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In Max and Richard Fleischer, was father like son? (May 7, 2026 08:17 PM - Forward.com – All)Spare a thought for Mr. Boop’s bald spot — or is it a yarmulke? In Max Fleischer’s 1932 cartoon “Minnie the Moocher,” Betty Boop is shown at home, harangued by her heavily-accented immigrant parents. They want her to eat her hasenpfeffer. For a particular subset of cartoon neurotics, what exactly is going on with Betty’s... The post In Max and Richard Fleischer, was father like son? appeared first on The Forward .
Netanyahu deploys AI videos as political weapon, aimed at voter fears of Arab power (May 7, 2026 07:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
As election season in Israel heats up, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his government are deploying a charged weapon against their political opponents aiming to overthrow them: AI-generated viral videos. In recent weeks, Netanyahu and key allies have taken to social media to post satirical content on their social media accounts, depicting... The post Netanyahu deploys AI videos as political weapon, aimed at voter fears of Arab power appeared first on The Forward .
Man charged for two Toronto-area synagogue shootings (May 7, 2026 07:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Police have arrested a man in connection with two Toronto-area synagogue shootings that occurred on the same night in March. Nobody was injured in either attack, though two maintenance workers were inside Beth Avraham Yoseph when it was struck with bullets on March 6 after Shabbat services. Toronto police did not share the... The post Man charged for two Toronto-area synagogue shootings appeared first on The Forward .
A Jewish Expressionist artist’s life, preserved in a brownstone (May 7, 2026 07:39 PM - Forward.com – All)
NEW YORK — Even inside a five-story brownstone crowded with paintings, sculptures and books, no single work can fully contain the spirit of Ukrainian-born artist Ben-Zion. Still, one painting comes close: a portrait of the healer and rabbi known as Baal Shem Tov, seated calmly beneath a tree. Rendered in ochre, gray and green, the... The post A Jewish Expressionist artist’s life, preserved in a brownstone appeared first on The Forward .
California man pleads guilty in 2023 death of pro-Israel protester (May 7, 2026 05:38 PM - Forward.com – All)
The man accused in the 2023 death of a pro-Israel protester will avoid a prison sentence after pleading guilty this week to all charges against him. Loay Alnaji, 53, was at a pro-Palestinian protest in Ventura, California, in November 2023 when he allegedly struck a pro-Israel counterprotester named Paul Kessler with a megaphone. Kessler, who... The post California man pleads guilty in 2023 death of pro-Israel protester appeared first on The Forward .
British Greens battle antisemitism scandal as Jewish leader Zack Polanski targets historic gains in local elections (May 7, 2026 04:35 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Britons heading to polls in local elections on Thursday will deliver an answer to the question of whether their country’s legacy parties still hold wide appeal. They will also illuminate just how willing British voters are to overlook antisemitism accusations around a rising left-wing party party — and potentially propel its leader, a... The post British Greens battle antisemitism scandal as Jewish leader Zack Polanski targets historic gains in local elections appeared first on The Forward .
Casey Putsch, candidate who asked Grok to praise Hitler, loses in Ohio GOP primary (May 7, 2026 04:33 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Ohio gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch, whose rhetoric has included antisemitic dogwhistles, did not come close to winning the Republican primary on Tuesday. But he was not swept aside by the electorate, either: Nearly 150,000 Ohio Republicans voted for him, making up 17.5% of voters. Vivek Ramaswamy, the former presidential candidate who had President... The post Casey Putsch, candidate who asked Grok to praise Hitler, loses in Ohio GOP primary appeared first on The Forward .
Words of rescue: Yermiyahu Ahron Taub’s new book of poetry (May 7, 2026 01:55 PM - Forward.com – All)
עס זײַנען דאָ פּאָעטן װאָס זײַנען נבֿיאים, ווי למשל משה קולבאַק און חיים־נחמן ביאַליק. פֿאַראַן פּאָעטן פֿילאָסאָפֿן, װי עמילי דיקינסאָן אָדער אַהרן צײטלין. און טײל פּאָעטן זײַנען קינסטלער פֿון אימזאַש, װי רחל פֿישמאַן. זעלטן װען אָבער זעט מען אַ פּאָעט, װאָס איז מסוגל דורך זײַנע לידער צו באַלעבן אָדער באַװױנען עטלעכע פּערזענלעכקײטן, פּאַרשױנען, און דערבײַ... The post Words of rescue: Yermiyahu Ahron Taub’s new book of poetry appeared first on The Forward .
Israel, US condemn Belgium over planned prosecutions tied to Jewish circumcisions (May 7, 2026 10:48 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A diplomatic spat erupted on Wednesday after Belgian prosecutors moved to charge two Jewish men tied to ritual circumcisions, prompting Israeli and U.S. officials to accuse Belgium of targeting Jews for practicing their faith. Gideon Saar, Israel’s minister of foreign affairs, lit into the country in a post on X Wednesday morning, calling... The post Israel, US condemn Belgium over planned prosecutions tied to Jewish circumcisions appeared first on The Forward .
Rutgers disinvites commencement speaker over tweet claiming Israelis ‘train dogs to sexually assault prisoners’ (May 7, 2026 10:47 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Administrators at Rutgers University have canceled a commencement speaker scheduled for next week, citing an “inflammatory claim” the speaker tweeted about Israel. Rami Elghandour, a Rutgers alumnus and a producer of an Oscar-nominated docudrama about a Palestinian girl who died in Gaza, was set to deliver the speech at the university’s School of... The post Rutgers disinvites commencement speaker over tweet claiming Israelis ‘train dogs to sexually assault prisoners’ appeared first on The Forward .
Brussels cathedral installs plaques apologizing for medieval antisemitic persecution depicted in stained glass (May 6, 2026 11:51 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — More than 650 years after Jews in Brussels were executed and expelled following false antisemitic accusations, church officials at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula have installed a plaque apologizing for the persecution commemorated in its stained glass windows. At a ceremony on April 27, Archbishop Luc Terlinden of Mechelen-Brussels and... The post Brussels cathedral installs plaques apologizing for medieval antisemitic persecution depicted in stained glass appeared first on The Forward .
Georgetown Law graduation speaker backs out after students protest his ‘controversial, Zionist and harmful opinions’ (May 6, 2026 11:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A pro-Israel Jewish economist and former university president will no longer speak at Georgetown University Law School’s graduation next week, after stepping down from the speaking engagement following student criticism. Instead, graduating students and their families will hear from a Georgetown professor who has disparaged legal efforts to curb pro-Palestinian student protests and... The post Georgetown Law graduation speaker backs out after students protest his ‘controversial, Zionist and harmful opinions’ appeared first on The Forward .
Maryland school district urged to adopt ‘zero-tolerance policy’ on antisemitism amid wave of incidents (May 6, 2026 11:48 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington is calling on a local school district in Maryland to adopt a “zero tolerance policy” toward antisemitism following what it described as a recent wave of anti-Jewish incidents across its schools. Antisemitic and anti-Israel graffiti found at Greenwood Elementary School over the weekend was only... The post Maryland school district urged to adopt ‘zero-tolerance policy’ on antisemitism amid wave of incidents appeared first on The Forward .
The great antisemitism rug pull (May 6, 2026 08:48 PM - Forward.com – All)
The declining fortunes of Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire media empire, which announced layoffs last week amid falling viewership across its network of shows on Youtube, is the latest evidence of a sudden erosion in the alliance between Jews and conservatives. The partnership emerged around Donald Trump’s first election as Jews concerned about ascendant anti-Zionism were... The post The great antisemitism rug pull appeared first on The Forward .
An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’ (May 6, 2026 07:47 PM - Forward.com – All)
On Nov. 10, 2023, the Israeli-American historian Omer Bartov published a guest essay in the New York Times. Though scarcely a month had passed since the Hamas massacre of hundreds of Israeli men, women and children, Bartov expressed fears over Israel’s military response to this horrifying act of barbarity. But, he concluded, while “it is... The post An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’ appeared first on The Forward .
Tidbits: An inheritance of 200 pieces of Judaica finds a home (May 6, 2026 07:36 PM - Forward.com – All)
Tidbits is a Forverts feature of easy news briefs in Yiddish that you can listen to or read, or both! If you read the article and don’t know a word, just click on it and the translation appears. Listen to the report here: נאָך דעם ווי דעבאָראַ בראָדי, אַ לערערין אין מערילאַנד, איז געשטאָרבן אין... The post Tidbits: An inheritance of 200 pieces of Judaica finds a home appeared first on The Forward .
The new face of Holocaust denial is harder to spot — and more dangerous (May 6, 2026 06:59 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — When I learned that Holocaust deniers had infiltrated a New Hampshire legislative meeting and tried to insert their view into the state’s Holocaust education efforts, I was personally outraged. My grandparents, my mother’s first husband and their 5-and-½-year-old son were murdered by Zyklon-B gas in a Birkenau gas chamber in August 1943 — dying... The post The new face of Holocaust denial is harder to spot — and more dangerous appeared first on The Forward .
London’s Metropolitan Police launches new 100-officer unit to protect Jewish communities (May 6, 2026 02:36 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — London’s police force has created a new unit to protect Jews, in the latest effort to stem a wave of attacks and calm mounting anxiety in the city’s Jewish communities. The new “Community Protection Team” will boast 100 members and include both officers already working in Jewish communities and newly assigned officers, the... The post London’s Metropolitan Police launches new 100-officer unit to protect Jewish communities appeared first on The Forward .
ADL says antisemitic incidents dropped by a third in 2025, but assaults reached record levels (May 6, 2026 10:08 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Antisemitic incidents in the United States fell sharply in 2025 from record highs in the previous two years, but physical assaults, including deadly attacks, continued to rise, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit. In 2025, the ADL recorded 6,274 antisemitic incidents across the country, marking a 33% decrease compared to 2024, when... The post ADL says antisemitic incidents dropped by a third in 2025, but assaults reached record levels appeared first on The Forward .
Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law (May 6, 2026 02:56 AM - Forward.com – All)
Protesters thronged a Manhattan synagogue Tuesday night outside an event promoting real estate in Israel and the West Bank — returning to the scene of a clash last year that prompted a new law shielding houses of worship and put the heat on newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani. The demonstration at Park East Synagogue on... The post Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law appeared first on The Forward .
A best-selling novelist identified a minor character as Israeli. Some fans are canceling their orders. (May 5, 2026 10:12 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A bestselling author is facing a flurry of anger from fans after advance copies of her upcoming novel identified a character as Israeli — a move that her critics say advances “normalization” of a country they oppose. Rebecca “R. F.” Kuang, the Chinese-American author of the 2023 satirical novel “Yellowface” and “The Poppy War”... The post A best-selling novelist identified a minor character as Israeli. Some fans are canceling their orders. appeared first on The Forward .
Boulder hostage-march firebombing suspect to plead guilty to state charges (May 5, 2026 09:49 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The man charged with firebombing a Boulder, Colorado, march for Israeli hostages in 2025 will plead guilty to killing one person and attempting to kill others in the incident, according to documents filed in the case over the weekend. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who was arrested at the scene of the June 1, 2025,... The post Boulder hostage-march firebombing suspect to plead guilty to state charges appeared first on The Forward .
Her body has been unidentified for decades. Her Ashkenazi DNA may explain why (May 5, 2026 09:10 PM - Forward.com – All)
Murder investigators in Arizona are encountering a stubborn obstacle to solving a decades-old cold case involving an unidentified dead body: The woman’s Ashkenazi Jewish DNA. In 1989, an unclothed dead body was found on the side of a highway in northwest Arizona. The woman was never identified, though small details offered clues about her life:... The post Her body has been unidentified for decades. Her Ashkenazi DNA may explain why appeared first on The Forward .
Indiana synagogue that shaped Reform movement is sold — and will become a coffee shop, event space (May 5, 2026 08:41 PM - Forward.com – All)
The 1867 synagogue in Lafayette, Indiana — once a laboratory of the Reform movement — has been sold, after a grassroots effort to bring it back into Jewish hands fell short. In recent months, a small group of local Jews tried to crowdfund roughly $300,000 to buy the building, hoping to turn it into a... The post Indiana synagogue that shaped Reform movement is sold — and will become a coffee shop, event space appeared first on The Forward .
Liberal Zionists are under attack. A new book proves their work has never been more important (May 5, 2026 08:36 PM - Forward.com – All)
As much as American Jews may care about what happens in Israel, we’re in the bleachers, watching what Israelis are up to on the field. That’s what makes Ariel Beery’s new book, Being Israeli After the Destruction of Gaza, so timely and necessary. “I wanted to explain to the English-speaking world what we liberal democrats... The post Liberal Zionists are under attack. A new book proves their work has never been more important appeared first on The Forward .
Mike Stoller and Iris Rainer Dart talk ‘Beaches’ and reviving their Yiddish musical (May 5, 2026 06:02 PM - Forward.com – All)
A Peanuts poster in the background of our video call reminds Iris Rainer Dart of her brief time starring in a musical. “I was the understudy for Judy Kaye in the L.A. company of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” recalled Dart, 82, the author of the bestselling novel Beaches and the book and lyrics... The post Mike Stoller and Iris Rainer Dart talk ‘Beaches’ and reviving their Yiddish musical appeared first on The Forward .
How Yiddish and Savta Sarah shaped my Jewish journey (May 5, 2026 05:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
I first fell in love with Jewish languages as a Fulbright fellow at Tel Aviv University. I was fascinated by the many languages that had converged in Israel: Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddish, Darija, Russian, Amharic and Ladino. I learned about different communities’ language and history, which built meaningful connections with the people who brought them to... The post How Yiddish and Savta Sarah shaped my Jewish journey appeared first on The Forward .
Pulitzer Prize awarded to Palestinian photographer who captured ‘devastation and starvation in Gaza’ (May 5, 2026 02:36 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A New York Times photographer working in Gaza was awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for photography for pictures taken during the war with Israel there. The prize committee said it was honoring Saher Alghorra “for his haunting, sensitive series showing the devastation and starvation in Gaza resulting from the war with Israel.” One... The post Pulitzer Prize awarded to Palestinian photographer who captured ‘devastation and starvation in Gaza’ appeared first on The Forward .
London police investigating fire at another synagogue, amid string of arsons (May 5, 2026 02:33 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A disused London synagogue was the site of an arson attack early Tuesday, police said, adding to a string of incidents targeting Jews and Jewish sites in the city. The Metropolitan Police said its officers responded to a call at 5:15 a.m. local time about a fire set outside the Nelson Street Synagogue... The post London police investigating fire at another synagogue, amid string of arsons appeared first on The Forward .
Tony nominee Mark Rosenblatt’s ‘Giant’ journey began with Menachem Begin (May 5, 2026 01:01 PM - Forward.com – All)
The seed for Giant was planted almost 35 years ago when a 14-year old Mark Rosenblatt and his friend were tasked with presenting the week’s news to a school assembly. Former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin had just died and Rosenblatt assumed that they should mark the passing of a hero. His friend, a Muslim,... The post Tony nominee Mark Rosenblatt’s ‘Giant’ journey began with Menachem Begin appeared first on The Forward .
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