Jewish news feeds from Jewish sources
Why is it important to get Jewish news from Jewish sources?
It's a matter of perspective. In addition to whatever other media you get your news about Jewish events from, it's good to add Jewish news media to the mix for balance and for depth that general or secular media can't aim for.
This is especially the case with news from Israel. The Israeli media is quite vigorous - a very free press, indeed! - and by visiting Jewish Feeds, you'll find a variety of sources that cover Israel and the Jewish world in a depth and balance that you won't find elsewhere.
So, make your Jewish Internet experience more Jewish by starting here at Jewish Feeds.
Here are some of the top stories today at Jewish Feeds. For more Jewish and Israeli news and other feeds (that's "web sites that publish Jewish or Israeli XML/RSS feeds"), click the category links at the bottom of the page. And enjoy noshing at Jewish Feeds.
Jewish and Israel Headlines and Torah Features
Should synagogues remove the Israeli flag from bimahs now? (Oct 21, 2025 10:20 AM - Forward.com – All)After the last of the living hostages in Gaza were released last week, a prominent New York synagogue faced a complicated question: Should it remove the Israeli flag on its bimah? Central Synagogue in Manhattan had displayed the Israeli flag on an empty chair since the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, along with a count... The post Should synagogues remove the Israeli flag from bimahs now? appeared first on The Forward .
The Lakers were about to shock the NBA. But Shabbat had to end first. (Oct 20, 2025 11:41 PM - Forward.com – All)
Luka Dončić was headed to Los Angeles — if the Lakers could keep it quiet for one more Shabbat. The Feb. 2 trade that brought Dončić, widely touted as one of the two or three best basketball players on the planet, to Los Angeles blindsided the NBA — and Dončić himself. It was the most... The post The Lakers were about to shock the NBA. But Shabbat had to end first. appeared first on The Forward .
As Greenpoint’s Jewish community grows, so does this shul’s Hebrew school (Oct 20, 2025 10:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
(New York Jewish Week) — Greenpoint, Brooklyn is known for many things: its extensive waterfront, a tight-knit Polish community and a vibrant arts scene. One thing it’s not known for: a thriving Jewish community. But that’s rapidly changing. The Greenpoint Shul — North Brooklyn’s only non-Haredi, brick-and-mortar synagogue — is today home to some 100... The post As Greenpoint’s Jewish community grows, so does this shul’s Hebrew school appeared first on The Forward .
Prominent NYC rabbi urges congregants to vote against Zohran Mamdani in Shabbat sermon (Oct 20, 2025 08:28 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — This piece first ran as part of The Countdown, JTA’s daily newsletter rounding up all the developments in the New York City mayor’s race. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. There are 15 days to the election.
Ro Khanna, Democratic critic of Israel, says he supports Zionism and the ‘right for Israel to exist’ (Oct 20, 2025 08:22 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, a leading critic of Israel in Congress, said he believes in the “right for Israel to exist” and that it is antisemitic to oppose the existence of a Jewish state. Khanna made the comment during an interview Friday with J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Speaking with... The post Ro Khanna, Democratic critic of Israel, says he supports Zionism and the ‘right for Israel to exist’ appeared first on The Forward .
Thousands of haredi Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military draft in New York City (Oct 20, 2025 08:09 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Upwards of 10,000 haredi Orthodox Jewish men protested on Sunday night outside the Israeli consulate in New York City against the conscription of Orthodox Jews in the Israeli military. The protest, which was organized by the Central Rabbinical Congress, a consortium of Orthodox Jewish groups, comes amid one of Israel’s tensest political debates:... The post Thousands of haredi Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military draft in New York City appeared first on The Forward .
Arthur Waskow, activist rabbi who brought Jewish spiritual wisdom to bear on progressive politics, dies at 92 (Oct 20, 2025 08:03 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Rabbi Arthur Waskow, an activist and author of more than two dozen books that refracted progressive causes like civil rights, economic injustice and, most pressingly in his last decade, climate change through the lens of Jewish text and tradition, died Monday at his home in Philadelphia. He was 92. Starting with his creation... The post Arthur Waskow, activist rabbi who brought Jewish spiritual wisdom to bear on progressive politics, dies at 92 appeared first on The Forward .
Hidden in Central Park, a modest installation of Holocaust art — but what was it doing there? (Oct 20, 2025 05:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
I’m a big walker. It’s how I stay sane, if one could call what I am, sane. I listen to books, podcasts and music. The lake I live on upstate has a road straight around it, so it is a perfect and beautiful four-mile walk. I walk around it once or twice every day. Not... The post Hidden in Central Park, a modest installation of Holocaust art — but what was it doing there? appeared first on The Forward .
A historic photo that encapsulates the klezmer revival (Oct 20, 2025 04:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
דאָס איז איינער פֿון אַ סעריע קורצע אַרטיקלען אָנגעשריבן אױף אַ רעלאַטיװ גרינגן ייִדיש און געצילעװעט אױף סטודענטן. די מחברטע איז אַלײן אַ ייִדיש־סטודענטקע. דאָ קען מען לײענען די פֿריִערדיקע אַרטיקלען אין דער סעריע. מיט 18 יאָר צוריק, דעם 12טן אָקטאָבער 2007, האָט מען פֿאַראײביקט אין אַ פֿאָטאָגראַפֿיע אַן אייגנאַרטיקן מאָמענט אין דער געשיכטע פֿון... The post A historic photo that encapsulates the klezmer revival appeared first on The Forward .
How an ‘unlikely rabbi’ went from Korea to Colbert (Oct 20, 2025 01:32 PM - Forward.com – All)
Calling herself an “unlikely rabbi,” Angela Buchdahl has been a staple on numerous lists of notable American Jews, including the Forward 50. Born in South Korea in 1972 and raised by a Korean Buddhist mother and an Ashkenazi Jewish father in Tacoma, Washington, she went on to become the first Asian American ordained as a... The post How an ‘unlikely rabbi’ went from Korea to Colbert appeared first on The Forward .
A love affair between two Yiddish poets in New York City (Oct 20, 2025 01:31 PM - Forward.com – All)
ראַשעל װעפּרינסקיס ראָמאַן „דאָס קרײצן פֿון די הענט“ איז אַ יוצא־דופֿן אין דער אַמעריקאַנער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור. דאָס בוך איז אַרױס אין תּל־אָבֿיבֿ אין 1971, אָבער די האַנדלונג קומט פֿאָר אין 1918. דאָס איז אַ דראַמאַטישע ליבע־געשיכטע צװישן אַ דיכטער, וואָס הייסט ניעזשינער און אַ יונגער דיכטערין, מרים. בײדע זײַנען חתונה־געהאַטע מיט קינדער: ער האָט פֿינף,... The post A love affair between two Yiddish poets in New York City appeared first on The Forward .
It’s time for the pro-Palestinian movement to make a radical change (Oct 19, 2025 01:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Over the past two years, activists across the world ramped up calls for divestment from Israel. On university campuses and at meetings of pension boards, the same call has become increasingly prominent: pull money away from anything tied to Israel. But now that a fragile ceasefire may be taking hold, I want to offer a... The post It’s time for the pro-Palestinian movement to make a radical change appeared first on The Forward .
NY State Young Republicans chapter disbanded amid racist, antisemitic chat scandal (Oct 19, 2025 11:15 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — New York’s state Young Republicans organization has been disbanded in the wake of leaked group chats in which officials joked about gas chambers, praised Adolf Hitler and used racist, antisemitic and homophobic slurs. “The Young Republicans was already grossly mismanaged, and vile language of the sort made in the group chat has no... The post NY State Young Republicans chapter disbanded amid racist, antisemitic chat scandal appeared first on The Forward .
Palestinian man who allegedly participated in Oct. 7 attack on Israel arrested in Louisiana (Oct 19, 2025 11:13 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A Palestinian man in Louisiana was arrested Thursday after federal prosecutors accused him of participating in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, 33, a Palestinian resident of Lafayette, Louisiana, is accused of being an operative for the National Resistance Brigades, a Gaza-based paramilitary group that took part... The post Palestinian man who allegedly participated in Oct. 7 attack on Israel arrested in Louisiana appeared first on The Forward .
Far-right UK activist Tommy Robinson visits Israel on invite of Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli (Oct 19, 2025 11:11 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Far-right British agitator Tommy Robinson, known for his anti-Muslim rhetoric and leadership of the now-defunct extremist British Defense League, is in Israel this week on the invitation of Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli. Together, Robinson and Chikli toured the site of the Nova music festival massacre, explored Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market on Friday... The post Far-right UK activist Tommy Robinson visits Israel on invite of Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli appeared first on The Forward .
Susan Stamberg, iconic Jewish ‘founding mother’ of NPR, dies at 87 (Oct 19, 2025 11:09 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — When Susan Stamberg first sat behind the microphone to host a newfangled broadcasting venture called National Public Radio, in 1972, some board members had a concern: She sounded too Jewish. Though that wasn’t quite how they tended to phrase it, recalled a colleague. Instead, NPR board members feared that the “All Things Considered”... The post Susan Stamberg, iconic Jewish ‘founding mother’ of NPR, dies at 87 appeared first on The Forward .
BBC penalized after failing to identify narrator in Gaza documentary as son of Hamas minister (Oct 19, 2025 11:07 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The BBC will be required to air a statement correcting its coverage after the U.K. media watchdog Ofcom sanctioned the channel failing to identify the narrator of a Gaza documentary as the son of a Hamas official. “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone,” aired on the BBC in February. It quickly drew fire... The post BBC penalized after failing to identify narrator in Gaza documentary as son of Hamas minister appeared first on The Forward .
The biggest impediment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians has little to do with Gaza (Oct 18, 2025 12:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
The Gaza war may finally be over, and the idea of a Palestinian state has returned to the center of global discourse. But before it can become a reality, Palestinians will need to carry less suspicion and hatred toward Israel — which means Israel must give them fewer reasons to cultivate those reactions. An investigation... The post The biggest impediment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians has little to do with Gaza appeared first on The Forward .
An attack on Israeli soccer fans last year was dubbed a ‘pogrom.’ Could it happen again? (Oct 17, 2025 09:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
When fans of the soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv were assaulted in the streets of Amsterdam after a game last November, the violence drew comparisons to pogroms. It even prompted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dispatch rescue planes to evacuate Israeli citizens. Now, once again there are fears of a repeat outbreak of violence,... The post An attack on Israeli soccer fans last year was dubbed a ‘pogrom.’ Could it happen again? appeared first on The Forward .
Actually, I’d love for Chabad to ask me if I’m Jewish (Oct 17, 2025 08:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
I was waiting with my friend for a train in New Jersey when we were approached by a young missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Unaware of the fact that we were currently on our way back to New York from a Sukkot party, he asked if we’d like to attend... The post Actually, I’d love for Chabad to ask me if I’m Jewish appeared first on The Forward .
Course on Yiddish in Ukraine in the 20th century (Oct 17, 2025 06:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
ווי בײַ יעדן לערן־זמן פֿון דער ווירטועלער ייִדיש־פּראָגראַם בײַם אַרבעטער רינג, וועט מען במשך פֿונעם האַרבסט־זמן 2025 לערנען אַ צאָל אינטערעסאַנטע ווײַטהאַלטער־קורסן אויף ייִדיש. דער פֿאָרשער גענאַדי עסטרײַך וועט לערנען אַ קורס וועגן דער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור אין אוקראַיִנע במשך פֿונעם 20סטן יאָרהונדערט, אַרײַנגערעכנט די שרײַבער פֿון דער „קיִעווער גרופּע“— דוד בערגעלסאָן און דער ניסתּר. מע... The post Course on Yiddish in Ukraine in the 20th century appeared first on The Forward .
There wasn’t a Jewish grief group in Boston for young adults, so this rabbi started one (Oct 17, 2025 04:58 PM - Forward.com – All)
In Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Everything is Illuminated, a little girl named Brod is so familiar with grief and loss that Foer gives her a title: “Genius of sadness.” Brod sees melancholy everywhere, in the usual places — “the sadness of physical pain” — and in unlikely ones (“The sadness of domesticated birds”). There is... The post There wasn’t a Jewish grief group in Boston for young adults, so this rabbi started one appeared first on The Forward .
Germany excels at restoring synagogues destroyed by the Nazis. But can they foster new Jewish life? (Oct 17, 2025 03:20 PM - Forward.com – All)
I was in the pews when Munich reopened the Reichenbachstrasse Synagogue—the city’s only surviving prewar synagogue—last month. It is an exquisite restoration and a bevy of politicians showed up. Germany’s Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, fighting back tears, promised to protect Jewish life; so did Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder and Munich’s mayor Dieter Reiter. The celebrated pianist... The post Germany excels at restoring synagogues destroyed by the Nazis. But can they foster new Jewish life? appeared first on The Forward .
Ben Stiller wants you to meet his parents (Oct 17, 2025 02:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
A few years back, when nepo baby discourse was at its most heated, actor-director Ben Stiller emerged as an elder voice of reason. “Untalented people don’t really last if they get a break because of who they are or know or are related to,” Stiller tweeted to The Black List founder Franklin Leonard, who was... The post Ben Stiller wants you to meet his parents appeared first on The Forward .
Trump: ‘If Hamas continues to kill people … we will have no choice but to go in and kill them’ (Oct 17, 2025 12:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — President Donald Trump appeared to threaten violence against Hamas in Gaza on Thursday as he responded to reports that Hamas was executing Gazans following the ceasefire with Israel that Trump brokered last week. “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to... The post Trump: ‘If Hamas continues to kill people … we will have no choice but to go in and kill them’ appeared first on The Forward .
At debate, Cuomo and Mamdani clash over Israel in pitch to Jewish voters (Oct 17, 2025 12:31 PM - Forward.com – All)
Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo clashed sharply over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Thursday night, in the first televised debate for New York City mayor, their first major showdown since the young democratic socialist stunned the former governor in the Democratic primary. And a Yiddish slang term even made its way into the heated back-and-forth. Days... The post At debate, Cuomo and Mamdani clash over Israel in pitch to Jewish voters appeared first on The Forward .
Fearless or foolish? Michael Roth, Wesleyan’s Jewish president, stands apart in opposing Trump’s campus policies (Oct 17, 2025 10:25 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As he often does these days, Wesleyan University president Michael Roth recently delivered a lecture on another campus outlining all the reasons why academia should be more forcefully standing up to President Trump’s policies. He peppered the lecture with Yiddish words. He laid thick on what he called his “Jewish accent.” A colleague... The post Fearless or foolish? Michael Roth, Wesleyan’s Jewish president, stands apart in opposing Trump’s campus policies appeared first on The Forward .
‘Yeah, we like Hitler’: ‘Fresh and Fit’ podcast host Myron Gaines defends leaked GOP antisemitic group chat (Oct 17, 2025 10:23 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Myron Gaines, co-host of the popular podcast “Fresh and Fit” which is known for frequently airing antisemitic content, defended a leaked group chat where Young Republicans operatives praised Adolf Hitler. “Yeah we like Hitler. No one gives a f–k what you woke jews think anymore,” wrote Gaines, whose real name is Amrou Fudl,... The post ‘Yeah, we like Hitler’: ‘Fresh and Fit’ podcast host Myron Gaines defends leaked GOP antisemitic group chat appeared first on The Forward .
Mike Johnson denounces Young Republicans’ group chat that praised Hitler as JD Vance downplays uproar (Oct 17, 2025 10:17 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday said Republicans “roundly condemn” a leaked group chat in which Young Republican officials joked about gas chambers, praised Adolf Hitler and used racist, antisemitic and homophobic slurs, as well as an American flag with a swastika that was found in a Republican congressman’s office. When asked whether... The post Mike Johnson denounces Young Republicans’ group chat that praised Hitler as JD Vance downplays uproar appeared first on The Forward .
Rabbi Moshe Hauer, OU leader admired across Jewish world, is dead at 60 (Oct 17, 2025 10:12 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — American Jewry is reeling following the sudden death of Rabbi Moshe Hauer, the executive vice president of the Orthodox Union who was widely known and admired across denominations. Hauer, the O.U.’s public face since 2020, died of a heart attack at his Baltimore home on Tuesday, the holiday of Shemini Atzeret. He was... The post Rabbi Moshe Hauer, OU leader admired across Jewish world, is dead at 60 appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish Jobs
