Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
-
Fast Forward A synagogue bomb threat is dramatized in an Oscars ad by Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism
The ad is based on real-life incident where a church opened its building to a Jewish congregation that had been evacuated
-
Sports Black Jewish NHL player Jordan Harris has a goal: to diversify hockey
Harris, a defenseman on the Montreal Canadiens, said being part of a growing Jewish presence in the NHL is “really, really special"
-
Fast Forward Israel will officially participate in Eurovision after its latest song submission is approved
Israeli singer Eden Golan will perform the song “Hurricane” at the annual contest in May
-
News Can Jews sing ‘Dayenu’ while there are hostages? The Passover seder gets a post-Oct. 7 rethink.
In Israel and the U.S., rabbis are creating resources to help Jews process the Oct. 7 attack and Israel-Hamas war during the Passover seder
-
Fast Forward Israeli speaker whose Berkeley event was canceled amid violence draws protest at LA Holocaust Museum speech
I didn’t get a chance to even say, ‘Hello, my name is Ran,’” he said of the incident at UC Berkeley
-
Fast Forward Teachers union halts campaign for LA school board candidate who promoted antisemitic book
Kahllid Al-Alim had posted in support of an antisemitic book published by the Nation of Islam
-
Fast Forward Jared Armstrong’s season was supposed to start on Oct. 7. Now he’s using basketball to help Israeli children escape the realities of war.
Armstrong, who plays professionally in Israel’s second-tier basketball league, is running free clinics for children in Ashkelon
-
News Jewish teens are looking at a new factor in their college search: antisemitism
The subpoenas signal that the House investigation remains focused on discrimination against Jews and Israelis at Harvard
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
- 2
Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
- 3
Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
- 4
News How Mamdani built bridges to Jewish New Yorkers, from Williamsburg to Park Slope
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion The three profound Jewish lessons of Mamdani’s astonishing victory
-
News Mamdani’s victory divides Jewish leaders one more way: Whether to say congratulations
-
Fast Forward In a first, a ballot initiative to divest from Israel has won at the ballot box in Boston suburb
-
Fast Forward In NJ governor’s race, Mikie Sherrill fends off GOP candidate whose aide spurned ‘money from Jews’
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
