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
-
Anxiety Grows Among Settlers As Sharon Wings Gaza Pullout
TEL AVIV — With less than three months to go before Israel’s scheduled withdrawal from Gaza and no clear plans for the day after, the Cabinet this week authorized the purchase of hundreds of mobile homes to house the 8,000 Jewish settlers to be evacuated. The mobile-home decision was taken Tuesday during a stormy ministers’…
-
Remembering a Legend, YIVO Marks Milestone
The preservation and continuity of Yiddish culture were the drumbeats at the April 5 benefit celebrating the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s 80 years of survival and growth and the concurrent opening of its exhibition “A Brief Encounter with Archives.” Among those helping to celebrate this Center for Jewish History fete were: YIVO executive director…
-
U.S., Europe Spar on African Aid
The Bush administration is facing a tense debate with its main allies this spring over its opposition to international plans for reducing African poverty by radically increasing foreign aid. Spurred by an ambitious United Nations declaration in 2000, a series of plans has been floated in recent months by European nations, Japan, the World Bank…
The Latest
-
Afikomen Costumes
If any part of the Seder needs an upgrade, it’s the afikomen hunt. So much fuss over a broken cracker wrapped in a wine-stained napkin — really, people, we can do better. This year, give your afikomen the snazzy outfit it deserves with these fabulous afikomen costumes. Choose straightforward camouflage or a more elaborate disguise….
-
Lobbyist’s Tie to Mahathir Raising Jewish Eyebrows
Reports of business dealings between embattled Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the government of a Malaysian leader known for antisemitic speeches are drawing flak from Democrats and raising eyebrows among Jewish communal officials. According to press reports, Abramoff once worked for the government of former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, after the Southeast Asian leader…
-
DER YIDDISH-VINKL April 22, 2005
On his 85th yahrzeit, Sh. Anski was featured in the Pearls of Yiddish Poetry columns of the Yiddish Forward. Sh. Anski was the nom de plume that the composer derived from his mother; his given name was Rapoport. Sh. Anski’s most memorable work was the classic “Der Dibek,” (“The Dybbuk”). He wrote two popular songs…
-
New for Conservative Jews: Passover at Beach
The brochure promises the most lavish of vacation getaways. The hotel, gleaming with white walls, features a 60-foot glass atrium, a pool cascading with waterfalls, ocean views and access to five-star tennis courts. When it’s time to escape from the rigors of relaxing, afternoon tea or a massage are close at hand. But that’s not…
-
The Goat of Berditchev (or Every Jew Must Have a Goat)
Walking under the tall black pines of the two-acre parcel he’d carved out for himself in what would soon become suburban America, the Berditchever got it into his head that what his young, newly-settled family needed was a milking goat, one little goat he could purchase for two twenties. It would be just the thing,…
-
Energy Bill Worries Some Observant Jews
The April 15 article “Energy Bill Worries Some Observant Jews” contained an error about the measure at hand. Under the proposed measure, an amendment to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, clocks would be moved up on the first Sunday of March and back on the last Sunday of November. In the April 8 article…
-
Sharon: No Unilateral Plan For Second Disengagement
JERUSALEM — Buoyed by American support for his plan to evacuate Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank, Prime Minister Sharon reportedly is considering a second unilateral “disengagement” meant to determine Israel’s permanent borders. Though Sharon denies such a plan, and President Bush continues to insist on a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian agreement based…
-
Ethiopia: The Other Exodus
Few stories capture the dramatic flavor of the Exodus as well as that of the Ethiopian Jews. After millennia of being subject to the whims of an oppressive society, the bulk of Ethiopia’s Jews — some with a layover in the Sudanese desert — left the land of their birth for the Promised Land in…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News That whites-only, no Jews allowed Arkansas community is legal, says state’s attorney general. How?
- 2
Opinion As an Israeli political scientist, I resisted thinking this war was a genocide. Here’s what changed my mind
- 3
News In a first, Orthodox rabbinical school ordains an out gay rabbi
- 4
Fast Forward From Shabbat dinners to ‘Talmudic discourse’: Jewish women killed in NYC shooting leave legacies of faith and family
In Case You Missed It
-
Music How a swaggering Jewish kid from East London became (albeit briefly) Britain’s greatest rock star and poet
-
Fast Forward Andrew Cuomo criticizes Israel — or does he?
-
Fast Forward What does the Star of David represent? A new ruling offers a legal answer
-
BINTEL BRIEF I prepare bodies as part of my synagogue’s burial society, but I’m an anti-Zionist. Is that OK?
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
