Tom Tugend
By Tom Tugend
-
News Rabbi Harold Schulweis, Pathbreaking Thinker, Dies at 89
(JTA) — As a pathbreaking thinker, innovator and activist, Rabbi Harold Schulweis’ role extended far beyond his base as the spiritual leader of his Los Angeles-area congregation. “Harold Schulweis was widely regarded as the most successful and influential synagogue leader in his generation, a public intellectual who redefined what it is to be a Jew, an…
-
Culture Oldest Holocaust Survivor Alice Herz-Sommer Aims for Oscar at 110
(JTA) — In her 110 years, Alice Herz-Sommer has been an accomplished concert pianist and teacher, a wife and mother — and a prisoner in Theresienstadt. Now she is the star of an Oscar-nominated documentary showing her indomitable optimism, cheerfulness and vitality despite all the upheavals and horrors she faced in the 20th century. “The…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News Trump antisemitism executive order invokes anti-KKK law and targets ‘leftist, anti-American’ universities
- 2
Fast Forward UFC fighter says Hitler was a ‘good guy’ and the ‘Holocaust ain’t real’
- 3
Fast Forward For top State Dept. post, Trump taps staffer fired for attending white nationalist conference
- 4
Opinion Yarden Bibas is freed, but his family’s suffering continues. It should enrage us all
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward US Jewish groups respond to Trump’s Gaza comments
-
Fast Forward To Israel’s far right, Trump’s proposals for Gaza keep sounding ‘better and better’
-
Fast Forward Contradicting Trump, Saudi Arabia says no change in its demand for Palestinian state
-
Opinion Trump ended U.S. funds for UNRWA. Israel banned it. The human costs will be astronomical
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
