The Jewish hostage nobody is talking enough about
Elizabeth Tsurkov has spent 682 days in captivity in Iraq. For her sister, Emma, watching the Gaza hostages go free brings a special kind of joy — and pain
Iraq
The Latest
-
Looking Forward -
News As Evan Gershkovich returns home, another Jewish prisoner’s captivity reaches 500 days
The family of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton graduate student kidnapped in Iraq in 2023, has been told that she is still alive
-
Opinion My tax dollars — and yours — are helping hold my sister hostage
The US is both fighting and funding a terror organization in Iraq
-
Opinion In 1991, Iraq attacked. Israel’s far-right leader didn’t retaliate. Is Netanyahu capable of the same wise choice?
Israel's decision about whether to react to Iran's weekend attack could have massive global consequences — and the man making it couldn't be less fit
-
Fast Forward This month marks a year since Evan Gershkovich and Elizabeth Tsurkov were deprived of their freedom
Families and colleagues of these two Jews — a reporter imprisoned in Russia and an academic kidnapped in Iraq — don’t want them forgotten
-
Fast Forward In first sign of life since her March abduction, an Israeli-Russian academic appears in a video
Elizabeth Tsurkov spoke Hebrew in a video in which she claimed — apparently under coercion — to be a spy for the West
-
Fast Forward Woman kidnapped in Iraq was doing research authorized by Princeton
University statement sought by sister of Elizabeth Tsurkov affirms that she was doing work approved for her Ph.D. when she was abducted in March
-
Opinion A survivor of sexual genocide seeks Nuremberg-level justice
Nadia Murad wants the world to bring wartime rapists to trial
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Trump to ‘defend the rights of Christians,’ announces new faith initiative led by controversial televangelist
- 2
Fast Forward For top State Dept. post, Trump taps staffer fired for attending white nationalist conference
- 3
Fast Forward US Jewish groups respond to Trump’s Gaza comments
- 4
Opinion Yes, Trump’s Gaza plan is outrageous. It could also be just what the Middle East needs
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Thanking Elon Musk for ‘allowing me to vent,’ Kanye West quits X after antisemitic rant
-
Fast Forward Super Bowl performer ejected after displaying Palestinian/Sudanese flag that said ‘Gaza’
-
Fast Forward Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in east Jerusalem, drawing international concern
-
Sports How Yiddish inspired the Philadelphia Eagles’ winning play in Super Bowl 2025
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
