This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish culture where you’ll learn about the latest (and sometimes earliest) in Jewish art, music (including of course Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen), film, theater, books as well as the secret Jewish history of…
Culture
-
How a legendary Jewish sociologist’s faith in reason is what we need in this dangerous, fist-pumping time
The son of.a French rabbi, Émile Durkheim understood the dangers of succumbing to our basest instincts
-
In a young boy’s diary, a record of how Jews lived to the fullest, even in the face of death
YIVO’s new online exhibition tells the story of cultural life in the Vilna ghetto
-
Seeing Trump’s failed assassination as a sign of God’s favor is a very biblical mistake
After the failed assassination attempt, many claimed the near-miss was a sign of Trump's favor from God. But God hates assumptions
The Latest
-
Art How a Jewish family and a museum are honoring an artist whose work remains nothing short of devastating
A long-overdue exhibit at MoMA about Kaethe Kollwitz, offers an unforgettable meditation on violence and war
-
Ruth Westheimer — woman of valor, Lion of Judah and America’s most famous sexologist
Dr. Westheimer, who was born Karola Ruth Siegel in Germany, has died at 96
-
What happens when pro-Palestinian symbols become fast fashion?
Kaffiyeh-print everything is now available, drop-shipped to your door for low, low prices
-
In Israel, a photographer sees a country whose parts don’t fit perfectly but still form a whole
From the Nova site to the shuk in Jerusalem, seeking the wide view
-
In a one-‘clown’ Off Broadway show, an actor takes the stigma out of mental illness
In “Clowns Like Me,” Scott Ehrenrpreis uses humor and vulnerability tin sharing how it feels to be neurodivergent
-
A hurricane named Beryl, an agonizing plight straight out of the Book of Job
In Houston, residents without power find themselves in a drama of biblical proportions
-
Theater For a Jewish Boricua whose great-grandfather spoke Yiddish, theater is almost a birthright
Antonia Cruz-Kent, daughter of celebrated playwright Migdalia Cruz, writes plays that explore her multiple identities
-
Politics Trump’s bacon remark wasn’t kosher, but it may be right
Lamenting the America of old, Trump recently pointed to the jacked up price of a popular pork product
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
- 2
News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
- 3
Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
- 4
News Mamdani to attend Passover Seder as he navigates ties with Jewish groups amid rising antisemitism
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
-
Fast Forward 3 more men arrested in London arson of ambulances owned by Jewish emergency service
-
Fast Forward Influencer Myron Gaines performs Nazi salute, denies Holocaust death toll at Ohio University event
-
Fast Forward Democrats to weigh resolution condemning AIPAC, fueling concerns about ‘undercurrent of antisemitism’
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism