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
-
Top American Charity Embroiled in Debate Over Gaza
America’s central network of Jewish charities has become embroiled in the ideological debate over Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan after the Israeli prime minister asked United Jewish Communities’ biggest beneficiary, the Jewish Agency for Israel, to help relocate settlers evacuated from Gaza. With key backing from American delegates, the Jewish Agency’s board of governors voted last…
-
Muslim Students Get Apology In a Tiff Over ‘Shahada’ Scarf
WASHINGTON — The Anti-Defamation League last week issued an unusual retraction and apology for suggesting that Islam’s declaration of faith, the Shahada, is an “expression of hate” that is “closely identified” with terrorism. The ADL did not apologize, however, for suggesting that Muslim students at the University of California, Irvine, who wore stoles carrying their…
-
O.U. To Require Water Filters In N.Y. Eateries
The Orthodox Union is preparing to require New York City restaurants under its supervision to filter their tap water, and to recommend that observant Jews in the city do the same. The decision results from the recent discovery of minuscule (and nonkosher) crustaceans called copepods in New York’s tap water. Significant controversy regarding the copepods…
The Latest
-
Newsdesk July 2, 2004
Survivors’ Funds Released Before the end of August, $174 million will be released to Holocaust survivors by a German foundation set up to compensate slave laborers from the Holocaust era. A similar amount also will be released to non-Jewish survivors. The money comes from interest earned on the $5.5 billion original compensation settlement with German…
-
Israeli Cabinet Members Hurl Insults Over Demographic Study
A newly released report on the state of world Jewry has revealed dramatic demographic trends — and prompted a vicious shouting match in the Israeli Cabinet, with government ministers calling each other antisemitic and racist. The abstract is a summary of a larger, 600-page study due out in the fall. It was issued last week…
-
Giving ‘Seinfeld’ Fans a Taste of Reality, Kramer-style
Kenny Kramer wasn’t allowed to be himself. In the late 1980s, the stand-up comedian was living next door to Larry David, co-creator of television’s “Seinfeld,” which was then in the development stage. David saw infinite comic possibilities in his neighbor, who spent his time golfing, scheming, chomping cigars, falling head-first into money and having sex…
-
Empire State’s Kosher Law Advances, But Draws Tepid Support
The New York State Legislature has passed legislation to protect kosher consumers from food products falsely advertised as kosher. The new law is intended to replace New York’s previous kosher law, which was struck down in the courts last year after being declared unconstitutional. New York is home to the country’s largest Jewish population, as…
-
CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Bill’s Bigs: “The American-Jewish community has been very good to me,” former President Clinton writes on Page 947 of his new memoir, “My Life.” You know it, baby. Without American Jews, Clinton couldn’t have funded his campaigns or run his administration. But what’s more, he genuinely has an affinity for Jews, as many of his…
-
Defend the Civil Right to Freedom Of Religion for America’s Workers
At first glance, Donovan Reed and Kalman Katz have very little in common. Though both are from New York State, Reed is an African-American from Mount Vernon, while Katz is an chasidic Jew from Borough Park. But both Reed and Katz are devoutly religious, and both were put in the untenable position of having to…
-
DER YIDDISH-VINKL June 25, 2004
Among the audience members at Guest Night at the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring lodge in August 1987 was Shaia Sheinkman — a talented sculptor, painter, poet and play producer who, in later years, was known as the father of Jack Sheinkman, who was president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. To lift the downcast mood…
-
Israel’s Fence, New Tactics Seen Behind a Decline in Bombings
TEL AVIV — Israelis cheered silently Tuesday when the government published its latest terrorism statistics, holding their collective breath lest their streak of good luck run out. For the Israeli Defense Forces, the announcement was an occasion for a careful pat on the back, a sign of a job well done. The announcement of the…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture ‘The Pitt’ tackled the trauma of the Tree of Life attack. Here’s how survivors of the synagogue shooting reacted to the episode.
- 2
Antisemitism Decoded How an ‘all-American boy’ became a Mississippi synagogue arson suspect
- 3
News Why Josh Shapiro’s memoir could complicate a presidential run
- 4
Culture The mysterious case of Barbra Streisand and the missing half-pound of Zabar’s sturgeon
In Case You Missed It
-
Film & TV At Sundance, the AIDS crisis through the eyes of a bar mitzvah boy
-
Opinion I’m a rabbi arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. The Book of Exodus shows us how this ends
-
Fast Forward After Minneapolis shooting, local Jewish service channels a city’s grief — and resolve
-
News From Alfred Dreyfus to Josh Shapiro: How the ‘dual loyalty’ charge shadows Jewish public life
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
