Articles written collectively by the Forward’s staff.
Forward Staff
By Forward Staff
-
News ‘Juneteenth this year is a whole new ballgame’ — 9 Black Jews on the holiday of liberation
Juneteenth celebrates one of the most important events in American history: the end of slavery. June 19, 1865, was Galveston, Texas, finally freed its enslaved people — the last place in the United States to do so. Now, 155 years later, the country is convulsed by a critical conversation about the systemic racism that is…
-
Culture WATCH NOW: July 13: Five Yiddish Comedians Walk Into a Zoom…
WATCH HERE. Join Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter as she talks to contemporary stars of Yiddish comedy and mavens of Yiddish humor. Hear some of the routines that keep audiences coming back for more. This talk will be in English. Shane Baker has appeared both Off-Broadway and internationally as Vladimir in his own Yiddish translation of…
-
Opinion ‘It’s on us.’ Jewish clergy weigh in on the role of Jews in the aftermath of George Floyd
The country has been reeling since the murder of George Floyd in police custody nearly two weeks ago. Citizens have taken to the streets in protest and come up against heavily armed police. Dozens of Jewish organizations have added their voices to those condemning racist violence against black communities and standing in solidarity with demonstrators….
-
Culture WATCH NOW July 8: An exit interview with Amb. Dani Dayan
Watch the recording here. Ambassador Dayan is heading home after four years as Israel’s Consul General in the New York area. What has he learned about American Jewry and our relationship with the Jewish state? How has the experience changed his understanding of U.S. politics — and Israel’s? Join Jodi Rudoren and Andrew Silow-Carroll, editors-in-chief…
-
Culture WATCH NOW June 30: A Jewish conversation for Pride Month: How far we’ve come, and what happens next?
Watch here. Fifty years after the first Pride march, this year’s celebration is different. Social-distancing has canceled many parades, and celebrations are mainly online. The Supreme Court just ruled that LGBTQ people are protected from employment discrimination. And the issue of inclusion has perhaps never been a higher priority in Jewish circles. On June’s last…
-
Culture WATCH NOW June 22: Why are Yiddish Songs So Popular Now?
Watch here. Join Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Forverts, as she explores the growing interest in Yiddish music, with singers Lorin Sklamberg, Daniel Kahn, Sarah Gordon, Michael Alpert and folksong maven Itzik Gottesman – and hear them sing the songs that audiences love to hear. The discussion will be in English. This is part of…
-
Opinion Will Jewish denominations survive the pandemic? 30 Rabbis weigh in.
Last week, the Union for Reform Judaism announced it was laying off 20% of its staff, citing an existential threat to their organization and their denomination as a whole in the wake of the economic crash caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the URJ, said he is considering the…
-
Culture May 28: Better-than-Ratner’s Blintz
Join Rob Eshman, national editor of the Forward and creator of @Foodaism for a live demonstration of his wonderful lemon blueberry blintzes. Better than Ratner’s? We think so. Follow along with the recipe. This is part of our new series, “#ForwardFocus: Talks in Trying Times,” in which Forward editors are moderating weekly talks with Jewish…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News The ADL’s turn away from civil rights was years in the making — Oct. 7 accelerated it
- 2
Culture He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’?
- 3
News The Holocaust Torah that survived a Mississippi synagogue fire was brought there by the state’s only survivor
- 4
Fast Forward ‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward An activist criticized Miami Beach’s Jewish mayor on Facebook — then police came knocking
-
News How the push to unionize at Breads Bakery became a debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
-
Film & TV A Jewish lawyer sued Henry Ford and changed how we think about hate speech
-
Fast Forward British Jews could be offered asylum in the US, Trump’s UK-born Jewish lawyer says
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
