For 125 years, the Forward has delivered accurate, timely and nuanced news to American Jews. From breaking news to in-depth investigations, our reporting team covers the people, institutions and issues that define the many ways to be Jewish in the…
News
-
Massacre Triggers Korean Soul-Searching
Four days after her brother went on the deadliest shooting spree in American history, Sun-Kyung Cho released a statement on her family’s behalf, expressing anguish and apologies to the victims’ loved ones. “Our family is so very sorry for my brother’s unspeakable actions,” she wrote. Such statements from the family of the attacker have become…
-
Baltimore Roiled by Abuse Charge Against Late Rabbi
Baltimore – A series of exposés on sexual abuse at a well-known yeshiva is roiling the Baltimore Jewish community and inflaming the already strained relations between the local Jewish newspaper and the city’s sizable Orthodox population. The controversy revolves around allegations in the Baltimore Jewish Times that the late principal of the Talmudical Academy, Rabbi…
-
Al Jazeera Gathering Draws a Full Minyan To Heart of Arab World
Doha, Qatar – Some participants at the third-annual forum of the Arab satellite network Al Jazeera were sorry they didn’t bring matzo with them — had they known how many fellow Jews were attending the media conference, they would have made a Passover Seder. “We could have used the hotel wine to fill our cups,”…
The Latest
-
Lawyers Debate at Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Two controversial attorneys representing opposite ends of the church-state separation dispute faced off at the U.S. Air Force Academy here this week in an impassioned debate over the reach of evangelical Christianity in the ranks of the military. The debate pitted Mikey Weinstein, the New Mexico attorney who sued the Air…
-
In It To Win It
They wander in a few minutes early — the rabbi, the baker, the doctors and many others — clasping hands and murmuring “Shalom aleichem” before preparing themselves for the evening’s proceedings. But this isn’t synagogue, and soon they’re helmeted, armed with sticks and running full tilt. This is the Oakland Kochavim street/ball hockey league in…
-
On Spring Break: Alternative Trips
The words “spring” and “break,” innocuous when separate, become volatile when joined together. “Spring break” typically evokes the Bahamas and the debauchery of Girls Gone Wild. In the past few years, however, a new spring break movement has been gaining traction. Most noticeably since Hurricane Katrina, college students have organized alternative spring break trips that…
-
A Tribute To Comedic Trailblazers
‘It’s not prudish, but it’s clean and smart. It’s definitely something that people who like to go to theater will appreciate — it’s not low rent. And it’s hilarious.” That is what comedian Cathy Ladman said about the new off-Broadway production “The J.A.P Show, Jewish American Princesses of Comedy,” in which she stars with a…
-
UJA Honors Kazakh Jewish Industrialist
UJA FETES KAZAKHSTAN PHILANTHROPIST Kazakhstan-bashing comic Sacha Baron Cohen would have been persona non grata at UJA-Federation of New York Russian Division’s March 25 gala honoring industrialist and philanthropist Alexander Machkevitch. A principal shareholder in Kazakhstan-based Eurasian National Resources Corporation, president of the Euro-Asian Industrial Association and chairman of the board of directors of Euro-Asian…
-
Distinction and Obligation
This week’s double portion, Aharei Mot and Kedoshim, begins with a litany of seemingly unrelated laws. The proscriptions include sexual conduct (“Let no woman lend herself to a beast to mate with it”), agricultural practices (“You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed”) and scapegoating (“He who set the Azazel-goat free shall…
-
Israel is Not in Obama’s Top Three
It was off the races last night, with the first televised debate between all 8 Democratic presidential candidates. (Mike Gravel, anybody?) When asked which countries are America’s most three important allies around the world, Obama mentioned two (the E.U. and Nato) and didn’t mention Israel: Senator Obama, what are America’s three most important allies around…
-
Drinking and Writing
In a column two weeks ago titled “Dispatches From the Great Vodka War,” veteran New York Times journalist Serge Schmemann, a fancier of the drink, had a paragraph discussing some words for it. “Vodka,” he wrote there, “is a Russian word, a diminutive of ‘water’… The Poles may put ‘vodka’ on their bottles, but among…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Sports First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?
- 2
Fast Forward After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim
- 3
News Christians are displaying menorahs in their windows post-Bondi Beach attack. Why some Jews object
- 4
Politics This politician refused to say ‘Happy Hanukkah,’ then blamed ‘political correctness’ for the backlash
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Just before Hanukkah attack, Jewish mayor of Bondi Beach region had been praised for fighting antisemitism
-
Fast Forward Vance says ‘religious liberty is a Christian concept.’ Where does that leave Jews?
-
Culture 26 conceivably believable pop culture predictions for 2026
-
Culture A new organization aims to combat antisemitism and spread Jewish joy in New York’s theater industry
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
