What the actors strike can learn from Israeli protest movement
Poor treatment starts to feel normal, and it takes a paradigm shift to stand up for one's rights — in Hollywood and Israel
Poor treatment starts to feel normal, and it takes a paradigm shift to stand up for one's rights — in Hollywood and Israel
The actress is making headlines for her fiery speech in support of the SAG-AFTRA strike
A TV veteran who joined the guild in 1973 explains what's at stake
Before working women's activism was a movement, Yiddish-speaking women led the charge for worker's rights
The effort will make countless artifacts available for the first time
As America continues its intensified reckoning with questions of racial justice, parents and educators are keenly aware of the need to speak to children about race in ways that feel authentic and relatable. The Jewish community can look to Yiddish literature for models of antiracist storytelling that took shape long before the storied alliances of…
The original Bintel Brief column was founded at the Forward in 1906 and ran through the 1980s. Written in Yiddish, letter writers sought advice on heartbreak, poverty, religious quarrels, family disputes, love triangles and more. Legacy Bintel revisits these original Bintel Brief letters. Many appear here in English for the first time. They have been…
In 1905, Pennsylvania did something unprecedented: It founded America’s first state police force. The new institution, which was more highly militarized than previous law enforcement systems, was created for one reason: The state government wanted a more organized and efficient way to break strikes. The new force approached that mission with zeal — and violence….
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