The political future of one of Israel’s staunchest supporters is on the line in a New Jersey courtroom — along with the political power balance in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, is now at the opening stages of his criminal trial for corruption charges involving his ties to a Jewish…
Did liberal Jewish denominations succeed in making a brave statement against President Trump’s divisive leadership by effectively torpedoing an annual High Holidays conference call with rabbis? Or did Trump hang up on them before they could hang up on him? Less than 24 hours after Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist rabbis announced they would not organize…
To gauge the deepest fears of Abraham Foxman, ask him if he worries about how President Trump might react to a major terror attack on American soil. Turning dark, the legendarily genial retired leader of the Anti-Defamation League said such a “calamity” might spur Trump to seek to vastly expand his executive powers in an…
Establishment Jewish advocacy groups did not call on President Trump to fire far-right firebrand Steve Bannon because leaders worried that it would hurt fundraising efforts, according to an internal email discussion obtained by the Forward. In emails sent a few days after a white nationalist rally turned violent in Charlottesville, Virginia, the head of an…
A 1,500-year-old mosaic floor with a Greek inscription has been uncovered in Jerusalem’s Old City – a rare discovery of an ancient relic and an historic document in one. The inscription cites 6th-century Roman emperor Justinian as well as Constantine, who served as abbot of a church founded by Justinian in Jerusalem. Archaeologists believe it…
Lawmakers pushing for a probe of White House aide Sebastian Gorka say his role in downplaying the danger of white supremacists makes it even more important to quickly investigate whether he lied to gain U.S. citizenship. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) said the deadly violence at Charlottesville shows how dangerous it is to have someone so…
Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, is at the center of a social media storm after snapping at an Instagram followers who challenged her online. Linton posted a photo of herself disembarking from a plane with her husband, with a white scarf flung glamorously around her neck. “Great #daytrip to #Kentucky! #nicest…
The Jewish National Fund appears to have pushed back its deadline for two top executives to return $700,000 in loans they received from the organization. Following a Forward exposé and a letter from the New York State Attorney General, the JNF announced that its chief executive officer and chief financial officer would pay back the…
Steve Bannon is preparing to launch an all-out war against some of President Trump’s closest Jewish advisers — but he hopes to avoid it being framed as a fight against the Jews. The ousted chief White House strategist is already back at the helm of Breitbart, the right-wing news website Bannon ran before joining Trump’s…
For Jewish protesters gathered at this month’s far-right rally in Charlottesville, facing off with white nationalists meant coming face to face with groups that call openly for their murder. “First stop Charlottesville, next stop Auschwitz!” white supremacists shouted, brandishing swastika flags and hoisting their arms in the Nazi salute. “Get in the showers!” “For weeks,…
The Forward mistakenly published an article about the teenage son of Sebastian Gorka, the deputy assistant to President Trump. The story was posted without having gone through the necessary editorial processes and has been taken down from the Forward’s web site.
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