Assaf Gavron

News

• Mother of Jewish Teen Killed on Brooklyn Bridge Speaks Out About Arrest
• Is Steven Hawking’s Decision To Boycott an Israeli Conference Boon to BDS?
• Claims Conference Blames Dead Official for Botched $57M Holocaust Fraud Probe
• Geza Vermes, Hungarian Bible Scholar Who Returned to Jewish Roots, Dies at 88
• Joyce Brothers, Brought Jewish Sensibility to Suburbia Through TV, Dies at 85

Forward Forum

• Reform Rabbi Urges Hebrew Union College To Reconsider Decision on Intermarriage
• Israel's Shas, Right-Wing Kingmaker Party, Takes Sharp Turn to Left
• Congregation Needs To Be Involved in Israel To Make a Difference

Arts & Culture

• The Return of Richard Foreman, Rabbi of New York's Downtown Theater Scene
• The Hank Greenberg Story That '42' Forgot
• Vladimir Nabokov and the Jews
• The History of Mel Brooks, Part I
• How Do You Say 'Fuhgeddaboudit' in Yiddish?

Fast Forward

• Angelina Jolie's Breast Surgery Decision and Perils of Being (Maybe) Over-Prepared
• Replacement for a Child Lost

Podcasts

• The Personal Stories of the Warsaw Ghetto

Breaking News

• Kerry To Visit Israel and Palestinian Territories Next Week
• Egypt Closes Gaza Border After Kidnapping of Police
• IDF Stung by Billion Dollar Budget Cuts, But Bonus Looms on Horizon
• Alan Gross Settles Suit on 'Risky' Work in Cuba
• Russian Arms Shipment to Syria 'Destabilizes' Region, Says Livni
• Ukrainian Ultra-Nationalist Party Distances Itself from a Recent Anti-Semitic Letter
• Cigarette Smugglers Tied to Notorious Jewish Murder on Brooklyn Bridge
• Ultra-Orthodox Jews Stage Huge Anti-Draft Protest