The Messiah is coming — again. That was the message at a conference of rabbis from around the world, held the weekend before Thanksgiving in Brooklyn. The keynote speaker said he believed, at his “inner core,” that the late leader of the far-reaching Chabad-Lubavitch movement would soon return to prepare the world for redemption. “It…
World of Appliances is a small strip mall operation, sandwiched between a Dunkin’ Donuts and a sushi joint. Four days a week, it sells refrigerators, washing machines and vacuums to residents of a New Jersey suburb. But since opening this summer, the store has been targeted by a self-styled neighborhood watch group. The group has…
The old joke about “two Jews, three opinions,” is usually true when it comes to Jewish advocacy groups. President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city inspired jubilation in groups on the Jewish right and dire warnings from the left. But the Trump tax reform proposal, which passed…
Laura Monn Ginsburg cried when she watched her U.S. senator announce his resignation. But she also said that Al Franken did the right thing by stepping down. “I’m sad for Minnesota. We’ve lost a good senator,” Monn Ginsburg, the incoming president of the National Council of Jewish Women’s Minnesota section, told the Forward. “But there’s…
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democrat Ted Deutch have usually very little in common. But President Trump’s announcement of recognition in Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, brought about a rare moment of bipartisanship. Ros-Lehtinen and Deutch, both Floridians and known as strong supporters of Israel in congress, issued a joint statement welcoming Trump’s move. “Today’s decision does…
After many months of waiting, and some doubts that the money would ever materialize, a rundown Jewish cemetery in Colorado has received $30,000 from a crowdfunding campaign publicized by the controversial Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. Golden Hill Cemetery, which contains the graves of more than 800 people dating back to the 19th century, will use…
Another powerful man in an iconic position at the top of his field has lost his job after being accused of sexual harassment, with one small difference — this time, the people making the allegations are also men. The Metropolitan Opera suspended its beloved conductor James Levine, 74, on Sunday, reported the New York Times,…
Jared Kushner’s ongoing troubles grew over this past weekend: Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s plea deal turned Kushner into the likely next target of the Russia probe, and news broke that Kushner had orchestrated the Trump transition team’s efforts to scuttle a United Nations Security Council vote that the Obama administration refused to block….
Bad news has been piling up on Jared Kushner’s White House desk for a while. But Michael Flynn’s Friday guilty plea and his agreement to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s explosive investigation into Russian meddling could prove to be the most worrisome development yet. And the shoe may fall faster than expected for the presidential son-in-law,…
Jewish weddings are typically joyous events during which a couple’s family and friends gather to celebrate and shower them with love as they create a new life together. But on Sunday, three Israeli Jewish couples will turn their party into a protest, and their intimate moment into a public, political act. Temple Emanu-El, the iconic…
The ongoing fallout from the controversial New York Times profile of Tony Hovater, a young promoter of racist and neo-Nazi ideology, has had an unexpected side effect. It is shining a spotlight on GoyFundMe, a new online crowdfunding platform for racists, white supremacists and other fringe political players, banned from mainstream platforms and online services….
