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Looking Forward How a Russian samovar connects me to the old country — and my black market dealing great-great-grandmother
The household item I'd never thought to ask about turned out to hold a lot of history.
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Yiddish World How a Yiddish acting troupe fooled the Tsarist government
A newly translated memoir of the actress Esther Rachel Kamińska describes the Yiddish theater in the early 20th century
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Fast Forward Transnistria’s Jews find themselves caught in a Soviet time warp as Ukraine war rages next door
The breakaway republic within Moldova is incredibly impoverished
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Music Donald Trump wants to ‘try and get to heaven’ — just like Bob Dylan
The president seems to think his soul is on the line with a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire
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Fast Forward Facing blowback, Israel’s foreign minister defends siding with Russia at the UN
Gideon Saar called Russia the “aggressor” and said Israel voted “no” on the U.N. resolution to support the American push for an end to the war
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Fast Forward Kyiv Jewish school damaged in early-morning Russian drone strike
No children were present at the school when the attack happened
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Fast Forward DOJ: Russia targeted Jews in a campaign to influence elections
The Forward was one of several news outlets attacked as part of illegal propaganda war, Department of Justice charges
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Opinion My friend Evan Gershkovich is free. The first thing I want to do with him: Get a bagel
All of us who love Evan spent months fighting for his release. That it finally happened is a reminder to never lose hope
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Opinion Who’s responsible for deadly antisemitism? Everyone will hate the answer
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Opinion Epstein and Iran are an antisemitism mega-crisis. Here’s what Jewish organizations should do about it.
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