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
-
Roseanne Barr Sort Of Backs Donald Trump — Says Bible Foresaw His Rise
The eccentric one-time TV star and kabbalistic “Hebrew priestess” Roseanne Barr said she would pick Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, if she had to choose. “I think he’s trying to wake people up and she’s trying to put them to sleep,” Barr said of Trump, speaking to the Canadian website the Star. “Sometimes when you…
-
Jewish Philanthropist Leon Cooperman Accused of Insider Trading
A major Jewish philanthropist and his massive hedge fund are facing insider trading charges, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday. Leon Cooperman, 73, founder and manager of Omega Advisors, is charged in a civil complaint filed federal court in Pennsylvania with buying stock in a natural gas firm based on information he’d received from…
-
Can New President Ari Berman Save Yeshiva University?
Yeshiva University is holding its breath. Next week, the 130-year-old institution will meet the rabbi chosen to try to drag it out of its deepening financial morass. The encounter comes as the future of the troubled university remains very much uncertain. A board committee has picked Rabbi Ari Berman, 47, a former Upper West Side…
The Latest
-
Anthony Weiner Allegedly Sexts 15-Year-Old — Asked for School Girl ‘Rape Fantasies’
The disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner allegedly sexted with a 15-year-old for months, according to an explosive Wednesday post from the Daily Mail. Weiner allegedly wrote the teenager lewd messages for months, sent her shirtless pictures of himself, and asked her to dress up in “school girl” outfits for him on a video messaging application. He…
-
From Mushrooms to Skittles: The Anti-Semitic Source of Trump Jr.’s Analogy
Donald Trump Jr.’s tweet comparing Syrian refugees to skittles sounds eerily similar to an analogy crafted by one of Hitler’s favorite anti-Semitic writers. On Monday, Trump Jr. tweeted the following picture, accompanied with the caption: “This image says it all.” This image says it all. Let’s end the politically correct agenda that doesn’t put America…
-
Four Take-Aways From ‘Why Jews Must Take Mental Illness Out of the Shadows’
Stephen Fried writes in the Forward that American Jews have failed those with mental illness. Here’s what Fried, the co-author of Patrick Kennedy’s recent memoir, “A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction,” says we’ve gotten wrong and how he thinks we can fix it. We Don’t…
-
Celebrating a Distant Sephardic Past in Sicily
More than 300 men and women who identify as descendants of Jews whose families were forced during the Spanish Inquisition gathered in the Sicilian capital of Palermno on Sunday to celebrate their shared bond of Jewish history. “This celebration of Jewish culture in the heart of Palermo underlines the resilience of the Jewish spirit,” said…
-
Yeshiva U. Students Back Donald Trump in Poll — Women Even More Than Men
Donald Trump has struggled with low poll numbers among college students and among women. But a new survey from Yeshiva University’s student newspaper suggests that at least one type of student prefers Trump: Orthodox Jews, and particularly Orthodox Jewish women. According to a survey of 300 Yeshiva University students published September 18 by student paper…
-
Celebrity Rabbi, Asked to Pray for GOP, Picks Mourner’s Prayer
They tried to support other candidates, then they did their best to block him. But nothing helped. So what else can Jewish Republican critics of Donald Trump do? Well, they can laugh. And that’s exactly what many of them did Monday when they gathered in New York to a roast of former Mitt Romney adviser…
-
Donald Trump Jr. Emerges as ‘Alt-Right’ Hero Even as Dad Tones Down Rhetoric
Donald Trump has seemingly tried to tone down his more outrageous comments — the kind that have made him a darling of the neo-white supremacists who call themselves the “alt-right” But at the same time, Donald Trump Jr. has stepped up to the plate, directly appealing to the fringe right online and in interviews. One…
-
Sheldon Adelson Snubs Donald Trump With $5M Donation — Far Cry From $100M Promise
Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson finally opened his checkbook and began to sign checks to Republicans. The good news for Donald Trump? One of them has his name on it. The bad news? It’s for only $5 million. As first reported by CNN, Sheldon Adelson has recently made a sizable campaign donation, reaching $45 million and…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed
- 2
Fast Forward First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?
- 3
Fast Forward After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim
- 4
Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture We tried to fix Hallmark’s Hanukkah problem. Here’s the movie we made instead
-
Fast Forward Holocaust survivor event features a Rob Reiner video address — recorded just weeks before his death
-
Fast Forward In Reykjavik, Hanukkah offers a chance for Iceland’s tiny, isolated Jewish community to come together
-
Opinion When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride. I see pluralism in action.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
