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Can an anti-Zionist Democrat win in a heavily Jewish South Florida district? (Aug 18, 2026 10:10 AM - Forward.com – All)(JTA) — Democratic primary voters in Florida’s newly drawn 25th Congressional District are choosing on Tuesday between an anti-Zionist member of the Democratic Socialists of America and one of Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress. The race offers a test of whether the Democratic Party’s progressive insurgency can extend to a district that includes Delray Beach,... The post Can an anti-Zionist Democrat win in a heavily Jewish South Florida district? appeared first on The Forward .
Florida’s primaries have many pain points for Jews. Here are 5 races to watch (Aug 18, 2026 09:04 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As an exhausting primary season begins to wind down, voters in Florida, the last remaining big state yet to hold its primaries, head to the polls Tuesday with several races on the Jewish community’s radar. The conservative state is home to large numbers of Jews, including a growing number of Jewish emigres from... The post Florida’s primaries have many pain points for Jews. Here are 5 races to watch appeared first on The Forward .
Vandals attack prominent Reform synagogue in Jerusalem (Aug 18, 2026 08:59 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — JERUSALEM – Vandals broke into a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem over the weekend, damaging the building and artwork and tearing down Pride flags displayed by the congregation. Shortly after midnight a group of youths entered the grounds of Kol HaNeshamah in Jerusalem’s Baka neighborhood, smashed a window and made their way into the... The post Vandals attack prominent Reform synagogue in Jerusalem appeared first on The Forward .
The Central Synagogue attack had no clear connection to Mamdani. He’s still being blamed. (Aug 17, 2026 09:02 PM - Forward.com – All)
A stabbing outside a synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Dozens of swastikas painted on a Brooklyn playground. A Queens synagogue desecrated with feces and motor oil. Combined with an unprecedented call by New York’s mayor to protest Israel’s prime minister, the recent rash of crimes against Jews in New York City has the community... The post The Central Synagogue attack had no clear connection to Mamdani. He’s still being blamed. appeared first on The Forward .
‘We are in a time of biblical proportions’: What survivors of past shul attacks want Central Synagogue to know (Aug 17, 2026 08:51 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Audrey Glickman heard about the Friday night attack at Central Synagogue, a prominent congregation on Manhattan’s East Side, she had a visceral, immediate reaction. “My first thought with anything like this is: they’ve been invaded,” she said. “And I know how that feels.” Glickman, 69. survived the October 2018 attack on Pittsburgh’s Tree of... The post ‘We are in a time of biblical proportions’: What survivors of past shul attacks want Central Synagogue to know appeared first on The Forward .
On my first Shabbat in NYC, the sanctuary was attacked (Aug 17, 2026 06:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
I don’t often go to synagogue. Outside of the High Holidays, it is not somewhere I would ordinarily find myself on a Friday night. In the last few years, I have made a point of spending Shabbat with my grandmother. We light candles, eat together and let the week recede for a few hours. I... The post On my first Shabbat in NYC, the sanctuary was attacked appeared first on The Forward .
Anti-Israel Republicans tests their strength in Florida primaries (Aug 17, 2026 10:44 AM - Forward.com – All)
Some insurgent Democrats have found success by making criticism of Israel central to their campaigns. Now a group of Republican candidates is trying to tap into a similar movement on the right, even if they are unlikely to win. That divide is on display in Florida’s Republican primaries, set for Tuesday, where several long-shot candidates... The post Anti-Israel Republicans tests their strength in Florida primaries appeared first on The Forward .
Anti-Israel Republicans test their strength in Florida primaries (Aug 17, 2026 10:44 AM - Forward.com – All)
Some insurgent Democrats have found success by making criticism of Israel central to their campaigns. Now a group of Republican candidates is trying to tap into a similar movement on the right, even if they are unlikely to win. That divide is on display in Florida’s Republican primaries, set for Tuesday, where several long-shot candidates... The post Anti-Israel Republicans test their strength in Florida primaries appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to use cutting-edge detection tech after synagogue attack (Aug 17, 2026 01:05 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A Jewish security watchdog is doubling down on safety measures in the wake of a Friday night attack against worshipers at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue, calling on police to identify cutting edge tactics to identify hot spots for potential hate crimes and to place more officers in those areas. But Mitchell Silber, CEO of... The post Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to use cutting-edge detection tech after synagogue attack appeared first on The Forward .
How a 19th century murder introduced Americans to a Jewish funeral (Aug 16, 2026 07:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
In June 1857, newspapers from Philadelphia to St. Louis carried reports of a shocking crime in western Massachusetts. Isaac Jackson, a 17- or 18-year-old German Jewish peddler from Westfield, was shot and robbed while traveling his route between the towns of Westfield and Russell. His body was dragged to the bank of a river, concealed... The post How a 19th century murder introduced Americans to a Jewish funeral appeared first on The Forward .
How an obscure centrist politician could be key to defeating Netanyahu in October (Aug 16, 2026 07:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — TEL AVIV — At a barbecue on a Netanya rooftop earlier this month, MK Yoav Segalovitz, a politician most people outside Israel have never heard of, told his fellow members of the leading opposition party Yesh Atid that he would not be running with them in the upcoming October election. It’s a decision... The post How an obscure centrist politician could be key to defeating Netanyahu in October appeared first on The Forward .
Man charged in Central Synagogue attack linked to posts about Israel, Judaism, and Mamdani (Aug 16, 2026 02:56 PM - Forward.com – All)
The man accused of attacking a woman and a security guard at Central Synagogue, a prominent New York City congregation on Manhattan’s Upper East Side during Friday night services, had filled his Facebook page with posts about Israel and Judaism in the months leading up to the attack — and, according to his aunt, had... The post Man charged in Central Synagogue attack linked to posts about Israel, Judaism, and Mamdani appeared first on The Forward .
Assailant attacks congregant, guard at NYC Shabbat services (Aug 15, 2026 05:03 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) —A man who attacked a congregant and a security guard at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue on Friday night is now in custody, according to the New York Police Department. The individual disrupted Shabbat services before allegedly assaulting the two individuals. “As synagogue security was escorting him out, he struck a member of the congregation, damaged... The post Assailant attacks congregant, guard at NYC Shabbat services appeared first on The Forward .
Nigeria has more than 100 synagogues — but no local rabbis. This summer camp wants to change that. (Aug 15, 2026 03:17 AM - Forward.com – All)
On summer mornings in Abuja, Nigeria, a small fleet of cars fan out across the sprawling capital city carrying unusual cargo: children headed to Jewish day camp. In a one-story synagogue on a dirt road in Kubwa, a densely populated suburb, children who spend most of the year as the only Jew in their school... The post Nigeria has more than 100 synagogues — but no local rabbis. This summer camp wants to change that. appeared first on The Forward .
U.S. ambassador calls settlers who sieged Palestinian homes in Qusra ‘terrorists’ (Aug 14, 2026 11:17 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — TEL AVIV – The West Bank settlement movement’s leadership joined with one of its most prominent defenders, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, in condemning an Israeli settler outpost set up in a Palestinian family’s yard. Huckabee’s remarks are a signal of the degree to which a group of radicals is rattling Israeli politics and... The post U.S. ambassador calls settlers who sieged Palestinian homes in Qusra ‘terrorists’ appeared first on The Forward .
Some young Jews are pulling back from Jewish life over Israel discourse, study finds (Aug 14, 2026 11:11 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Nearly four in 10 Jewish young adults say events affecting Jews in recent years have led them to pull back from Jewish spaces or become more selective about where they participate, with disagreements over how Israel and the Palestinians are discussed as a leading reason, according to a new survey. The survey, which... The post Some young Jews are pulling back from Jewish life over Israel discourse, study finds appeared first on The Forward .
There’s a new Judaism in town — or maybe it’s very, very old (Aug 14, 2026 07:41 PM - Forward.com – All)
In a townhouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, a gathering for Tu B’Av was underway. There was chanting and breathwork, singing and ceremony. Several Brooklyn-based Jewish communities, including Temple of the Stranger and Lab/Shul, had come together for the experience. These vibes are usually associated with Eastern traditions, paganism or indigenous American practices; most Westerners who want... The post There’s a new Judaism in town — or maybe it’s very, very old appeared first on The Forward .
How the Kefalonia killings led to the World War II massacre of Greece’s Jews (Aug 14, 2026 07:35 PM - Forward.com – All)
The Holocaust in Greece has always occupied a strangely small place in the broader memory of World War II. This is despite the fact that Greece lost somewhere around 80 to 90 percent of its prewar Jewish population, one of the highest proportions in occupied Europe, and that Thessaloniki had been one of the great... The post How the Kefalonia killings led to the World War II massacre of Greece’s Jews appeared first on The Forward .
How Jews made ‘Les Miz’ Christian again (Aug 14, 2026 06:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
At the end of the 1941 school year, 13-year-old Yitshkok Rudashevski went to meet his friend from the Soviet youth movement. Their confab, and that clear summer day, was soon disturbed by the howl of a siren and the raining down of bombs. “The street was full of smoke,” Rudashevski wrote in his diary. “It... The post How Jews made ‘Les Miz’ Christian again appeared first on The Forward .
When a country has gone insane, a ‘psychotic’ Israeli play like this makes total sense (Aug 14, 2026 02:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
What happens when individuals — and societies — lose their grip on reality, sanity, truth, or all three at once? Af Mila L’Ima, or “Not a Word to Mother,” a play, running now at Beit Lessin in Tel Aviv, is a window into the mental state of the State of Israel right now. Like much... The post When a country has gone insane, a ‘psychotic’ Israeli play like this makes total sense appeared first on The Forward .
It’s not just Harvard and Columbia. Small liberal arts colleges are quietly settling antisemitism complaints. (Aug 14, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
As major universities across the U.S. strike deals with the Trump administration over antisemitism complaints, a handful of small liberal arts colleges have been quietly settling cases of their own. In the past week, Oregon’s Reed College and Pennsylvania’s Haverford College have both settled complaints accusing them of failing to protect Jewish students in the... The post It’s not just Harvard and Columbia. Small liberal arts colleges are quietly settling antisemitism complaints. appeared first on The Forward .
It’s not just Harvard and Columbia. Small liberal arts colleges are quietly settling antisemitism complaints (Aug 14, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
As major universities across the U.S. strike deals with the Trump administration over antisemitism complaints, a handful of small liberal arts colleges have been quietly settling cases of their own. In the past week, Oregon’s Reed College and Pennsylvania’s Haverford College have both settled complaints accusing them of failing to protect Jewish students in the... The post It’s not just Harvard and Columbia. Small liberal arts colleges are quietly settling antisemitism complaints appeared first on The Forward .
Israeli restaurants are hiding their identity. New York magazine won’t say why (Aug 13, 2026 07:54 PM - Forward.com – All)
I walked into Jerusalem Chicken restaurant because someone told me it served the best maqluba this side of Jerusalem — all within a few minutes of LAX. Outside, the well-lit sign said, “Palestinian Chicken Eatery,” which, because I’d seen the Curb Your Enthusiasm “Palestinian Chicken” episode about a dozen times, already had me smiling. Then... The post Israeli restaurants are hiding their identity. New York magazine won’t say why appeared first on The Forward .
Israeli restaurants are hiding their identity. New York Magazine won’t say why (Aug 13, 2026 07:54 PM - Forward.com – All)
I walked into Jerusalem Chicken restaurant because someone told me it served the best maqluba this side of Jerusalem — all within a few minutes of LAX. Outside, the well-lit sign said, “Palestinian Chicken Eatery,” which, because I’d seen the Curb Your Enthusiasm “Palestinian Chicken” episode about a dozen times, already had me smiling. Then... The post Israeli restaurants are hiding their identity. New York Magazine won’t say why appeared first on The Forward .
Trump just used journalists as human shields — Jewish ethics has thoughts about that (Aug 13, 2026 07:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
Everyone has been talking about The Odyssey this summer. So much so that, apparently, the president of the United States felt the need to act out a famous piece of Greek mythology, namely the story of the Trojan horse. When an Iranian assassination threat in July seemed credible enough, the Secret Service spirited Trump off... The post Trump just used journalists as human shields — Jewish ethics has thoughts about that appeared first on The Forward .
Apple pays $150k to settle federal antisemitism lawsuit (Aug 13, 2026 07:12 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Apple has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the company failed to accommodate a Jewish employee’s observance of Shabbat, and later fired him after he complained of religious discrimination. The lawsuit, which was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in September 2025, accused Apple of discriminating... The post Apple pays $150k to settle federal antisemitism lawsuit appeared first on The Forward .
Judge throws out Trump’s Harvard antisemitism lawsuit, citing lack of evidence (Aug 13, 2026 07:06 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A federal judge threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit that had accused Harvard University of having “turned a blind eye” to Jewish and Israeli students, ending for now the most high-profile campus antisemitism case in the legal arena. The judge, Richard Stearns, ruled Thursday that the government’s evidence for Harvard having committed Title... The post Judge throws out Trump’s Harvard antisemitism lawsuit, citing lack of evidence appeared first on The Forward .
Minnesota’s Democratic nominee is an Israel critic – but she is not El-Sayed 2.0 (Aug 13, 2026 05:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Peggy Flanagan, the likely next senator from Minnesota, defeated a moderate pro-Israel congresswoman, accuses Israel of genocide and says she would oppose offensive weapons sales to Israel. If the victory Tuesday of the state’s lieutenant governor over Rep. Angie Craig sounds like an echo of last week’s election in another midwestern state, Michigan,... The post Minnesota’s Democratic nominee is an Israel critic – but she is not El-Sayed 2.0 appeared first on The Forward .
‘History cannot be erased’: ‘Hostages Square’ in Tel Aviv is formalized in official name change (Aug 13, 2026 04:55 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The plaza that became the center of Israel’s campaign to bring home the 251 captives Hamas seized on Oct.7, 2023 is now formally called “Hostages Square,” establishing a permanent reminder of the more than two-year struggle that ended with the return of the final hostage in January. Mayor Ron Huldai unveiled new signage... The post ‘History cannot be erased’: ‘Hostages Square’ in Tel Aviv is formalized in official name change appeared first on The Forward .
War and uncertainty drives Israelis seeking quiet abroad (Aug 13, 2026 04:52 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — When Iris Meiri-Snir moved from Israel to northern Italy last month, she gave up a job she loved, proximity to her children and grandchildren, and the social and professional ties she had built over a lifetime. She and her husband, Hagai Agmon-Snir, left for their home in Mevaseret Zion, an explicitly ideological choice... The post War and uncertainty drives Israelis seeking quiet abroad appeared first on The Forward .
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