By Paul Berger
At a recent celebration in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, World War II veterans who served in the Soviet armed forces held a low-key gathering; meanwhile, in the FSU, their comrades in arms were being feted with grandiose parades.
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By Josh Nathan-Kazis
An extensive national survey by the Forward indicates that, despite a sharp increase in the past year, significant boycott divestment and sanctions activity on North American campuses is limited to a handful of instances since 2005, the year of the official launch of the BDS campaign.
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By Gabrielle Birkner
Passover Seders are a longstanding tradition at Brigham Young University, a Mormon institution in Provo Utah. But attendees will have to do without the four glasses of wine.
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By Gal Beckerman
University of Colorado professor David Shneer talks with Gal Beckerman about his new book which introduces readers to a group of Soviet Jews who, remarkably, took some of the most compelling and endearing photos of the Holocaust.Read More
By Dan Friedman
Yotam Ottolenghi, the renowned chef and restaurateur, speaks with Dan Friedman about his late start as a chef, writing a vegetarian recipe column while being an omnivore, and the early stages of his book on the Jerusalem food scene.
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Watch a video tour of where the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire took place 100 years ago. Chris Connor, a retired New York City fire marshal, discusses what went wrong on March 25, 1911, and the enduring legacy of the deadly fire.Read More
Watch a video from the Forward’s 2011 inaugural gala in which actress Jill Eikenberry and Isaiah Sheffer, founder of Symphony Space, read a letter from a garment worker who survived the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.Read More
Watch a short video, filmed for our 2011 inaugural gala, on what makes the Forward an essential source for Jewish news, culture and analysis.Read More
By Maia Efrem
As the United States marks the 10th anniversary of its military involvement in Afghanistan and the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the Forward profiles the 37 Jewish men and women who lost their lives fighting in these ongoing wars.
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In this episode of the Yiddish Forward’s online cooking show, “Eat in Good Health,” Rukhl “Ray” Schaechter and Eve Jochnowitz’s prepare cabbage strudel.Read More