Your turn: Readers share (strong) feelings about Christmas, Hanukkah and the so-called ‘holiday season’
Readers respond to our editor-in-chief’s latest “Looking Forward” column about an Old Navy commercial purporting to celebrate the “ALL-idays.”
Donald Trump: ‘I could run for prime minister of Israel’
The former president also said that Israel ‘literally owned Congress’ until about a decade ago.
October 28: Is Anti-Zionism Antisemitic?
Forward editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren will moderate a conversation about Zionism and antisemitism with Bret Stephens and Peter Beinart.
Readers respond to Sally Rooney’s boycott of Israel
We received a slew of responses after publishing an Opinion article on Monday by Gitit Levy-Paz about the novelist Sally Rooney’s decision not to have her latest book translated into Hebrew by an Israeli publisher.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces new council, big spending on Holocaust education during L.A. visit
On visit to Museum of Tolerance, Governor Gavin Newsom launches Governor’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education
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.
October 6: The Boston Festival of New Jewish Music 1.1. Zach Mayer CD Release
Join the launch of the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music, a free monthly concert series, with a performance by rising star Zach Mayer.
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.”
November 4-11: Other Israel Film Festival
We’re excited to co-sponsor the 2021 Other Israel Film Festival! This year’s festival will feature both in-person and virtual films and events.