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Artists are boycotting a show about Israel. The run’s already sold out (Jul 8, 2026 05:39 PM - Forward.com – All)In the third act of Jonathan Spector’s Birthright, the character Izzy delivers the closest thing the play has to a thesis. “I can go up on the bimah at my parents’ shul and I can say I am married to a woman, I can say I don’t keep kosher, I can say I don’t believe... The post Artists are boycotting a show about Israel. The run’s already sold out appeared first on The Forward .
Haley Stevens takes aim at Netanyahu in Michigan Senate debate, as opponent Abdul El-Sayed calls Israel a ‘rogue state’ (Jul 8, 2026 04:48 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Viewers of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary debate on Tuesday night could be forgiven for at times forgetting that one candidate comes with the heavy backing of pro-Israel donors. “The prime minister of Israel has failed,” Rep. Haley Stevens said when asked about Iran, saying that both Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S.... The post Haley Stevens takes aim at Netanyahu in Michigan Senate debate, as opponent Abdul El-Sayed calls Israel a ‘rogue state’ appeared first on The Forward .
Trump says Iran ceasefire ‘over’ as Hegseth cancels Israel visit amid rising tensions (Jul 8, 2026 04:33 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the ceasefire with Iran was “over” after the U.S. military pounded sites in Iran and the Islamic regime struck dozens of American military facilities in the region. “I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore,” Trump told reporters in Ankara, Turkey, where he... The post Trump says Iran ceasefire ‘over’ as Hegseth cancels Israel visit amid rising tensions appeared first on The Forward .
Can the Trinity be kosher? (Jul 8, 2026 02:46 PM - Forward.com – All)
„אַ ייִדישער שילוש‟ (A Jewish Trinity) — אַזוי הייסט דאָס נײַע בוך פֿון אַלאַן בריל, דער ראָש פֿון ייִדיש־קריסטלעכע שטודיעס אינעם סעטאָן־האָל־אוניווערסיטעט (ניו־דזשערזי) און אַ באַקאַנטער פֿאָרשער פֿון ייִדישקייט און צווישן־רעליגיעזע ענינים. ברילס פֿאַרגלײַך־אַנאַליז איז אַ וויכטיקער שטאַפּל אין ייִדיש־קריסטלעכע באַציִונגען, וואָס קען העלפֿן ייִדן און קריסטן בעסער פֿאַרשטיין איינער דעם צווייטן. בײַ אַ סך... The post Can the Trinity be kosher? appeared first on The Forward .
The exceptional translator Barbara Harshav has died (Jul 8, 2026 02:23 AM - Forward.com – All)
פֿון אַבֿיה קושנער און שחר פּינסקער באַרבאַראַ הרשבֿ, פֿאַררעכנט פֿאַר איינעם פֿון די וויכטיקסטע איבערזעצערס פֿון דער העברעיִשער און ייִדישער ליטעראַטור, איז אַוועק אין דער אייביקייט צו 85 יאָר. הרשבֿ, באַקאַנט ווי באָבי בײַ אירע פֿרײַנד און קאָלעגעס, האָט איבערגעזעצט און אַרויסגעגעבן מער ווי 40 ביכער פּאָעזיע, דראַמע, בעלעטריסטיק, פֿילאָסאָפֿיע, עקאָנאָמיק, סאָציאָלאָגיע און געשיכטע. צווישן... The post The exceptional translator Barbara Harshav has died appeared first on The Forward .
Rahm Emanuel: Pursuit of Greater Israel as ‘fanatical’ as the chant ‘from the river to the sea’ (Jul 8, 2026 01:16 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The pursuit of Greater Israel is a corrosive fantasy, veteran Democratic politician Rahm Emanuel is expected to tell a Tel Aviv audience on Wednesday, calling it as “destructive and fanatical” as the chant “from the river to the sea.” Emanuel, who has held multiple top roles in the Democratic Party, in Congress and... The post Rahm Emanuel: Pursuit of Greater Israel as ‘fanatical’ as the chant ‘from the river to the sea’ appeared first on The Forward .
US launches ‘powerful strikes’ against Iran (Jul 8, 2026 01:15 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The U.S. military announced that it had launched strikes against Iran Tuesday evening, marking the latest exchange of blows between the countries amid a fragile ceasefire. In a post on X, U.S. Central Command announced that American forces had begun launching a “series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for... The post US launches ‘powerful strikes’ against Iran appeared first on The Forward .
‘A collapse’: Number of Israelis who believe Trump prioritizes Israel’s security falls to new low, poll finds (Jul 7, 2026 11:05 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The share of Israelis who believe that Israel’s security is a central consideration of President Donald Trump fell to a record low as Democratic support for Israel in the U.S. continued to decline, according to two new polls Tuesday. A new poll from the Israel Democracy Institute found that, amid widening disagreements in... The post ‘A collapse’: Number of Israelis who believe Trump prioritizes Israel’s security falls to new low, poll finds appeared first on The Forward .
The iconic crest worn by Messi and Argentina’s soccer team was designed by a Jewish superfan 50 years ag (Jul 7, 2026 11:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES — Soccer fans around the world are familiar with the crest worn by Argentina and its star Lionel Messi: a vertical shield with laurel branches symbolizing victory and glory at the bottom and three stars at the top representing the team’s three World Cup titles. But few are aware that the... The post The iconic crest worn by Messi and Argentina’s soccer team was designed by a Jewish superfan 50 years ag appeared first on The Forward .
Abdul El-Sayed has refused super PAC funding. An anti-AIPAC PAC says it will spend for him, anyway (Jul 7, 2026 10:59 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A super PAC formed to counter the influence of pro-Israel political action committees confirmed that it will boost Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, despite the candidate’s pledge to refuse all super PAC funding. A spokesperson for American Priorities PAC, the anti-AIPAC PAC, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Tuesday that... The post Abdul El-Sayed has refused super PAC funding. An anti-AIPAC PAC says it will spend for him, anyway appeared first on The Forward .
Artist alters Whitney Museum display screens to protest Israel’s conduct in Gaza (Jul 7, 2026 09:58 PM - Forward.com – All)
The Whitney Museum of American Art has over 27,000 pieces in its collection. On July 3, artist Jonathan Allen tried to add a couple more to call attention to what he considers “Israeli atrocities.” Late that night, Allen vandalized two electronic displays outside the Whitney, a contemporary art museum in Manhattan, plastering them with posters... The post Artist alters Whitney Museum display screens to protest Israel’s conduct in Gaza appeared first on The Forward .
European leaders downplayed the Holocaust. Now Trump is using their tactics against the Smithsonian (Jul 7, 2026 09:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
A new White House report accusing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History of “extreme political activism,” and demanding the museum revise its exhibitions to elide the darker elements of the nation’s past, mirrors a troubling trend in Europe, where right-wing nationalist governments have spent the past decade forcing museums to minimize their countries’ roles... The post European leaders downplayed the Holocaust. Now Trump is using their tactics against the Smithsonian appeared first on The Forward .
Mamdani more popular than Netanyahu among U.S. Jews, new poll shows (Jul 7, 2026 08:47 PM - Forward.com – All)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose outspoken criticism of Israel has made him a frequent target of Jewish and pro-Israel advocates, is viewed more favorably by American Jews than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey of 1,022 Jewish adults... The post Mamdani more popular than Netanyahu among U.S. Jews, new poll shows appeared first on The Forward .
After Platner’s collapse, Jewish Democrats say party can’t ignore candidates’ red flags (Jul 7, 2026 06:49 PM - Forward.com – All)
The collapse of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign in the wake of rape allegations is prompting Jewish Democrats to assess what they see as lessons about the perils of piling on to support untested candidates who are winning voter support by targeting the Democratic establishment as too supportive of Israel. Platner’s candidacy had already... The post After Platner’s collapse, Jewish Democrats say party can’t ignore candidates’ red flags appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish groups protest former California mayor appointed to lead local Rotary Club (Jul 7, 2026 05:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
A former California mayor who began posting conspiracy-tinged anti-Israel messages on her social media shortly after she left office has been tapped as a local goodwill ambassador in Orange County, infuriating Jewish residents who say their concerns about her appointment have been ignored. Former Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan’s installation as president of the Rotary Club... The post Jewish groups protest former California mayor appointed to lead local Rotary Club appeared first on The Forward .
He was a shy, retiring, Jewish record store manager. How did he come to manage the world’s biggest rock band? (Jul 7, 2026 05:12 PM - Forward.com – All)
Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of The Beatles By Philip Norman Da Capo, $32.50, 368 pages Brian Epstein was a most unlikely candidate to discover the Beatles playing in a subterranean music club in Liverpool and manage them toward becoming the biggest pop-rock band in the universe. The somewhat shy and retiring record... The post He was a shy, retiring, Jewish record store manager. How did he come to manage the world’s biggest rock band? appeared first on The Forward .
He reconnected with Judaism as an adult. With his art, he hopes others do the same. (Jul 7, 2026 02:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Bruce David’s magnum opus is a psychedelic lithograph depicting practically the entire Torah. Over eight months, David filled it with a plethora of hidden symbols: If you look closely, you can see Joshua blowing a shofar, which hugs the Israeli flag. Squint even more and you’ll notice Joshua’s face is the flared end of an... The post He reconnected with Judaism as an adult. With his art, he hopes others do the same. appeared first on The Forward .
Metropolitan Police investigating abuse of Jewish attendees at London Pride (Jul 7, 2026 12:51 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — London’s Metropolitan Police launched an investigation Monday into antisemitic abuse at a Pride parade after videos and pictures circulated on social media showed Jewish participants enduring taunts at Saturday’s event. The police department said in a statement that officers were “aware of videos circulating online that show antisemitic verbal abuse directed towards attendees”... The post Metropolitan Police investigating abuse of Jewish attendees at London Pride appeared first on The Forward .
Israel’s diaspora minister calls Erdogan a ‘grotesque hybrid of Hitler and Sinwar’ (Jul 7, 2026 12:47 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli compared Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Adolf Hitler and slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a post on X on Monday. “We all know how narcissistic power-obsessed fanatics like you begin and how they end. The Jewish people have never feared mere flesh and blood, from... The post Israel’s diaspora minister calls Erdogan a ‘grotesque hybrid of Hitler and Sinwar’ appeared first on The Forward .
A narrowed Michigan Democratic Senate race leaves Jewish voters with a stark choice (Jul 7, 2026 12:45 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — When Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Sunday, some progressive Jews were bereft. “I’m still in mourning,” Eve Mokotoff, a public health expert who had been advising McMorrow’s campaign on issues including Jewish ones, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency the next day. “You have to understand,... The post A narrowed Michigan Democratic Senate race leaves Jewish voters with a stark choice appeared first on The Forward .
Israel’s government just took a terrifying new step toward authoritarianism (Jul 6, 2026 08:18 PM - Forward.com – All)
For the first time since Israel’s founding, the government has rejected a binding ruling of the Supreme Court. At first glance, the effects of the latest outrage from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government may appear narrow in scope. The immediate dispute concerned the Second Authority for Television and Radio, an independent broadcasting regulator, and a... The post Israel’s government just took a terrifying new step toward authoritarianism appeared first on The Forward .
A synagogue will soar above the Venice Biennale’s politics, and its lagoon (Jul 6, 2026 07:55 PM - Forward.com – All)
The wandering Jew. The rootless cosmopolitan. Being homeless and belonging nowhere has long been a negative Jewish stereotype. But what if this trait was, instead, something beautiful? That’s the idea posed by Nabatele, an art installation from Ukrainian-Jewish artist Anna Kamyshan. A synagogue, an amalgam of different wooden shtetl synagogues across Europe, perches on a... The post A synagogue will soar above the Venice Biennale’s politics, and its lagoon appeared first on The Forward .
They were the Messis and Ronaldos of their time. And their fellow countrymen murdered them. (Jul 6, 2026 04:58 PM - Forward.com – All)
The World Cup is in full swing. Cristiano Ronaldo, CR7 himself, is improbably, arrogantly playing his sixth tournament at the age of 41. The media loves it: the Lionel Messi vs Ronaldo rivalry continues. Ronaldo plays on with tears and tantrums, breaking records and refusing to simply grow old and go home. But David Bolchover,... The post They were the Messis and Ronaldos of their time. And their fellow countrymen murdered them. appeared first on The Forward .
Rob Reiner delivers a posthumous parting blow to Donald Trump (Jul 6, 2026 04:53 PM - Forward.com – All)
In a moment that drew a rare rebuke from even Donald Trump’s stalwarts, the president took the occasion of Rob Reiner’s tragic death in December to claim the cause was “anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as... The post Rob Reiner delivers a posthumous parting blow to Donald Trump appeared first on The Forward .
Netanyahu pushes back on Vance’s claims that US is Israel’s ‘only powerful ally’ (Jul 6, 2026 03:10 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected Vice President JD Vance’s recent claims that the U.S. is Israel’s “only powerful ally” left in the world. When asked on Fox News Sunday what his reaction was to Vance’s remarks, which came as Israeli ministers criticized the framework deal signed by the U.S. and Iran... The post Netanyahu pushes back on Vance’s claims that US is Israel’s ‘only powerful ally’ appeared first on The Forward .
Former Israeli hostages Sasha Trufanov and Sapir Cohen wed in emotional ceremony (Jul 6, 2026 03:06 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Two former Israeli hostages have wed, in the first marriage of hostages taken when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Sasha Trufanov and Sapir Cohen were visiting Trufanov’s family on Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7 when they were attacked and abducted to Gaza. Trufanov’s father was murdered. Cohen was freed during... The post Former Israeli hostages Sasha Trufanov and Sapir Cohen wed in emotional ceremony appeared first on The Forward .
Hundreds of Patriot Front members march in Washington on July 4, alarming Jewish groups (Jul 6, 2026 03:04 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Hundreds of people affiliated with the white supremacist group Patriot Front marched in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, in a July 4 show of force by the group founded by a veteran of a landmark 2017 far-right rally that featured an antisemitic chant. The marchers in Washington wore masks and some carried Confederate flags,... The post Hundreds of Patriot Front members march in Washington on July 4, alarming Jewish groups appeared first on The Forward .
Happy 166th birthday, Abraham Cahan! Fifth graders write about the Forward founder’s legacy (Jul 6, 2026 01:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
As America celebrates its 250th birthday on July 4, the Forward celebrates the 166th birthday of its founder and first editor, Abraham Cahan on July 7. The socialist newspaperman founded the Yiddish-language newspaper known then as Forverts in 1897 to help Jewish immigrants navigate life in their new home. To celebrate, we’re highlighting letters to... The post Happy 166th birthday, Abraham Cahan! Fifth graders write about the Forward founder’s legacy appeared first on The Forward .
How a 198-year-old New Orleans synagogue became one of America’s fastest-growing Jewish communities (Jul 6, 2026 12:31 PM - Forward.com – All)
NEW ORLEANS — By the time a trumpet player rose from the pews, candy was already flying through the sanctuary. Children scrambled across the bimah beneath Touro Synagogue’s green-and-gold dome while the crowd clapped to the music and a 13-year-old boy in orange Nike sneakers stood beside his mom before two open Torah scrolls —... The post How a 198-year-old New Orleans synagogue became one of America’s fastest-growing Jewish communities appeared first on The Forward .
How to stop worrying about the Democratic Socialists of America (Jul 6, 2026 10:57 AM - Forward.com – All)
The question of why three candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America bested more mainstream Democrats in congressional primaries in New York and Colorado last month is being answered by pundits, not pollsters. There have been no exhaustive exit polls to explain why, in Colorado, Melat Kiros unseated incumbent Democrat Diana DeGette and New... The post How to stop worrying about the Democratic Socialists of America appeared first on The Forward .
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