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Start your day with this essential briefing on Jewish news and conversation, curated by our news director, Benyamin Cohen.
Forwarding the News is your must-read morning briefing to stay on top of the Jewish headlines each day. We showcase the best of the Forward’s reporting, as well as curate and contextualize Jewish news from around the web.
Benyamin Cohen, Editor of Forwarding the NewsRecent Newsletters
January 21, 2025 -
What 'America First' means for Jews
January 20, 2025 -
🇺🇸 ‘So help me God’: Inauguration Day’s religious symbolism
January 17, 2025 -
Israeli government expected to approve hostage deal — as far-right ministers object
January 16, 2025 -
Breaking: Israel halts approval of ceasefire deal at last minute
January 15, 2025 -
Rubio’s plans for Israel + Auschwitz changes + Chabad tunnel update
January 14, 2025 -
Hamas accepts hostage deal + The rabbi speaking at Trump’s inauguration
January 13, 2025 -
Rabbi’s Holocaust book survives wildfires + Hostage deal ‘breakthrough’
January 10, 2025 -
A remarkable Torah rescued from Iran, then LA fires + How Israelis all became scaffolding for one another (Opinion)
January 9, 2025 -
Carter’s Jewish legacy + Calif. shul vows to rebuild after fire
January 8, 2025 -
Calif. wildfires destroy synagogue + Secret plan to target Wikipedia over antisemitism
January 7, 2025 -
U.S. Jews skeptical Trump can combat antisemitism, new poll finds
January 3, 2025 -
Searching for hope in the new year (Opinion) + Why 2024 was the year of picklemania
January 2, 2025 -
5 stories we’re watching in 2025
December 20, 2024 -
Behind a popular babka, an intricate story of a changing labor market + What to do about the Houthis? (Opinion)
December 19, 2024 -
Jewish screenwriter pens 12 Hallmark Christmas movies, one inspired by Taylor Swift
December 18, 2024 -
Antisemitism bill dead? + Jewish missing man identified + Hitler’s car on display
December 17, 2024 -
'Hope, hope, hope': A White House Hanukkah + Observant Jew leading 'The Nutcracker'
December 16, 2024 -
A Hanukkah hostage deal? + How an L.A. Jewish neighborhood went for Trump
December 6, 2024 -
Advice for a beleaguered ‘left-wing Zionist’ + Fallout over Amnesty International genocide report
December 4, 2024 -
How Trump plans to combat campus antisemitism
December 3, 2024 -
A hostage’s death, and a threat from Trump
November 27, 2024 -
Will a truce with Hezbollah lead to a deal with Hamas?
November 26, 2024 -
Israel set to approve ceasefire with Hezbollah + Why our food columnist hugged a turkey
November 25, 2024 -
Arrests made in murder of Chabad rabbi + Etgar Keret on storytelling in wartime
November 22, 2024 -
How to respond to neo-Nazis (Opinion) + How to respond to a classmate’s antisemitic conspiracy theories
November 20, 2024 -
Texas wants Queen Esther to teach math and reading + Aaron Sorkin’s IDF project
November 19, 2024 -
Texas schools may add Christian Bible lessons + New call to ban U.S. arms sales to Israel
November 18, 2024 -
He founded ‘Jews Against Soros.’ Now he’ll be gatekeeper of Trump’s White House
November 15, 2024 -
What Trump 2.0 means for school prayer + The dangers of Mike Huckabee’s Christian Zionism (Opinion)
November 14, 2024 -
Why many Jews are outraged at Trump tapping Matt Gaetz for attorney general
November 13, 2024 -
Trump’s pro-Israel picks + The debate over school prayer
November 12, 2024 -
What a Secretary of State Marco Rubio would mean for American Jews and Israel
November 11, 2024 -
The Arab Americans whispering in Trump’s ear + Anti-Israel rally in Amsterdam shut down
November 8, 2024 -
Israel sends planes to rescue Jews from ‘pogrom’ in Amsterdam
November 7, 2024 -
With Trump win, Orthodox Jews express joy and schadenfreude
November 6, 2024 -
What a Trump win means for American Jews and Israel
November 5, 2024 -
Making (Jewish) sense of Election Day
November 4, 2024 -
5 big Jewish questions heading into Election Day + Did Netanyahu’s office leak info to damage ceasefire talks?
November 1, 2024 -
What Harris and Trump might do for the Middle East (Opinion) + Did the Lubavitcher Rebbe help the Dodgers win the World Series?
October 30, 2024 -
Ballot arson: 'Free Gaza' message left with burned ballots
October 29, 2024 -
Trump says he's 'the opposite of a Nazi' as Emhoff makes closing pitch to Jewish voters
October 28, 2024 -
Exclusive: Emhoff to say Trump a threat to Jews
October 23, 2024 -
Harris or Trump? Pennsylvania’s Jews, like the state, are divided
October 22, 2024 -
🇺🇸 Polling American Jews two weeks before the election
October 21, 2024 -
Doug Emhoff: Trump ‘foments antisemitism everywhere he goes’
October 16, 2024 -
Exclusive: U.S. Jews say Trump more supportive of Israelis but Harris better on Gaza war
October 15, 2024 -
Is anti-Zionism a sin?
October 14, 2024 -
🇺🇸 Harris and Trump intensify outreach to Jewish voters
October 10, 2024 -
Milton’s mayhem and Mets’ menschiness
October 9, 2024 -
Monster Milton forces Florida Jews to flee for Yom Kippur
October 8, 2024 -
War enters 2nd year amid memorials, vandalism and campaign stops
October 7, 2024 -
One year, countless tragedies
October 2, 2024 -
How American Jewry has changed since last Rosh Hashanah
October 1, 2024 -
Jimmy Carter turns 100 + Mexico’s first Jewish president takes office
September 30, 2024 -
Queer Zionists face dating discrimination in year since Oct. 7
September 27, 2024 -
What to expect from Netanyahu’s U.N. speech + U.S.-Israel tensions over Hezbollah ceasefire
September 26, 2024 -
❤️ Netflix debuts romantic comedy about a rabbi. Let’s discuss.
September 25, 2024 -
Trump’s Jewish inner circle
September 24, 2024 -
🇺🇸 How the Jewish vote could swing the presidential election
September 23, 2024 -
Conflict escalates in Lebanon + Trump, Harris … and Bob Dylan
September 20, 2024 -
Trump says Jews will be to blame if he loses + Israel bombards Lebanon
September 18, 2024 -
Paging Hezbollah
September 17, 2024 -
🎒 Colleges unveil new Israel strategy
September 13, 2024 -
Jews raised $850 million after Hamas attack — 40% is still unspent
September 11, 2024 -
Harris vs. Trump: Israel, antisemitism … and is pet-eating the new blood libel?
September 10, 2024 -
Debate prep + Orthodox students narrowly escape California wildfire
September 9, 2024 -
What Jews need to watch for in Harris-Trump debate + After terror attack, Israel must avoid border crisis with Jordan (opinion)
September 6, 2024 -
Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s final words + Doom and gloom color Trump address to Republican Jews
September 5, 2024 -
Could U.S. do its own hostage deal with Hamas? + What is the Philadelphi Corridor?
September 4, 2024 -
How to distinguish anti-Zionists from antisemites on campus
September 3, 2024 -
After Hersh: Grief, anger and a possible path forward
August 29, 2024 -
🎒 Back to school: New policies, fewer protests
August 28, 2024 -
💰 Head of major Jewish org embroiled in financial scandal
August 27, 2024 -
Hostage rescued + A debate over Israel in the book world
August 26, 2024 -
🎒 Schools aim to protest-proof campuses
August 23, 2024 -
Opinion | Kamala Harris gets it right on Israel and Gaza
August 22, 2024 -
In emotional speech, hostage parents bring DNC crowd to tears
August 21, 2024 -
‘First Mensch’ Doug Emhoff takes center stage
August 20, 2024 -
The DNC: Biden rabbi's message; Harris speechwriter’s Holocaust roots
August 19, 2024 -
Democratic National Convention: How big a role will Gaza play?
August 16, 2024 -
Streisand stumps for Kamala + Settler violence in the West Bank
August 15, 2024 -
Columbia University president resigns + The Jewish guy playing Trump in Harris debate prep
August 14, 2024 -
A Spanish town hosts a summer festival celebrating its Jewish history. But is that history real?
August 13, 2024 -
Tisha B’Av in a time of war + Musk-Trump chat includes attacks on Jews
August 12, 2024 -
Israel braces for Iran attack + How Tim Walz taught the Holocaust
August 9, 2024 -
Opinion | Kamala Harris’ perfect response to pro-Palestinian hecklers + An Olympics where war never feels far away
August 8, 2024 -
Why pro-Israel groups aren’t targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar
August 7, 2024 -
Minnesota’s Jews proud of Tim Walz, their Midwestern mensch
August 6, 2024 -
VP decision time + Israel on the brink
August 5, 2024 -
Josh Shapiro veepstakes + Reverend becomes rabbi after Hamas attack
August 1, 2024 -
On 300th day of war, a perilous escalation with no end in sight
July 24, 2024 -
Mr. Netanyahu goes to Washington
July 23, 2024 -
Harris 2024: The Jewish veepstakes, her record on Israel and her stepdaughter’s views on Gaza
July 22, 2024 -
After Biden: Harris’ Israel bona fides and the chance of America’s first Jewish vice president
July 19, 2024 -
Jewish reactions as the RNC ends + Drone attack on Tel Aviv
July 16, 2024 -
VP pick JD Vance on antisemitism, Israel and the Jewish vote
July 10, 2024 -
What the Bible (and old Jewish men) think of a Biden retirement
July 5, 2024 -
New hope in ceasefire talks + Opinion | The Christian right doesn’t actually understand the Bible
June 28, 2024 -
Jewish takeaways from the presidential debate + Queer Jews confront a challenging Pride
June 27, 2024 -
Jewish immigrant men abandoned their wives in droves — now their stories are being told.
June 26, 2024 -
Haredi draft, Bowman's landslide loss, and Bintel wedding advice
June 21, 2024 -
Opinion | It’s time to offer Netanyahu a plea deal + Escalating anti-government protests in Israel
June 20, 2024 -
Biden-Trump debate, Wikipedia vs. the ADL, and the secret Jewish history of Dick Van Dyke
June 19, 2024 -
Willie Mays’ Jewish family, Netanyahu’s beef with Biden, and Mel Brooks’ surprising sequel
June 14, 2024 -
Exclusive: Mexico’s newly elected president’s mother survived the Holocaust — despite claims she was born in Mexico
June 11, 2024 -
The art of war + AOC: ‘Antisemitism is an assault on our values’
June 10, 2024 -
A political resignation and hostage rescue: Was this weekend a pivot point in the war?
June 7, 2024 -
Opinion | The ‘oddness’ of U.S. arms sales to Israel + Netanyahu speech to Congress set
June 3, 2024 -
Mexico breaks barriers by electing Jewish woman as president
May 30, 2024 -
Why war supporters must grieve for Palestinian civilians + Israel gains control of Gaza border with Egypt
May 24, 2024 -
Bodies of 3 hostages recovered + International Court of Justice ruling on war expected
May 21, 2024 -
Biden: Israel will get ‘everything it needs’ to fight Hamas + Jewish college president caught in crosshairs
May 20, 2024 -
International criminal court seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu + What Iranian president’s death means for Israel
May 8, 2024 -
U.S. halts arm shipment to Israel + College president offers to pay bail for protesters
May 7, 2024 -
Emory relocates commencement + Israel takes over part of Rafah as truce talks continue
May 2, 2024 -
Tensions grip UCLA overnight as police battle protesters + University presidents to visit Auschwitz
May 1, 2024 -
Police evict Columbia students; UCLA mayhem overnight as pro-Israel group targets protesters
April 30, 2024 -
Columbia students occupy campus building + The elite university that handled anti-Israel protests well — in Israel
April 29, 2024 -
Israelis see antisemitism in campus protests + Is the ICC about to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials?
April 22, 2024 -
Chaos at Columbia and Yale + Israel military chief resigns
April 18, 2024 -
Google fires employees over anti-Israel protests + Columbia University’s president testifies in campus antisemitism probe
April 17, 2024 -
Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation distances itself from pro-Palestinian USC valedictorian
April 16, 2024 -
Hamas offers all hostages if Israel ends war + USC nixes Muslim valedictorian speaker
April 15, 2024 -
Aftermath of Iran attack is pivotal moment for Netanyahu and the U.S.-Israel alliance
April 12, 2024 -
How Israelis are coping with imminent threat from Iran + ‘Credible’ assessments of famine in Gaza
April 11, 2024 -
Israel to send 500 aid trucks daily into Gaza + Trump: Jewish Democrats ‘should have their head examined’
April 10, 2024 -
The latest on the war, more universities accused of antisemitism, and how NASA is helping Jewish astronauts
April 9, 2024 -
Latest on the war + The secret Jewish history of tax day
April 5, 2024 -
IDF dismisses officers over aid worker killings + UN body calls for Israel to be accountable for war crimes
April 4, 2024 -
Does Biden have a Jewish voter problem?
April 3, 2024 -
More fallout from killing of aid workers in Gaza + 13 observations from our Israel reporter about life in wartime
April 1, 2024 -
Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu + Chicago’s Jewish crime of the century
March 29, 2024 -
Opinion | Why Israel needs a Haredi draft + International Court of Justice ramps up pressure on Israel
March 28, 2024 -
Joe Lieberman’s rabbi: He was a ‘mensch’ + Poll suggests majority of Americans disapprove of war
March 27, 2024 -
Latest on the war, Trump selling bibles to raise money, and meet the Red Sox’s Jewish organist
March 26, 2024 -
Sunday vote could compel Haredi ‘lost boys’ into Israel’s army + Netanyahu cancels White House talks
March 25, 2024 -
Restrained Purim celebrated around the world + The latest on the war
March 21, 2024 -
What it's like to be a doctor in Gaza + The latest on the war, Purim and Sinatra’s tailor
March 19, 2024 -
Trump: Any Jew who votes for Democrats ‘hates their religion’ and ‘everything about Israel’
March 18, 2024 -
Israel set to offer 6-week truce for 40 hostages + Celebrating Purim in a time of war
March 12, 2024 -
The latest on the war + Berkeley professor refuses to leave office until school addresses antisemitism
March 11, 2024 -
The Oscars’ controversial Gaza moment + Ramadan begins
March 8, 2024 -
Biden harsh on Israel in State of the Union + U.S. blames Hamas for ceasefire stalls
March 6, 2024 -
Super Tuesday voters reject Biden’s support for Israel + Texas Tech suspends professor over antisemitic comments
March 4, 2024 -
150 days into war, an ‘astonishing’ volume of investigations tests legal protections for Jewish students on college campuses
March 1, 2024 -
Scrutiny of aid convoy deaths + Opinion | The alarming social media response to airman’s immolation
February 28, 2024 -
Violence erupts at Berkeley campus Israel event + Gaza impacts Michigan primary
February 27, 2024 -
Biden says ceasefire imminent, as Arab Americans vote in Michigan primary today
February 26, 2024 -
Palestinian Authority government resigns, potential hostage deal on table and plans for a postwar Gaza
February 23, 2024 -
Netanyahu reveals postwar Gaza plans + Jewish representatives press Biden for ceasefire
February 22, 2024 -
Terror attack in Israel + Columbia University sued over antisemitism
February 21, 2024 -
Updates on the war, Holocaust book bans and all the Jewish news to know today
February 20, 2024 -
The latest on the war + Harvard under fire (again)
February 16, 2024 -
Internal IDF report warns Hamas will survive war + Opinion | 3 simple rules for talking about Israel (with people you disagree with)
February 13, 2024 -
Truce-for-hostage talks resume today, and the latest on the war
February 12, 2024 -
2 hostages rescued + Biden pressures Netanyahu over Rafah plans
February 9, 2024 -
Israeli human rights groups call for ceasefire + What I learned traversing Israel as a wartime volunteer
February 8, 2024 -
Harvard’s antisemitism czar under fire + Rembrandt and the Jews
February 6, 2024 -
Hunger strikes: A new phase in the war on campus?
February 5, 2024 -
Grammy Awards + War in Israel + ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
February 2, 2024 -
UK considering recognizing Palestinian state + Can a marriage survive differences over the war?
February 1, 2024 -
These Jews want to resettle Gaza. Their movement is gaining steam.
January 31, 2024 -
What you need to know about the U.N. group aiding Palestinians
January 29, 2024 -
The latest on the war + Prominent rabbi ousted over sexual misconduct allegations
January 26, 2024 -
ICJ ruling: Israel must take steps to prevent deaths in Gaza, but no demand for cease-fire
January 24, 2024 -
A potential hostage deal, antisemitism vs. anti-Zionism, and Bradley Cooper’s nose
January 23, 2024 -
IDF’s deadliest day + Oscar nominations + New Hampshire primary
January 22, 2024 -
Elon Musk visits Auschwitz + Harvard taps controversial pick to lead antisemitism task force
January 19, 2024 -
Netanyahu rejects idea of postwar Palestinian state + Opinion | Why does the media love scared Jews?
January 18, 2024 -
What Hannah Arendt would think of Netanyahu + U.N. Secretary General meets released hostages
January 17, 2024 -
Opinion | In wartime, finding safety in Torah + Senate nixes resolution challenging Israel aid
January 16, 2024 -
Here’s all the Jewish news to start your Tuesday
January 15, 2024 -
The war at 101 days + The rabbis who marched with MLK
January 12, 2024 -
Israel defends itself at Hague + Did migrant labor dig Chabad tunnel?
January 11, 2024 -
The Messianic debate at the center of the bowling alley-sized Chabad tunnel
January 10, 2024 -
Chabad’s secret tunnel sparks antisemitic conspiracy theories
January 9, 2024 -
The bizarre story of the secret tunnel under Chabad’s headquarters
January 8, 2024 -
Three months of war: Latest on the hostages, the battleground and the court of public opinion
January 5, 2024 -
Can Netanyahu preserve power? + Blinken returns to Middle East
January 3, 2024 -
Takeaways from the resignation of Harvard’s president + Judge stops ban of Elie Wiesel book
January 2, 2024 -
The latest in the war + A look ahead to 2024
December 29, 2023 -
Palestinian Israeli podcasters aim to change narrative + Shocking details of sexual violence on Oct. 7
December 28, 2023 -
Pro-Palestinian groups seek influence in 2024 U.S. elections
December 27, 2023 -
How one hostage’s mother became the conscience of the war
December 26, 2023 -
How TikTok is impacting the war in Israel
December 22, 2023 -
The secret history — and uncertain future — of a campus pro-Palestinian group
December 21, 2023 -
How Starbucks became a pawn in the Israel-Hamas war
December 20, 2023 -
New hostage deal in the works + Teen who threatened mass shooting at synagogue punished with book report assignment
December 19, 2023 -
Missouri candidate thinks her opponents are Israeli secret agents + The latest on the war
December 18, 2023 -
Bomb threats at hundreds of U.S. shuls + New college antisemitism survey
December 15, 2023 -
U.S. calls for Israel to scale down war + Opinion | Haredim are enlisting — how will that change the IDF?
December 14, 2023 -
How the war will end + Suspect charged with murder of Detroit shul president
December 13, 2023 -
The latest in the war + Why a politician used a fire extinguisher on a menorah
December 12, 2023 -
Campus antisemitism upending where Jewish high school seniors applying to college
December 11, 2023 -
Can college students avoid taking sides in war? + Antisemitic attacks in NY, LA and London
December 7, 2023 -
Harvard, UPenn presidents clarify statements about Jewish genocide
December 6, 2023 -
Congress grills university presidents over antisemitism + Norman Lear dies at 101
December 5, 2023 -
University presidents to testify + ‘Is it time for me to conceal my Jewish identity in the United States?’
December 4, 2023 -
Israel targets southern Gaza + ‘In wartime Israel, everyone does their part’
November 30, 2023 -
Henry Kissinger dies at 100 + Hamas gunmen kill 3 in Jerusalem
November 29, 2023 -
Dept. of Education opens investigation into Harvard as antisemitism spikes on campuses across U.S.
November 28, 2023 -
How Israel is empowering Hamas + University sued for campus antisemitism
November 27, 2023 -
More hostages set to be released + Elon Musk visits Israel
November 24, 2023 -
Breaking: 13 hostages released from Gaza
November 24, 2023 -
Breaking: 13 hostages released to Red Cross, shortly to arrive in Israel
November 22, 2023 -
Details of the hostage deal + Thanksgiving in a time of war
November 21, 2023 -
Hostage deal may be near, and the latest updates from the war
November 20, 2023 -
Israeli war updates, and that time Rosalynn Carter said kiddush with Menachem Begin
November 17, 2023 -
Why campus antisemitism is flourishing — even as universities pledge to combat it
November 16, 2023 -
A rabbi grapples with moral quagmire of raiding a hospital with patients inside — and possibly terrorists, too
November 15, 2023 -
March for Israel draws hundreds of thousands + How Barbra Streisand became a meme queen
November 14, 2023 -
What will today’s March for Israel actually achieve? + Jewish grad student kidnapped in Iraq shown alive
November 13, 2023 -
I found a book in a kibbutz destroyed on Oct. 7 — here’s what it taught me
November 10, 2023 -
What it's really like to be Jewish on campus in the middle of a war
November 9, 2023 -
Friends mourn ‘gentle, kind’ California man who died after protest altercation + 85 years since Kristallnacht
November 7, 2023 -
Jewish man dies after altercation at pro-Palestinian protest in California + A month of war
November 6, 2023 -
Rabbis pen new prayers for hostages + U.S. concerns about Israel’s endgame in Gaza
November 3, 2023 -
House passes Israel aid bill as Biden threatens veto + The Greek tragedy of Israel’s war
November 2, 2023 -
Cornell student charged over antisemitic threats + Rabbi presses Biden for cease-fire
November 1, 2023 -
Campus upheaval • The latest from the war • And how Jews saved a diner after an Israel boycott
October 31, 2023 -
Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire + War is changing American Jewish identity
October 27, 2023 -
U.S. strikes Iranian facilities in Syria + Five years since Tree of Life massacre
October 26, 2023 -
Israeli tanks enter Gaza + How one university got its Oct. 7 reaction right
October 25, 2023 -
Israel kills top Hamas general, plus the latest news and analysis on the war
October 25, 2023 -
Israel kills top Hamas general, plus the latest news and analysis on the war