עכטע ייִדישע קאָלירן?True Jewish Colors?
בײַ רש״י וואָלט דער נאָמען פֿון דער גרעסטער פּאַרטיי אין דער כּנסת, „כּחול לבֿן‟, געמיינט „שוואַרץ און ווײַס‟.
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Opinion I Am A Rohingya Refugee. Today, We Seek Justice
Today, Myanmar will at last have to answer for genocide — one of the worst crimes known to humankind — at the International Court of Justice. This is a crucial step toward making amends to the families of men, women and children who were raped, tortured, murdered or displaced. A victory at this prestigious court…
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Fast Forward Soviet Dissident Natan Sharansky Named 2020 Genesis Prize Recipient
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Genesis Prize Foundation has announced that Natan Sharansky, a Jewish Refusenik, prolific leader in the Soviet Jewry emigration movement and former Israeli politician, will be awarded the 2020 Genesis Prize. Natan Sharansky will be honored in Jerusalem on June 18, 2020. The Genesis Prize, dubbed the “Jewish Nobel,” was started in…
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News What Is The Israeli-American Council?
In his latest controversial comments about the Jewish community, President Trump said in a speech to an Israeli-American group on Saturday that some Jewish people “don’t love Israel enough” and that Jews are “not going to vote for the wealth tax” proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Trump’s speech caused further debate over whether he uses…
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Culture The Jewish Geography Of The 2020 Golden Globe Nominees
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is continuing its love affair with Jewish filmmakers with the 2020 Golden Globe nominees. We don’t expect that members of that outfit are particularly interested in Jewish geography, but here at the Forward, our offices are plastered with headshots connected by yards of red thread and dates of b’nai mitzvah….
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Culture Leonard Cohen’s Last Words Summon The Spirit Of The Poet
Like an urn is full of ash, a posthumous album can often be a light, insubstantial remembrance. The survivors who release it into the wind of public opinion can count themselves lucky if the contents do not rebound onto them embarrassingly. The best case scenario is usually a brief, respectful silence and then insignificance. Things…
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Life An Unexpected Hasidic Pop Star Takes The Stage
The biggest sensation in the Hasidic music world has asked me to meet him at a Lakewood strip mall. The sleek cafe where we chat is aspirationally Italian, glatt Kosher, and almost empty, but the eyes of passerby linger on our table, and one man slips out an Airpod to commend my interviewee for performing…
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Yiddish „ווער דאַרף הײַנט אַשכּנזישע קולטור?‟ וועט זײַן די טעמע אויף ישׂראל־קאָנפֿערענץ“Who Needs Ashkenazi Culture Today?” To Be Topic Of Israeli Conference
די אָרגאַניזירער האַלטן אַז ישׂראל דאַרף בלײַבן אַ קאַליידאָסקאָפּ פֿון קולטורן איידער אַ שמעלצטאָפּ וווּ אַלץ ווערט פֿאַרווישט לטובֿת אַ מאָנאָקולטור
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Opinion Progressives Need To Face The Truth: Jeremy Corbyn’s Record On Anti-Semitism Is Bad.
When it comes to the furor surrounding British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed anti-Semitism, three unsettling things are true. First, Corbyn is not the major party candidate most complicit in bigotry. That ugly distinction goes to Britain’s current prime minister, Boris Johnson. Second, the British Jewish establishment has largely given Johnson a pass, which…
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Opinion Thank You, Tiffany Haddish, For Reminding Us How Precious Our Heritage Is
Something of great significance for the Jewish community happened last week. We must recognize and embrace it as such. Some folks — myself included — will have to get out, if just for the moment, of the lane we have long been traveling in. And we should be grateful for that opportunity. I refer not…
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