Benyamin Cohen is the News Director at the Forward. Follow him on Twitter @benyamincohen and sign up for his morning newsletter.
Benyamin CohenNews Director
By Benyamin Cohen
-
Forwarding the News In Pride month, some Orthodox boycott Torah website for being ‘gender-sensitive’
Tucker Carlson calls Zelenskyy 'a persecutor of Christians,' Australia to ban Nazi symbols, Israel faces Uruguay in World Cup semifinal, and meet the Jewish Tony nominees
-
Forwarding the News Pence’s faith central to his campaign + Talmudic advice for Taylor Swift fans
Miami Beach to pay $1.3 million to settle lawsuit with synagogue, Vienna to tilt statue of antisemitic mayor, Hitler's pencil sells for less than expected & Israel sees first case of ‘Benjamin Button’ disease.
-
Forwarding the News ‘Sorry, I forgot to write that we will not hire Jews’: Lawyers’ antisemitic emails revealed
Oklahoma approves country's first religious public school, Ukraine's troubled Nazi past, minyans in the metaverse, and get an exclusive listen of the Jewish song cut from a Tony-nominated musical.
-
Forwarding the News Knesset members booed at Israel parade in NYC + An Orthodox rabbi embraces LGBTQ+ Jews
IDF soldiers killed at Egyptian border, Utah schools ban Bible, Netanyahu adviser believes Trump's election lies, H&H Bagels expanding to other states & what to do when a Nazi relic arrives in the mail.
-
Forwarding the News Nazi art, Kanye West, Roger Waters, and every pop song to ever sample ‘Hava Nagila’
Rabbi testifies at Tree of Life trial, Adidas resumes selling Kanye sneakers, Roger Waters nixes Nazi outfit at UK concert, and can religious billboards convert non-believers? Find out on our podcast.
-
Forwarding the News Did Jewish wisdom solve the debt ceiling debate?
Hitler's pencil up for auction, activists launch 'Jews against Soros,' Sarah Silverman opens up about Dave Chappelle's 'SNL' monologue, and drop in antisemitism may be due to 'Zelenskyy effect'
-
Forwarding the News Pittsburgh trial begins + Haredi newspaper says vaccine was ‘mistake’
Religious schools suing California, Holocaust movie wins at Cannes Film Festival, a Jewish precursor to 'Succession,' CUNY commencement controversy, and how to hire Beyoncé for your bat mitzvah.
-
Forwarding the News Will the White House’s antisemitism plan help Jews? + Curtain call for ‘Maisel’
Pittsburgh's Tree of Life trial set to start today, police confiscate cocaine covered in Nazi flags, new Elie Wiesel biography shows warts and all, and a review of Sarah Silverman's new HBO concert.
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Prominent law firm partners who made offensive comments about Jews and others resign
- 2
Culture Why is the name of ‘the most vicious antisemite in the English-speaking world’ still so prominent at Cornell?
- 3
Fast Forward The far left and far right are equally antisemitic? A new study suggests otherwise
- 4
Culture Echoing the language of antisemites, Emmanuel Macron has started to embrace the D-word
In Case You Missed It
-
BINTEL BRIEF I’m retired and I don’t drive. How do I face and fill the days ahead?
-
Fast Forward The latest landmark on Boston’s Freedom Trail? A Nazi railcar
-
Opinion The GOP tried to use Jews to sabotage the highest-ranking Muslim in the Biden administration
-
Fast Forward Israeli cabinet ministers cancel meetings with U.S. Jewish organizations in the wake of protests
Engage
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Role of Journalism in Combating Antisemitism
Aspen, CO
Jul 16, 2023
10:30 am MDT ·
Join the Forward for a wide-ranging conversation with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, and Jodi Rudoren, editor-in-chief of the Forward.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
