Micah Halpern
By Micah Halpern
-
Opinion That Time I Hung Out With Carlos The Jackal — Wearing My Yarmulke
A French court recently sentenced the world-famous terrorist Carlos The Jackal to life in prison for the third time. The crime: killing two people and injuring 34 others in 1974 when he hurled a hand grenade into a Paris shopping mall. Before the Islamic State group, before Al Qaeda, there was Carlos The Jackal. In…
-
Opinion Explosive Charge: Israel Is Not Part Of A ‘Cycle Of Violence’
The Israeli Air Force attacked Hezbollah targets in Syria on March 17, days before it went after Hamas targets in Gaza. The Israeli strike in Syria, reported in several news outlets, targeted weapons that convoys destined for Hezbollah. The weapons – almost certainly supplied by Iran and Syria – apparently had the potential to alter…
-
Opinion Kremlin Confidential: What Did Netanyahu and Putin Really Talk About?
Imagine we are a fly on the wall in an opulent office in the Kremlin, the site of today’s important meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Except that our “fly” is a mini drone replete with a high-resolution remote camera and a hyper-sensitive microphone. Every word is being broadcast…
-
Opinion Jeff Sessions Followed Jewish Law By Recusing Himself
Recusal due to conflict of interest has a long history in the annals of Jewish justice. It is a common argument to disprove or to diminish someone’s point of view. The Hebrew expression to describe this argument is Nogeiya B’davar. Literally translated, it means touched by the item, but it actually means involvement in the…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Ye debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ music video that includes a sample of a Hitler speech
- 2
Culture Is Pope Leo Jewish? Ask his distant cousins — like me
- 3
Opinion The staggering hypocrisy behind Trump’s deal to free the last living American hostage
- 4
Fast Forward Russell Brand defends Ye’s ‘Heil Hitler’ music video
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture A gala for Queer Jewish Youth celebrates untold, queer Jewish stories
-
Opinion A century ago, Hitler declared war on the ‘lying press’ and targeted a feisty little newspaper — sound familiar?
-
Fast Forward School vouchers would expand nationwide under federal proposal cheered by Orthodox groups
-
Yiddish ווער האָט איבערגעלאָזט די קונסטווערק אין אַ פּאַרק אין סאַן־פֿראַנציסקאָ?Who abandoned this artwork in a San Francisco park?
דער שאַפֿער פֿון די ווערק, אַרי לאָשאַקאָװ, איז אומגעקומען אין פּאַריז אין 1941 בעת דער נאַצי־אָקופּאַציע.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
