In the Forward’s opinion section, you’ll find analysis and essays from diverse corners of the Jewish world.
To pitch an opinion piece, email our Opinion Editor, Talya Zax.
In the Forward’s opinion section, you’ll find analysis and essays from diverse corners of the Jewish world.
To pitch an opinion piece, email our Opinion Editor, Talya Zax.
Intermediary Bishara Bahbah has accused Israel of genocide — which has earned other critics detention
Both the US president and the leaders of Hamas have urged sacrifice in the cause of greater glory
Trump is the only reason the last living American hostage is home
Students detained over pro-Palestinian activism are being freed — and thank God
The Israeli right thought they had an ally in the US president. They may have to think again.
Critics were wrong that Israel’s 2023 actions constituted genocide — but they are right in 2025
Scientific researchers are getting fired, and protests keep happening — how exactly do Jews benefit?
Kurt H. Debus was the first director of the Kennedy Space Center — and a former member of the SS
The morality of the war was never as simple as Allies versus Axis
80 years after liberation, has the bastion of liberty they idolized changed irrevocably?
The proposed elimination of the NEA and the NEH is already hitting the Jewish academic and literary community hard
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