Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
-
Fast Forward Massachusetts Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren and Ayanna Pressley, condemn pro-Palestinian project mapping Boston Jewish groups
Members of Congress, including one critical of Israel, speak out against the project’s goal of mapping “Zionist leaders”
-
News Boston Jews say a pro-Palestinian group’s map of local ‘Zionist leaders and powerhouse NGOs’ is a guide to antisemitism
“This project plays directly into #antisemitic myths of Jewish power and control,” said the ADL.
-
Film & TV A lesbian Orthodox horror movie and other Jewish highlights of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival
A Leonard Cohen documentary, an Israeli comedy and a chat between Jewish comedy writers are among the festival’s offerings.
-
Fast Forward Sarah Silverman, ‘Jewface’ critic, joins non-Jewish actor Bradley Cooper in Netflix’s Leonard Bernstein movie
Silverman is likely to be playing Leonard Bernstein’s sister, according to Deadline.
-
Film & TV British poet Siegfried Sassoon ignored his Jewish heritage. A new biopic does the same.
A conscientious objector to WWI, Sassoon became an activist through his poetry – while living as a closeted gay man.
-
Fast Forward Boycott advocates claim victory as General Mills divests its Israeli dough operation
The company is selling its stake in an East Jerusalem dough factory, in a move carrying echoes of Ben & Jerry’s 2021 divestment.
-
Fast Forward The Detroit church founded by antisemite Father Coughlin hosts an event on Jewish-Catholic relations
Members of the Shrine of the Little Flower have formed a committee to reexamine its history.
-
Israel News Masafer Yatta: The 22-year legal battle over West Bank village evictions, explained
Could this West Bank area become another Sheikh Jarrah, which turned into a deadly conflict and an international rallying cry?
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News That whites-only, no Jews allowed Arkansas community is legal, says state’s attorney general. How?
- 2
Opinion Is starvation in Gaza really Israel’s fault? The facts are clear
- 3
Film & TV How Jon Stewart evolved on Israel — at least on ‘The Daily Show’
- 4
Opinion As an Israeli political scientist, I resisted thinking this war was a genocide. Here’s what changed my mind
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion A US official just made history in the West Bank — did he imperil prospects for peace?
-
Opinion Nazi Grok is a problem. So are the far-right Jews using AI to spread hate
-
Books Why a little-known Jewish writer from Belgium went viral — and why you should read her too
-
News ‘You can’t fake it’: Why images of starving children in Gaza are so difficult to dismiss
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
