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
-
Abbas Pressuring Hamas As Gaza Violence Erupts
JERUSALEM — Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic militant organization, found itself increasingly backed into a corner last week as support mounted on multiple fronts for Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, in his effort to win endorsement of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Abbas, who had been on the defensive after Hamas won Palestinian legislative…
-
Death in Blast
One construction worker was killed and two others were critically injured in an explosion Tuesday night while they were attempting to install a mikveh in the basement of a Brooklyn home. The blast was strong enough to blow out a wall in the home, according to fire department officials. City officials reportedly said that the…
-
Newsdesk June 2, 2006
Neo-Nazi Sentenced The leader of a neo-Nazi community in Chile was sentenced to 20 years in jail after being convicted of child molestation. Paul Schaeffer, leader of Colonia Dignidad, was also ordered late last week by a Chilean court to pay $1.5 million in damages to 11 families of the abuse victims. Chilean prosecutors have…
The Latest
-
Canadian Philanthropist Focusing Efforts on Darfur
TORONTO — While Jewish groups in the United States and Canada have taken the lead in urging international intervention in order to stop the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, one Israeli-Canadian isn’t waiting for governments to act. Toronto-based philanthropist Walter Arbib has arranged for a shipment of $400,000 worth of antibiotics and other…
-
Linguistic Realignment
It would be nice to think that I’ve changed the course of history. In my column last week, I criticized the widely used term “convergence plan” as a translation of the Hebrew word hitkansut, which is what Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been calling his scheme of a unilateral withdrawal from most of the…
-
Bidding the Classroom Adieu
For some people, 12 years of school is enough. Add four years of college and 10 years of a long M.D.-Ph.D. program. Finally, at the end of all that, I can say that I’m no longer a student. I’m ready to enjoy the benefits of my new station in life: sleeping late, meals at my…
-
Abbas Makes Risky Move
WASHINGTON — Despite U.S. expressions of hope that a new gambit by the chairman of the Palestinian Authority could pave the way to negotiations with Israel, fears persist in Washington and Jerusalem that the maneuver could backfire and end up strengthening the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas. Bush administration officials believe that Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud…
-
Climbing the Family Tree
During a recent bout of my usual frantic procrastination-induced Web surfing, I stumbled onto something that made me stop clicking: There were my husband’s eyes, staring out at me… from a photo taken in 1870. It seemed that a distant cousin of Jonathan’s in Israel, someone we’d never heard of, had put together a huge…
-
Democratic Fight Looms Over House Intel Post
A potentially volatile cocktail of personality clashes, power plays and mounting outrage at the White House could upend any campaign by the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee — one of the most influential Jewish members of Congress — to keep her post. Rep. Jane Harman, a Southern California Democrat known for her centrist…
-
Couple’s Wedding Project Becomes a Side Business
Leaving Saul Zipkin and Aliza Dzik’s New York wedding in 2001, guests took with them the customary keepsake bentcher — the mini-prayer book containing the grace after meals. But while theirs featured the names of bride and groom on the cover, along with mealtime blessings and songs, this wasn’t an edition of any bentcher their…
-
At Auschwitz, Ire at What Pope Didn’t Say
Pope Benedict XVI’s failure to issue a clear denunciation of antisemitism in his speech Sunday at the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex has unleashed a wave of discontent among the Vatican’s main Jewish interlocutors and in liberal Catholic circles. The speech initially was seen as an opportunity for Benedict to signal his determination to carry on his predecessor’s…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal?
- 2
News Zohran Mamdani has represented Astoria’s Jews for 4 years. What do they think of him?
- 3
News Curtis Sliwa has a plan to beat Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayor’s race — and it starts with apologizing to Jews
- 4
Culture Barbra Streisand’s brand-new duet with Bob Dylan is a whole lot different than you might think
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Josh Shapiro’s Judaism was not why Kamala Harris snubbed him, new book claims
-
Yiddish דאָקטוירים פֿון אַן אַנדער שניטDoctors of a different sort
די ווילנער דאָקטוירים יעקבֿ וויגאָדסקי און צמח שאַבאַד זענען אויך געווען געזעלשאַפֿטלעכע טוער.
-
Yiddish ווידעאָ: ווען ייִדיש האָט געקלונגען אין די גאַסן פֿון מעקסיקע VIDEO: When Yiddish rang throughout the streets of Mexico
יעקבֿ פֿינקלמאַן באַשרײַבט אויך זײַן לאַנגיאָריקן פֿאַך — ווי ער האָט צוגעשטעלט וויסן אין טעלעקאָמוניקאַציע איבער דער וועלט
-
Opinion Want to understand what’s wrong with the ‘pro-Palestine’ movement? This Palestinian can help
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
