward .
Milo Yiannopoulos, right-wing troll with links to popular antisemitic figures, detained by ICE (Aug 29, 2026 02:02 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, a close associate of Ye, Candace Owens and other past and present promoters of antisemitic conspiracy theories, has been detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers, federal officials announced Friday. Yiannopoulos, a British citizen who himself has cheered on the Trump administration’s mass deportations, was arrested in New Orleans... The post Milo Yiannopoulos, right-wing troll with links to popular antisemitic figures, detained by ICE appeared first on The Forward .
These Jews are looking for a ‘runner’s chai’ (Aug 29, 2026 01:42 AM - Forward.com – All)
Ezra Feig begins each Friday the same way: corralling 100 Jews to go on a run in Central Park. He stands up on a park bench, towering above the crowd. They’re schmoozing and stretching, with impressive energy considering the hour. Around half wear blue shirts and shorts emblazoned with a white Star of David, interlaced... The post These Jews are looking for a ‘runner’s chai’ appeared first on The Forward .
AUDIO: Scholar Ruth Wisse describes her collaboration with songwriter Leonard Cohen (Aug 28, 2026 07:10 PM - Forward.com – All)
אין אַ גאָר אינטערעסאַנטן אינטערוויו אויף דער ייִדישער ראַדיאָ־פּראָגראַם „דאָס ייִדישע קול“, גיט די אָנגעזעענע ייִדישע ליטעראָטור־פֿאָרשערין רות ווײַס איבער אירע זכרונות פֿון אַ צאָל באַקאַנטע ייִדישע פֿיגורן. זי דערציילט ווי אַזוי זי האָט געזאַמלט געלט פֿאַר אַ בוך שריפֿטן פֿונעם קאַנאַדער לידער־שרײַבער און זינגער לענאַרד כּהן, מיט וועמען זי איז געבליבן גוטע פֿרײַנד ביזן... The post AUDIO: Scholar Ruth Wisse describes her collaboration with songwriter Leonard Cohen appeared first on The Forward .
A little‑remembered Gilded Age millionaire helped make milk safe for American kids through his ‘retail giving’ (Aug 28, 2026 06:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
The 1844 edition of the widely used schoolbook written by William H. McGuffey, “Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader,” includes a dialogue about the difference between “true and false philanthropy”: Mr. Fantom: I despise a narrow field. O for the reign of universal benevolence! I want to make all mankind good and happy. Mr. Goodman: Dear... The post A little‑remembered Gilded Age millionaire helped make milk safe for American kids through his ‘retail giving’ appeared first on The Forward .
Many Americans are moving away from congregations, but not necessarily from religion (Aug 28, 2026 05:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. “Emma,” a young Jewish woman who we met in 2019, didn’t belong to a synagogue. She didn’t have a Jewish partner. She didn’t observe Jewish rituals regularly. On most surveys about religion, she would not seem very engaged with... The post Many Americans are moving away from congregations, but not necessarily from religion appeared first on The Forward .
Six months into the Iran War, the West has a second chance (Aug 28, 2026 11:06 AM - Forward.com – All)
Six months ago, the war against Iran began with a display of Israeli military and intelligence prowess so spectacular that rapid political change seemed within reach. Israeli strikes decimated much of Iran’s leadership, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, senior officials and military commanders, while demonstrating extraordinary intelligence penetration and an ability to strike at the... The post Six months into the Iran War, the West has a second chance appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish farmers planted an ancient seed. Now the fruit is making its American culinary debut. (Aug 28, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
On a recent Thursday in his experimental kosher kitchen, Noah Clickstein was brining, roasting and assembling local seasonal fruits and vegetables on plates for his diners – not uncommon tasks for the head chef at Lehrhaus, a Jewish tavern and house of learning in Somerville, Massachusetts. But one of the vegetables made what Clickstein was... The post Jewish farmers planted an ancient seed. Now the fruit is making its American culinary debut. appeared first on The Forward .
My sister’s Iraqi henna party was fabulous. I’m scared my kids won’t have one. (Aug 28, 2026 06:10 AM - Forward.com – All)
My big sister’s henna party earlier this month was fabulous. Hundreds of relatives danced to Arabic music while an Israeli-Arab singer belted out Iraqi classics. At the night’s peak, my grandmother brought out a bowl of thick brown henna paste (yes, the stuff you use to dye your hair) and aunties and grandmas alike placed... The post My sister’s Iraqi henna party was fabulous. I’m scared my kids won’t have one. appeared first on The Forward .
In the Southwest, public libraries are becoming Yiddish hubs (Aug 27, 2026 08:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
Think of Yiddish today and you might picture Hasidic Brooklyn, Haredi neighborhoods in Israel or scholars working to preserve a language too often falsely written off as “dead” or “dying.” But Texas? Ikh ken es nisht gleybn! (I can’t believe it!) Sebastian Shulman, director of partnerships at the Yiddish Book Center, has spent the past... The post In the Southwest, public libraries are becoming Yiddish hubs appeared first on The Forward .
These college students have favorable views of Israel. They also think it’s committing genocide. (Aug 27, 2026 07:54 PM - Forward.com – All)
A quarter of college students who view Israel favorably also believe its government is committing genocide. That’s according to a Brandeis study published earlier this month, which surveyed nearly 4,000 students across 303 colleges in fall 2025 about their views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and concluded views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are more nuanced than... The post These college students have favorable views of Israel. They also think it’s committing genocide. appeared first on The Forward .
In a forest where Jews fought the Nazis, a German military base and Lithuanian politics encroach on memory (Aug 27, 2026 05:34 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Rūdninkai, LITHUANIA — Deep in the trees and swampy thickets of Lithuania’s Rūdninkai Forest, a series of makeshift forts is sinking into the earth. These represent the remains of underground bunkers where Jewish partisans resisted their annihilation in the Holocaust. Under German occupation, some 400 Jews escaped the Vilnius ghetto to this forest... The post In a forest where Jews fought the Nazis, a German military base and Lithuanian politics encroach on memory appeared first on The Forward .
Abdul El-Sayed and Jamie Raskin sidestep Hasan Piker, and Israel, in Michigan campaign stops (Aug 27, 2026 10:28 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — ANN ARBOR – As Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made campaign stops with a prominent Jewish congressional leader on Wednesday, there was one subject neither he, nor his Democratic allies onstage, were interested in discussing. “Don’t any reporter ask me again about Hasan Piker,” Michigan U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell told the crowd... The post Abdul El-Sayed and Jamie Raskin sidestep Hasan Piker, and Israel, in Michigan campaign stops appeared first on The Forward .
Dolly Parton’s legacy includes the Jewish children’s book program she inspired (Aug 27, 2026 08:50 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Dolly Parton, the singer who died Tuesday at age 80 after a brief bout with cancer, was mourned around the world as a stellar songwriter, consummate country hitmaker, savvy entrepreneur and generous philanthropist. In Jewish circles, she was also remembered as the inspiration for PJ Library, a program that sends free children’s books... The post Dolly Parton’s legacy includes the Jewish children’s book program she inspired appeared first on The Forward .
Second Reform synagogue in Israel has windows broken (Aug 27, 2026 08:44 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — TEL AVIV – A window was broken at a Reform synagogue on Sunday in the central Israeli city of Ramat Hasharon less than two weeks after a similar incident occurred in Jerusalem in an incident the mayor called an act of vandalism. Congregation Darchei Noam called the incident a hate crime, and Ramat... The post Second Reform synagogue in Israel has windows broken appeared first on The Forward .
Meet the only Jewish president of a Catholic university (Aug 26, 2026 07:15 PM - Forward.com – All)
Synagogue president and Catholic university president aren’t typically jobs one holds concurrently. But in 2023, Greg Weiner became president of both Assumption University, a Catholic college in Worcester, Mass., and Congregation Beth Israel, a Conservative synagogue in the area. Weiner’s inauguration in March of that year made him the first and only Jewish president of... The post Meet the only Jewish president of a Catholic university appeared first on The Forward .
Meet the first Jewish president of a Catholic university (Aug 26, 2026 07:15 PM - Forward.com – All)
Synagogue president and Catholic university president aren’t typically jobs one holds concurrently. But in 2023, Greg Weiner became president of both Assumption University, a Catholic college in Worcester, Mass., and Congregation Beth Israel, a Conservative synagogue in the area. Weiner’s inauguration in March of that year made him the first Jewish president of a Catholic... The post Meet the first Jewish president of a Catholic university appeared first on The Forward .
The secret Jewish history of the ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ (Aug 26, 2026 04:05 PM - Forward.com – All)
“Rocky Horror,” which opened in London cinemas on this day in 1975 is the cultural phenomenon that simply refuses to die. Rather, since its first incarnation as a 1973 London stage musical, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” has been continuously reborn on the silver screen, in subsequent Broadway stage productions, and, in 2016, as a... The post The secret Jewish history of the ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ appeared first on The Forward .
Sister of pro-Israel stalwart Lindsey Graham secures GOP Senate nomination (Aug 26, 2026 08:32 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham defeated U.S. House Rep. Ralph Norman in a special primary runoff on Tuesday, putting her in a dominant position to win the Senate seat left vacant with the death in July of her older brother, the pro-Israel stalwart Lindsey Graham. The Associated Press called the race two hours... The post Sister of pro-Israel stalwart Lindsey Graham secures GOP Senate nomination appeared first on The Forward .
Progressive politics notches another deep-red win in Oklahoma race, bolstered by anti-AIPAC messaging (Aug 26, 2026 08:30 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Oklahoma nurse and activist N’kiyla Jasmine Thomas, who ran a campaign with anti-AIPAC messaging, defeated centrist Jim Priest in a Democratic Senate primary runoff on Tuesday that marked the latest victory for a progressive politician in a solidly conservative state. The Associated Press called Tuesday’s race, a sequel to the state’s June primary,... The post Progressive politics notches another deep-red win in Oklahoma race, bolstered by anti-AIPAC messaging appeared first on The Forward .
Montreal passes Palestinian solidarity motion after removing text on cutting ties with Israel (Aug 26, 2026 08:28 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Montreal has passed a motion of solidarity with Palestinians after stripping a clause that called for severing institutional and diplomatic ties with Israel. Montreal’s city council late Monday adopted the measure, which also removed earlier references to Israeli “apartheid” and “genocide,” after a contentious debate about the role of local government in denouncing... The post Montreal passes Palestinian solidarity motion after removing text on cutting ties with Israel appeared first on The Forward .
This Toronto street corner has been a site of anti-Zionist activism for months. Police just opened a hate crime investigation. (Aug 25, 2026 08:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
The Toronto Police Service hate crimes unit is investigating teacher Abbas Hamze for remarks about “Zionists.” Canadian Jewish groups, including the Jewish Federations of Canada’s advocacy arm and B’nai Brith Canada, have called his speech, which went viral online, “blatant antisemitism.” Hamze’s remarks invoked antisemitic tropes, accusing “Zionists” of performing “black magic” as well as... The post This Toronto street corner has been a site of anti-Zionist activism for months. Police just opened a hate crime investigation. appeared first on The Forward .
West Elm’s Russ & Daughters merch did something their in-house line could never (Aug 25, 2026 08:07 PM - Forward.com – All)
Figuring out one’s Judaica vibe can be a challenging endeavor for those of us who don’t have tastes in line with the colorful stained glass or embossed silver aesthetics that tend to dominate the category. Newer designers have introduced some minimalist options, but that’s also not really for me. But for those of us with... The post West Elm’s Russ & Daughters merch did something their in-house line could never appeared first on The Forward .
Sephardic and Mizrahi groups accuse New York Magazine of erasing Middle Eastern Jews. The editor-in-chief agreed to a meeting. (Aug 25, 2026 07:47 PM - Forward.com – All)
As editors of New York Magazine dug in their heels this week, defending the magazine’s viral “Habibi City” package published earlier this month, 14 Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish organizations delivered an open letter on Monday night, accusing the magazine of erasing Middle Eastern Jews from its coverage. On Tuesday, Editor-in-chief David Haskell invited them to... The post Sephardic and Mizrahi groups accuse New York Magazine of erasing Middle Eastern Jews. The editor-in-chief agreed to a meeting. appeared first on The Forward .
The secret Jewish history of Dolly Parton (Aug 25, 2026 06:35 PM - Forward.com – All)
Dolly Parton, the musician, actor and philanthropist died Aug. 25 at the age of 80. A Christian known for her Christmas output, she nonetheless connected to Judaism through a cause dear to her heart: literacy. In a “By the Book” interview, Dolly Parton told The New York Times that a copy of the Bible is... The post The secret Jewish history of Dolly Parton appeared first on The Forward .
A tourist’s guide to the vanished Jewish quarter of Warsaw (Aug 25, 2026 06:06 PM - Forward.com – All)
פֿאַרן חורבן האָבן אין וואַרשע געוווינט אַן ערך 370 טויזנט ייִדן — די גרעסטע ייִדישע שטאָט אין אייראָפּע און די צווייט גרעסטע בכלל נאָך ניו-יאָרק. נאָך דער מלחמה איז די שטאָט און אירע ייִדישע אײַנוווינער, ווי באַוווּסט, געוואָרן איין גרויסע חורבֿה. דאָס גאַנצע רײַכע ייִדישע לעבן איז געוואָרן שטויב און אַש. אָבער אַ דאַנק די... The post A tourist’s guide to the vanished Jewish quarter of Warsaw appeared first on The Forward .
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