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Culture
Film Forum’s Yiddish Film Series Speaks To The Jewish Soul
PJ GrisarMay 23, 2019The six films broach many of the concerns of mid-century Jews and Jews today.
Culture
How I Learned To Speak Yiddish And Love The Forverts
Marc CaplanMay 23, 2019That we now receive news through the internet is merely a change in technology, not a transformation in what we read or why.
Israel News
Israeli Locals Aren’t Happy That Bibi Is Renaming Their Town After Trump
Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz)
Israel News
Israeli Locals Aren’t Happy That Bibi Is Renaming Their Town After Trump
Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz)May 23, 2019Elderly Russian immigrants and cows — visiting the Golan site earmarked for “Trumpville”
National News
Pennsylvania Politician Refuses To Apologize For Selfie With White Supremacist
Aiden Pink
National News
Pennsylvania Politician Refuses To Apologize For Selfie With White Supremacist
Aiden PinkMay 23, 2019“We do not, nor should we, require ID or background checks as a condition for being photographed with the people of Pennsylvania.”
Breaking News
Suburban Chicago High School Reprints Yearbooks After Possible White Nationalist Symbol Found
Ari Feldman
Breaking News
Suburban Chicago High School Reprints Yearbooks After Possible White Nationalist Symbol Found
Ari FeldmanMay 23, 2019The gestures could also be a reference to the “circle game,” a harmless teenage joke.
Breaking News
Smashed Car Windows Outside Chicago Synagogue Weren’t Hate Crime, Police Say
Ben Sales
Breaking News
Smashed Car Windows Outside Chicago Synagogue Weren’t Hate Crime, Police Say
Ben SalesMay 23, 2019The suspect is accused of 14 incidents of similar vandalism this month in a neighborhood with a large Jewish population.
Breaking News
Netanyahu Corruption Pre-Indictment Hearing Postponed
Marcy OsterMay 23, 2019The prime minister’s attorneys wanted a year more.
Breaking News
Neo-Nazi Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Vandalizing Indiana Synagogue
Marcy OsterMay 23, 2019The 21-year-old Nazi sympathizer pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime.
Yiddish
The Forward Was A Boys’ Club, And I Broke In
Miriam HoffmanMay 22, 2019“What’s she doing here?” yelled the editor-in-chief. “I go on vacation, and my entire newspaper goes to hell!”
National News
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s Dad Brought To Tears Over Son’s Work For Trump
Aiden Pink
National News
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s Dad Brought To Tears Over Son’s Work For Trump
Aiden PinkMay 22, 2019Friends say Robert Mnuchin is stuck between being “being a loyal father and his concern as a citizen that President Trump is bad for America.”
Breaking News
Christian Woman Who Dressed Orthodox, Tried To Convert Jewish Neighbors Lashes Out At Critics
Alyssa Fisher
Breaking News
Christian Woman Who Dressed Orthodox, Tried To Convert Jewish Neighbors Lashes Out At Critics
Alyssa FisherMay 22, 2019“You have brought shame to Judaism for how you have slandered us and even encouraged others to harm us and our children.”
Fast Forward
Mother Of 4-Year-Old Terror Victim Gives Birth On Late Daughter’s Birthday
Marcy OsterMay 22, 2019Adele Biton was severely injured in a Palestinian rock attack in the West Bank in 2013 and died two years later after never regaining consciousness.
World News: Breaking News From Around The World
Remains Of 1,200 Holocaust Victims Uncovered During Construction Work Reburied
Marcy Oster
World News: Breaking News From Around The World
Remains Of 1,200 Holocaust Victims Uncovered During Construction Work Reburied
Marcy OsterMay 22, 2019The mass grave was found in Brest in February, containing human remains belonging to adults and children as well as clothes and shoes.
Culture
Scenes From The Forverts: When Hasidic Proofreaders And Secular Editors Went Head-To-Head
Itzik Gottesman
Culture
Scenes From The Forverts: When Hasidic Proofreaders And Secular Editors Went Head-To-Head
Itzik GottesmanMay 22, 2019I put my foot down and reminded him that this was not a religious paper, so the name Jesus stays as is.
Breaking News
FBI Arrests Man Who Wanted To Shoot Pro-Israel Marchers, Bomb Trump Tower
Josefin Dolsten
Breaking News
FBI Arrests Man Who Wanted To Shoot Pro-Israel Marchers, Bomb Trump Tower
Josefin DolstenMay 22, 2019The 20-year-old, who also wanted to bomb Trump Tower, was charged with trying to provide support for Hamas.
Opinion
When American Jews Talk About Israel, We’re Really Talking About Ourselves.
Elliot CosgroveMay 22, 2019Why do American Jews talk about Israel so much? Because it is easier than turning the lens on the endangered condition of our Judaism.
Books
Kafka Confidant Max Brod’s Stolen Archive Is Headed To Israel
PJ GrisarMay 22, 2019The papers were transferred to the National Library’s CEO and Chairman at a May 21 ceremony in Berlin.
Life
What It Means To Grow An Omer Beard
Dan FriedmanMay 22, 2019There can be powerful, modern lessons in growing a beard for the traditional Omer period.
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