September 30: Film screening & discussion of “The Forward: From Immigrants to Americans”
Join the filmmakers and Jodi Rudoren in a screening and conversation about “The Forward: From Immigrants to Americans,” a historic documentary.
Norm Macdonald’s gift to Jewish humor
Norm Macdonald , the former Saturday Night Live news anchor and stand-up comic, wasn’t Jewish. But the Canadian-born comedian, who died Tuesday from cancer at the age of 61, left behind two of the greatest Jewish humor moments in recent memory.
Impatience. Hopelessness. Multi-tasking. Readers share the personal sins they’re repenting for this Yom Kippur.
“For the sin of not walking through the doors God opens for me.”
October 20: Have I Got A Story For You!
Join us for a virtual evening of celebration! Hear from David Duchovny, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Michael Barbaro, Miz Cracker, Etgar Keret, and more.
November 8: Daniel Sokatch in conversation with Jodi Rudoren
Forward Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren will be in conversation with New Israel Fund CEO Daniel Sokatch about his new book “Can We Talk About Israel?”
We asked for your 9/11 stories. With grief, hope and faith, you responded.
We asked our readers to share their stories of that tragic day, which, in ways big and small, shaped all our lives.
September 2: The rise of antisemitism from the left and the right
Join American Public Square at Jewell for a talk highlighting the increasing presence of antisemitism in the U.S.
As family mourns Denver shooting victim Shmuel Silverberg, 19, police arrest suspects
Yeshiva student Shmuel Silverberg shot dead in Denver
Your weekend reads: Jackie Mason, faux pets for Holocaust survivors, and the Bintel podcast
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here , or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
Barbara Boxer mugged in Oakland, said she’s ‘shaken’ but uninjured
Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer was mugged on an Oakland, Calif. street Monday, according to her Twitter account.