New U2 album includes Israeli poem and a song about slain Palestinian activist
In an interview, frontman Bono denounced antisemitism, the Oct. 7 attack and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Bono
The Latest
-
Fast Forward -
Fast Forward Bono, citing Rabbi Sharon Brous and Mandy Patinkin, condemns Israel over war in Gaza
In his statement, Bono wrote that the Israeli government “deserves a categorical and unequivocal condemnation"
-
Music Inspired by Elijah, Jeremiah, Bob Dylan and himself, Bono embraces the Jewish roots of his Christian faith
In his new memoir, the U2 frontman chronicles his rise from the Shalom Fellowship to the world stage
-
Culture Bono and Nancy Pelosi just compared Zelenskyy and St. Patrick. Should we be upset?
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish; this is hard to miss, at least within the Jewish media circles in which I run. Perhaps it is less widely known by non-Jews, but given the fact that one of the central refutations of Putin’s accusation of Nazism in Ukraine is that Zelenskyy is Jewish, something that has…
-
Culture The Secret Jewish History Of U2
While U2 is still largely considered one of, if not the greatest rock band in the world, the group’s singer and frontman, Bono, is not quite the beloved figure he was when the band first exploded on the scene in the mid-1980s. His hobnobbing with world and corporate leaders is very un-rock ’n’ roll, and…
-
The Schmooze U2’s Bono Dedicates Song to Shimon Peres
(JTA) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres may be a big U2 fan, but it seems like Bono is an even bigger Shimon Peres fan. Peres, who was in town for an economic conference, was part of the crowd at U2’s performance at the Air Canada Center, in Toronto, Canada. During the band’s encore, Bono…
-
The Schmooze Bono Likes To Bike Around Dressed as A Hasidic Jew
Getty Images I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I hate Bono. And now, he’s just given me another reason. In an interview with CBS radio station KROQ’s Kevin & Bean Show, fellow U2 band-member The Edge mentioned that the lead singer casually dresses up as a Hasidic Jew while cycling around New York…
-
Opinion Music for May Day: Songs of Kibbutzim & Coal Mines
Here’s a little video collection I put together for May Day 2010, with some updates, to help get in the holiday spirit. Fortunately, it’s still relevant. Unfortunately, that’s because we haven’t made much progress in the interim toward economic justice. First of all, the anthem of Zionist labor, Chaim Nachman Bialik’s “Birkat Ha’am” (“The People’s…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Chabad on high alert after false Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens war claims
- 2
Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
- 3
Culture How an Amish Mennonite school in Arkansas went viral with a song by an Orthodox Jew
- 4
Opinion The real reason for the US war with Iran may have nothing to do with Israel
In Case You Missed It
-
Yiddish ווידעאָ: שוועדישע ייִדישיסטן קומען קיין ניו־יאָרק צו פֿאַרזוכן אַן עכטן בייגלVIDEO: Swedish Yiddishists come to NYC to taste an authentic bagel
טאָמאַס וווּדסקי און זײַן ייִדיש־תּלמידה מרים באַקענען זיך מיט אַ ייִדיש־רעדנדיקן טאַקסי־שאָפֿער און אַ יונגן ייִדישן בעקער
-
News Jewish Democrats press for oversight as Trump’s Iran war rages on
-
Fast Forward In Israel’s missile war, some families run to shelters. Others have nowhere to go.
-
Fast Forward Trump says Iran war is ‘very complete, pretty much’ as US and Israel continue to pound Tehran
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
