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Elected PA Jewish judge leaves Democratic party, citing ‘disturbingly common’ antisemitism (May 13, 2026 01:57 AM - Forward.com – All)(JTA) — An elected Supreme Court justice in Pennsylvania announced Monday night that he has left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent, citing concerns about antisemitism. In a statement, David Wecht, who is Jewish and served as Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party chair from 1998 to 2001, said he believed antisemitism has moved from the... The post Elected PA Jewish judge leaves Democratic party, citing ‘disturbingly common’ antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
At Abraham Foxman’s funeral, an elegy for the last generation with direct ties to the Holocaust (May 13, 2026 01:53 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As mourners gathered Tuesday for the funeral of Abraham Foxman, they were saying goodbye not only to one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the last half-century, but to one of the dwindling number whose moral authority was forged in the Holocaust itself. Foxman, who died Sunday at 86, spent decades as... The post At Abraham Foxman’s funeral, an elegy for the last generation with direct ties to the Holocaust appeared first on The Forward .
Israeli report on ‘systematic’ Oct. 7 sexual violence seeks to shift debate from denial to accountability (May 13, 2026 01:51 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A sweeping new Israeli report on sexual violence committed during the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks and against hostages in Gaza concludes that the crimes formed part of a deliberate strategy. It also lays out a roadmap for turning two years of documentation into legal prosecution. The report concludes that “sexual and gender-based violence... The post Israeli report on ‘systematic’ Oct. 7 sexual violence seeks to shift debate from denial to accountability appeared first on The Forward .
Mamdani supersizes NYC hate crimes office, as tensions simmer over synagogue protests (May 12, 2026 10:29 PM - Forward.com – All)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a nearly ninefold increase in New York City’s budget for preventing hate crimes as part of his budget proposal announced Tuesday, fulfilling a campaign promise that was central to his outreach to Jewish voters amid concerns about his stance against Israel. The Jewish community overwhelmingly did not support... The post Mamdani supersizes NYC hate crimes office, as tensions simmer over synagogue protests appeared first on The Forward .
Debating Zionism is fair. Protesting Israel’s president at commencement crosses the line (May 12, 2026 07:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
I am grateful for Noam Pianko’s recent essay, “Debating Zionism is good for Jews, actually.” Pianko argued that criticism of a small group of graduating seniors at the Jewish Theological Seminary who objected to JTS’s invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog to serve as this year’s commencement speaker was misguided, citing JTS’s long history of... The post Debating Zionism is fair. Protesting Israel’s president at commencement crosses the line appeared first on The Forward .
How Joanna Stern gets it done — with some help from AI (May 12, 2026 06:22 PM - Forward.com – All)
Early in the morning on the day of the first Seder this year, I got on a train to New Jersey with a bag of potatoes and a cunning plan to outsource their cooking. I was on my way to interview journalist and tech-maven Joanna Stern. In her new book, I Am Not a Robot:... The post How Joanna Stern gets it done — with some help from AI appeared first on The Forward .
Sheila Reich, beloved LA Yiddish teacher, has died (May 12, 2026 04:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
שיינדל „שילאַ“ רײַך, אַ פּאָפּולערע לאַנגיאָריקע ייִדיש־לערערין אין לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס, איז לעצטנס אַוועק אין דער אייביקייט. זי איז געווען 80 יאָר אַלט. איך האָב געקענט שילאַן במשך פֿון מער װי אַ פֿערטל יאָרהונדערט אָבער בײַ מיר האָט זי געהייסן בלויז שיינדל. ערשט הײַיאָר, אויף איר 80סטן געבורירן־טאָג האָב איך אױסגעפֿונען אַז בײַ אַלע אַנדערע האָט זי... The post Sheila Reich, beloved LA Yiddish teacher, has died appeared first on The Forward .
Jack Kirby finally gets his corner of the city that made him super (May 12, 2026 03:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Jack Kirby Way is located at the intersection of Essex and Delancey Street and at the crossroads of a created universe. More prosaically, it shares a corner with a McDonald’s and a halal truck. Across the street is the subway stop and the old, permanently closed Essex Street Market building from whence Levy’s sold its... The post Jack Kirby finally gets his corner of the city that made him super appeared first on The Forward .
EU sanctions Israeli settlers after Hungary, under new leadership, clears path (May 12, 2026 02:43 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The European Union decided to sanction Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday, moving forward a measure that had been blocked for months. The EU’s 27 foreign ministers agreed on the sanctions at a meeting in Brussels after Hungary’s new government gave its approval. The measure had been... The post EU sanctions Israeli settlers after Hungary, under new leadership, clears path appeared first on The Forward .
A British spy, a notorious murderer, the Indiana Jones of the insect world, and a very Jewish history (May 12, 2026 01:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Jews are often thought of as urban, bookish folks who don’t venture out into the wild. But there have been plenty of Jews who break that mold — Abraham Cahan, founder of the Forward, was himself a birder. In To Life: Jews Exploring Nature, author Joel Greenberg, with Judith Winston, a research associate at the... The post A British spy, a notorious murderer, the Indiana Jones of the insect world, and a very Jewish history appeared first on The Forward .
Three simple rules for navigating a new season of protest against Israel (May 12, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
Spring. The season of graduations and protests. A tenured professor and faculty chair at my alma mater, the University of Michigan, recently used the commencement stage to denounce Israel’s war in Gaza — remarks that drew applause from some as others experienced them as alienating and unwelcome. At New York’s Park East Synagogue, a group of... The post Three simple rules for navigating a new season of protest against Israel appeared first on The Forward .
Alleging conflicts, California judge boots Jewish DA from trying Stanford pro-Palestinian protesters (May 12, 2026 01:08 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — This story originally appeared in J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Jewish groups in the Bay Area are protesting a judge’s removal of a local Jewish district attorney from a case involving pro-Palestinian protesters accused of vandalizing Stanford University’s president’s office. The district attorney, Jeff Rosen, was disqualified from retrying a felony... The post Alleging conflicts, California judge boots Jewish DA from trying Stanford pro-Palestinian protesters appeared first on The Forward .
Israel bars YouTuber Tyler Oliveira from entering country, citing ‘harassment of Jews’ on social media (May 11, 2026 10:32 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Israel’s Diaspora affairs minister, Amichai Chikli, confirmed on Monday that right-wing YouTube provocateur Tyler Oliveira had been barred from entering Israel, accusing him of coming to the country with the “aim of spreading hatred.” Amid reports that Oliveira had been rebuffed at Ben Gurion Airport, Chikli resurrected a weeks-old post from the YouTuber... The post Israel bars YouTuber Tyler Oliveira from entering country, citing ‘harassment of Jews’ on social media appeared first on The Forward .
Hochul makes play for Orthodox voters with tuition relief and synagogue buffer zones (May 11, 2026 09:03 PM - Forward.com – All)
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is making an early play for Jewish voters ahead in her reelection bid, coupling a major initiative to help families pay for yeshivas with tough-on-antisemitism legislation. The moves aid Orthodox Jewish voting blocs — before her Republican challenger, Bruce Blakeman, gains traction. A recent Siena University poll of 804 voters... The post Hochul makes play for Orthodox voters with tuition relief and synagogue buffer zones appeared first on The Forward .
Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent on Israel (May 11, 2026 08:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
The student leaders of the campus Hillel at a small liberal arts school in Vermont have voted to rename the student group, moving to distance it from an international organization they say is too pro-Israel. Middlebury College’s Hillel student board made the decision last week after a yearlong consultation process with active participants in the... The post Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent on Israel appeared first on The Forward .
Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent org on Israel (May 11, 2026 08:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
The student leaders of the campus Hillel at a small liberal arts school in Vermont have voted to rename the student group, moving to distance it from an international organization they say is too pro-Israel. Middlebury College’s Hillel student board made the decision last week after a yearlong consultation process with active participants in the... The post Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent org on Israel appeared first on The Forward .
Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent group on Israel (May 11, 2026 08:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
The student leaders of the campus Hillel at a small liberal arts school in Vermont have voted to rename the student group, moving to distance it from an international organization they say is too pro-Israel. Middlebury College’s Hillel student board made the decision last week after a yearlong consultation process with active participants in the... The post Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent group on Israel appeared first on The Forward .
‘Time Zone’ — poetry by Jake Schneider (May 11, 2026 08:20 PM - Forward.com – All)
צײַטזאָנע (אַטלאַס) פֿאַר די ייִדיש־שרײַבערס פֿון יאָר 2100 אַן עסײ־פּאָעמע געשריבן אין יאַנואַר 2026 12:00 טײל פּאַסאַזשירן דרײען צוריק די זײגערלעך בײַם אָפּפֿלי, אַנדערע בײַ דער לאַנדונג. רובֿ פּאַסאַזשירן אָבער טראָגן מער נישט קײן זײגערלעך און װאַרטן ביז די מאָבילקעס פֿאַרבינדן זיך מיט דער נײַער צײַט. די צײַט באַשטײט פֿון פֿאַרבינדונגען. אױף די עקראַנען: מאַפּעס... The post ‘Time Zone’ — poetry by Jake Schneider appeared first on The Forward .
Abe Foxman built the Jewish establishment. He died troubled by what it had become (May 11, 2026 08:17 PM - Forward.com – All)
Abe Foxman never texted me Shabbat Shalom, and he didn’t always answer my calls. I couldn’t blame him, because I was often looking for something more from Foxman than his comment on current events. Foxman, who died on Sunday, was a consummate insider who had become troubled by what he viewed as the cowardice of... The post Abe Foxman built the Jewish establishment. He died troubled by what it had become appeared first on The Forward .
Clashes over Israel again define Eurovision — this time under the shadow of the Holocaust (May 11, 2026 08:02 PM - Forward.com – All)
VIENNA — Lisa Wegenstein is putting shakshuka on the menu. She hopes it won’t get her any hate. Wegenstein, 59, runs Kantine, a laid-back café and bar in Vienna’s Museumsquartier, a hip museum area next to the historic inner city. Kantine has been a local staple for the past 23 years, with a generous cocktail... The post Clashes over Israel again define Eurovision — this time under the shadow of the Holocaust appeared first on The Forward .
Polish novel portrays nostalgic image of the Jewish life that once existed there (May 11, 2026 07:25 PM - Forward.com – All)
ס׳איז לעצטנס אַרויס אַן ענגלישע איבערזעצונג פֿונעם ראָמאַן „איך הייס שטראַמער“, וועגן אַ ייִדישער משפּחה אין דער פּױלישער שטאָט טאַרנע (טאַרנאָוו). דאָס בוך האָט אָנגעשריבן דער פּױלישער שרײַבער מיקאָלײַ לאָזינסקי. אין משך פֿון העכער װי 150 יאָר האָט טאַרנע געהערט צו דער עסטרײַכישער פּראָװינץ גאַליציע. אונטער דער עסטרײַכישער אימפּעריע האָבן ייִדן ניט געליטן פֿון מלוכישן... The post Polish novel portrays nostalgic image of the Jewish life that once existed there appeared first on The Forward .
Toronto man arrested after allegedly shooting at Orthodox Jews outside a synagogue (May 11, 2026 01:58 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Police in Toronto have arrested a man they say shot at “visibly identifiable members of the Jewish community” on two occasions a week apart. Ruslan Novruzov, 18, is charged with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose in conjunction with the shootings, which took place on April... The post Toronto man arrested after allegedly shooting at Orthodox Jews outside a synagogue appeared first on The Forward .
Netanyahu on ‘60 Minutes’: Fight with Hezbollah should be seen as separate from Iran war (May 11, 2026 01:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — In an appearance on U.S. television on Sunday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that Israel should continue fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon even if the war in Iran concludes. Netanyahu spoke with Major Garrett on CBS’ “60 Minutes” as President Donald Trump continues to negotiate to end the Iran war that... The post Netanyahu on ‘60 Minutes’: Fight with Hezbollah should be seen as separate from Iran war appeared first on The Forward .
Labour politician is booed as thousands rally against antisemitism in London (May 11, 2026 01:55 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Thousands of British Jews, as well as politicians from multiple parties, rallied in London outside the prime minister’s residence on Sunday to call for more aggressive action against antisemitism following a string of violent attacks. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative party leader whose response to a heckler making light of threats against Jews went... The post Labour politician is booed as thousands rally against antisemitism in London appeared first on The Forward .
Remembering Abe Foxman, the longtime ADL leader known as the ‘Jewish pope,’ who always answered my calls (May 10, 2026 08:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
Friday before sundown, I realized that Abe Foxman had not sent me his weekly “Shabbat Shalom” message. For the past seven years, since we began texting regularly about Jewish and political issues, the message would arrive each Friday like clockwork — often accompanied by screenshots of Shabbat memes. My response never changed: “Good Shabbos, tzaddik,”... The post Remembering Abe Foxman, the longtime ADL leader known as the ‘Jewish pope,’ who always answered my calls appeared first on The Forward .
Michael Jackson biopic revives legend of Jewish music mogul who battled MTV’s ‘color barrier’ (May 10, 2026 03:07 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — About halfway through “Michael,” the new blockbuster biopic of Michael Jackson, there is a scene in which Jackson (played by his nephew Jafaar) and his lawyer, John Branca (Miles Teller), are sitting with the president of his record label. It’s early in Jackson’s “Thriller” album cycle, as “Billie Jean” has been released as... The post Michael Jackson biopic revives legend of Jewish music mogul who battled MTV’s ‘color barrier’ appeared first on The Forward .
DOGE’s cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional, judge rules (May 10, 2026 03:03 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The Department of Government Efficiency’s cancellation last year of the majority of federal humanities grants, including to several Jewish projects, was unlawful and unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Thursday. In her 143-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon called out the agency created by President Donald Trump specifically for its targeting of Jewish... The post DOGE’s cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional, judge rules appeared first on The Forward .
As anti-LGBTQ laws spread, these two Jewish nonprofits are funding moves to safer states (May 10, 2026 03:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As anti-LGBTQ legislation proliferated across the United States in late 2024, leaders at two Jewish nonprofits began discussing the mounting crisis for LGBTQ Americans who no longer felt safe in their home states but lacked the financial means to leave. Now, some of those individuals are receiving interest-free loans to help finance their... The post As anti-LGBTQ laws spread, these two Jewish nonprofits are funding moves to safer states appeared first on The Forward .
At this interfaith calligraphy class, the lines between Jew and Muslim blur (May 10, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
“So…are you Middle Eastern?” I had just walked into the American Sephardi Federation office in lower Manhattan, where 20 Muslim and Jewish young people gather twice a month to learn Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy together. I was clearly the newbie, and one of the participants was sussing me out. “I am,” I replied. “Fully?” he... The post At this interfaith calligraphy class, the lines between Jew and Muslim blur appeared first on The Forward .
Debating Zionism is good for Jews, actually (May 9, 2026 08:11 PM - Forward.com – All)
A group of Jewish Theological Seminary students were furious with the chancellor’s position on Jewish statehood. In protest, they draped flags around campus before graduation, which the administration removed before the ceremony. The year was 1948. The flags were Israeli. And the dissenting students were protesting Chancellor Louis Finkelstein’s refusal to make support for Jewish... The post Debating Zionism is good for Jews, actually appeared first on The Forward .
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