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The ADL’s turn away from civil rights was years in the making — Oct. 7 accelerated it (Jan 15, 2026 08:17 PM - Forward.com – All)Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… The Anti-Defamation League’s broad coalition that helped pass a hate crime law in Georgia at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement six years ago was a classic campaign for the organization, drawing together an alliance of civil rights groups with civic and business leaders to... The post The ADL’s turn away from civil rights was years in the making — Oct. 7 accelerated it appeared first on The Forward .
What Jackson, Mississippi’s only synagogue means to its city — in the wake of arson, and beyond (Jan 15, 2026 07:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Beth Israel Congregation was dedicated in Jackson, Mississippi, in the summer of 1875, the occasion was marked with a procession that began in front of City Hall. A local paper reported that the synagogue was so crowded that many were unable to gain admission. Visitors had come from all over the South: Vicksburg, Canton,... The post What Jackson, Mississippi’s only synagogue means to its city — in the wake of arson, and beyond appeared first on The Forward .
Good news about the new Forverts podcast (Jan 15, 2026 07:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
דעם פֿאַרגאַנגענעם זונטיק האָט דער פֿאָרווערטס לאַנצירט אַ וואָכיקע פּאָדקאַסט אויף ייִדיש, און במשך פֿון פֿינעף טעג האָט ער שוין צוגעצויגן מער ווי טויזנט צוהערער. די פֿאַרבינדונג צום פּאָדקאַסט, וואָס הייסט Yiddish with Rukhl, קען מען באַקומען דאָ. די פּראָגראַם ווערט טראַנסמיטירט דורך „עפּל פּאָדקאַסט“, „אַמאַזאָן פּאָדקאַסט און „ספּאָטיפֿײַ“. דערווײַל דינט די פּראָגראַם ווי בלויז... The post Good news about the new Forverts podcast appeared first on The Forward .
You can now enjoy the Yiddish Book Center’s exhibit on your phone (Jan 15, 2026 05:34 PM - Forward.com – All)
Yiddish culture fans should take a look at the Yiddish Book Center’s recently launched website. Called Yiddish: A Global Culture, Virtual Exhibit, it’s an online version of their marvelous permanent exhibition that can be accessed on your cellphone. If you know Yiddish, you may have read the Forverts article about the Book Center’s newly-published catalogue... The post You can now enjoy the Yiddish Book Center’s exhibit on your phone appeared first on The Forward .
Circumcision could be ‘child abuse’ if done wrong, UK prosectors warn after deaths (Jan 15, 2026 03:53 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — British Jews are weighing in after authorities said they are considering deeming some circumcisions “a form of child abuse” following deaths from the procedure. The Crown Prosecution Service, the region’s chief agency for criminal prosecutions, said that while male circumcision is not a crime, it may constitute child abuse “if carried out incorrectly... The post Circumcision could be ‘child abuse’ if done wrong, UK prosectors warn after deaths appeared first on The Forward .
Circumcision could be ‘child abuse’ if done wrong, UK prosecutors warn after deaths (Jan 15, 2026 03:53 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — British Jews are weighing in after authorities said they are considering deeming some circumcisions “a form of child abuse” following deaths from the procedure. The Crown Prosecution Service, the region’s chief agency for criminal prosecutions, said that while male circumcision is not a crime, it may constitute child abuse “if carried out incorrectly... The post Circumcision could be ‘child abuse’ if done wrong, UK prosecutors warn after deaths appeared first on The Forward .
Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Oklahoma Jewish charter school proposal (Jan 15, 2026 03:48 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Leaders of Tulsa’s Jewish community are publicly pushing back against a proposal to open a publicly funded Jewish charter school in Oklahoma, saying the plan was developed without meaningful local input and could destabilize existing Jewish institutions. In a joint statement released this week, senior figures from Tulsa’s synagogues, Jewish day school and... The post Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Oklahoma Jewish charter school proposal appeared first on The Forward .
Travel disrupted, fears elevated as Israel weathers uncertainty over potential US strike on Iran (Jan 15, 2026 03:43 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Several European carriers canceled flights to Tel Aviv on Wednesday as turmoil over a potential U.S. strike on Iran roiled the skies and elevated fears in Israel. President Donald Trump has threatened for days to intervene in Iran if the government proceeds with plans to execute protesters who have staged weeks of demonstrations... The post Travel disrupted, fears elevated as Israel weathers uncertainty over potential US strike on Iran appeared first on The Forward .
Trump administration says 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire is underway, despite Israeli hostage remaining (Jan 15, 2026 01:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff announced on Wednesday the beginning of the second phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which includes a transitional Palestinian committee to oversee Gaza’s governance. The announcement drew alarm from the family and advocates of Ran Gvili, a police officer murdered on Oct. 7, 2023,... The post Trump administration says 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire is underway, despite Israeli hostage remaining appeared first on The Forward .
A Yale student returns to class, with a Jewish question (and answer) about why she’s there (Jan 15, 2026 01:35 PM - Forward.com – All)
“We’re back with the books, in silent rooms, where the world is made of words, like so many before us — and I can’t stop wondering why,” writes Mia Rose Kohn, a cartoonist, journalist and junior studying at Yale University. In this first installment of a graphic column for the Forward, she draws from the... The post A Yale student returns to class, with a Jewish question (and answer) about why she’s there appeared first on The Forward .
He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’? (Jan 15, 2026 03:19 AM - Forward.com – All)
Heading into his audition for Marty Supreme, Isaac Simon was nervous. But not for the reasons you’d expect. “I was taking a long lunch break from the museum,” he said, “and at the time I was three or four months into my job.” Appearing in a Josh Safdie movie was something Simon, who runs internship... The post He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’? appeared first on The Forward .
Trump’s new Gaza plan marks a radical break from Israeli policy — can it succeed? (Jan 14, 2026 11:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
The United States has in effect broken with Israeli policy, cleverly engineering the Palestinian Authority’s return to Gaza. President Donald Trump’s plan for the second stage of the Gaza ceasefire, the launch of which was announced Wednesday, involves the creation of a transitional Palestinian technocratic authority with strong ties to the PA. This collapses fictions... The post Trump’s new Gaza plan marks a radical break from Israeli policy — can it succeed? appeared first on The Forward .
Deborah Lipstadt has second thoughts about tying Jackson synagogue arsonist to ‘Globalize the Intifada’ (Jan 14, 2026 10:10 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As news broke over the weekend of an arson attack that heavily damaged the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, a few prominent individuals connected the culprit to pro-Palestinian activism. “This is a major tragedy. But it’s more than that,” Deborah Lipstadt, formerly the State Department’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, wrote on the... The post Deborah Lipstadt has second thoughts about tying Jackson synagogue arsonist to ‘Globalize the Intifada’ appeared first on The Forward .
In Jordan’s pick for the Oscars, a contradictory message about ethnonationalism (Jan 14, 2026 09:53 PM - Forward.com – All)
There’s a disagreement in public discourse about how to understand the First Intifada, the nature of the violence, the scale of destruction, and who is responsible. Even the date it began is a source of controversy — foreign-policy analyst Mitchell Bard points to an Israeli being stabbed to death in Gaza in December 1987; the... The post In Jordan’s pick for the Oscars, a contradictory message about ethnonationalism appeared first on The Forward .
VIDEO: Chatting in Yiddish during an Iraqi Jewish meal (Jan 14, 2026 09:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
אין 2022 האָט דער פֿאָרווערטס אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ ווידעאָ, וווּ דער ייִדישער אַקטיאָר מײַק בורשטיין און זײַן פֿרײַנדינע פּערלאַ קאַרני שמועסן אויף ייִדיש בעת זיי עסן אין „פֿאַקטאָרס פֿיימאָס דעלי“ אין לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס. עטלעכע לייענער האָבן דעמאָלט געזאָגט אַז זיי האָבן הנאה געהאַט פֿונעם ווידעאָ ווײַל, ווי איינער האָט געשריבן: „ס׳האָט מיך דערמאָנט אין די קינדעריאָרן ווען... The post VIDEO: Chatting in Yiddish during an Iraqi Jewish meal appeared first on The Forward .
VIDEO: Actor Mike Burstyn chats in Yiddish during an Iraqi feast (Jan 14, 2026 09:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
אין 2022 האָט דער פֿאָרווערטס אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ ווידעאָ, וווּ דער ייִדישער אַקטיאָר מײַק בורשטיין און זײַן פֿרײַנדינע פּערלאַ קאַרני שמועסן אויף ייִדיש בעת זיי עסן אין „פֿאַקטאָרס פֿיימאָס דעלי“ אין לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס. עטלעכע לייענער האָבן דעמאָלט געזאָגט אַז זיי האָבן הנאה געהאַט פֿונעם ווידעאָ ווײַל, ווי איינער האָט געשריבן: „ס׳האָט מיך דערמאָנט אין די קינדעריאָרן ווען... The post VIDEO: Actor Mike Burstyn chats in Yiddish during an Iraqi feast appeared first on The Forward .
American Jews can’t agree about anything — except Iran (Jan 14, 2026 09:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Jews around the world have set aside their deep differences and come together in support of the protests in Iran. “This never happens,” Rachel Sumekh, an Iranian-American nonprofit consultant in Los Angeles, told me. “You never had a coalition this diverse, because people get so stuck in politics.” It’s easy to see why the protests... The post American Jews can’t agree about anything — except Iran appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish creators made a satirical cartoon. Then the Mississippi synagogue arson supsect shared it (Jan 14, 2026 08:59 PM - Forward.com – All)
Stephen Spencer Pittman, who confessed to setting fire to Beth Israel Congregation in Mississippi, shared a cartoon on Instagram mocking Jews on the day of the attack. What Pittman may not have realized: He was sharing a satirical cartoon made by Jewish creators. The video clip Pittman posted shows a character named Princess Clara, who... The post Jewish creators made a satirical cartoon. Then the Mississippi synagogue arson supsect shared it appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish creators made a satirical cartoon. Then the Mississippi synagogue arson suspect shared it (Jan 14, 2026 08:59 PM - Forward.com – All)
Stephen Spencer Pittman, who confessed to setting fire to Beth Israel Congregation in Mississippi, shared a cartoon on Instagram mocking Jews on the day of the attack. What Pittman may not have realized: He was sharing a satirical cartoon made by Jewish creators. The video clip Pittman posted shows a character named Princess Clara, who... The post Jewish creators made a satirical cartoon. Then the Mississippi synagogue arson suspect shared it appeared first on The Forward .
Strong start for Virginia’s first Yiddish culture festival (Jan 14, 2026 06:54 PM - Forward.com – All)
It’s not every day that you encounter a man in a Stetson hat singing Yiddish folksongs in the former capital of the Confederacy. Yet that wasn’t the most unexpected thing this reporter experienced over Richmond Yiddish Week’s opening weekend. The grassroots Yiddish cultural festival, which began on Saturday, got off to an energetic, well-attended start.... The post Strong start for Virginia’s first Yiddish culture festival appeared first on The Forward .
In Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine,’ echoes of Nazi justifications for aggression (Jan 14, 2026 02:30 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Adolf Hitler was justifying German aggression, he invoked Lebensraum — the claim that a superior nation had the right to expand into neighboring territories to secure the resources it needed. For Donald Trump, whose “Donroe Doctrine” seems to have much in common with the idea of Lebensraum, the prizes are Venezuelan crude, Greenland’s mineral... The post In Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine,’ echoes of Nazi justifications for aggression appeared first on The Forward .
The Holocaust Torah that survived a Mississippi synagogue fire was brought there by the state’s only survivor (Jan 14, 2026 11:18 AM - Forward.com – All)
When firefighters cleared Beth Israel Synagogue after an arson attack this month, the library floor was slick with water and ash. Prayer books lay swollen and blackened. Smoke clung to the sanctuary walls. Two Torah scrolls burned. A third Torah did not. That Torah, displayed for decades in a glass case near the front of... The post The Holocaust Torah that survived a Mississippi synagogue fire was brought there by the state’s only survivor appeared first on The Forward .
This California synagogue was just vandalized with anti-Zionist graffiti, one year after being destroyed by wildfire (Jan 14, 2026 11:10 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The remains of a synagogue in southern California destroyed in last January’s Eaton wildfire were vandalized over the weekend with anti-Zionist messages. The rabbi of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center and the Anti-Defamation League decried the vandalism as antisemitic. “The vandalism of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is antisemitism — full... The post This California synagogue was just vandalized with anti-Zionist graffiti, one year after being destroyed by wildfire appeared first on The Forward .
Australian writers’ festival collapses — and apologizes — after boycott over disinvited Palestinian activist (Jan 14, 2026 11:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The organizers of an Australian literary festival pulled the plug on this year’s event on Tuesday, after nearly 200 authors said they would boycott over the disinvitation of a Palestinian-Australian author and activist who has justified “armed struggle.” The board of the Adelaide Writers’ Week announced last week that they had disinvited Randa Abdel-Fattah,... The post Australian writers’ festival collapses — and apologizes — after boycott over disinvited Palestinian activist appeared first on The Forward .
He sold a house to Justin Bieber. Now this LA investor has given Chabad $100M to build one of the world’s largest Jewish centers. (Jan 14, 2026 03:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A Los Angeles real estate investor known for selling homes to celebrities has donated a $100 million office tower to Chabad, the global Orthodox Jewish outreach movement, to create what is slated to become one the world’s largest Jewish centers. Alon Abady and his wife, Monique, transferred the 16-story, 300,000-square-foot complex at 9911... The post He sold a house to Justin Bieber. Now this LA investor has given Chabad $100M to build one of the world’s largest Jewish centers. appeared first on The Forward .
Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wears ‘stop the genocide’ eye black (Jan 14, 2026 01:40 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — In his postgame interview on Monday night, Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair said the things you’d expect to hear, like crediting his teammates for a dominant playoff win and praising his coach. But on the Pro Bowler’s eye black was a message that you don’t see every day on ESPN: “STOP THE GENOCIDE.”... The post Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wears ‘stop the genocide’ eye black appeared first on The Forward .
What the ‘synagogue of Satan’ slur tells us about Christian antisemitism (Jan 13, 2026 11:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
The man charged with arson in the burning of Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Miss., called the institution a “synagogue of Satan” in an interview with authorities, according to an FBI affidavit. The phrase, originating in the New Testament book of Revelation, has been used in recent years to attack Jews, making its way into... The post What the ‘synagogue of Satan’ slur tells us about Christian antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
For 250 years, American Jews have answered prejudice with defiance (Jan 13, 2026 10:28 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — In December 1778, as the American Revolution still raged, a Jewish writer in Charlestown opened a newspaper and saw Jews made into wartime scapegoats. An article in the local press claimed that Jews in Georgia had taken “every advantage in trade,” then fled with “ill-got wealth” as soon as the state was “attacked by... The post For 250 years, American Jews have answered prejudice with defiance appeared first on The Forward .
As protests grip Iran, fears grow for a Jewish New Yorker held prisoner there (Jan 13, 2026 09:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
As Iran is gripped by its most intense wave of protests in years, concern is mounting over the fate of Americans imprisoned by the Islamic Republic — particularly Kamran Hekmati, an Iranian Jewish man from Great Neck, New York, who was sentenced to two years in prison while traveling to Iran for business. His crime... The post As protests grip Iran, fears grow for a Jewish New Yorker held prisoner there appeared first on The Forward .
As protests grip Iran, fears grow for a Jewish New Yorker held prisoner there (Jan 13, 2026 09:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
As Iran is gripped by its most intense wave of protests in years, concern is mounting over the fate of Americans imprisoned by the Islamic Republic — particularly Kamran Hekmati, an Iranian Jewish man from Great Neck, New York, who was sentenced to two years in prison while traveling to Iran for business. His crime... The post As protests grip Iran, fears grow for a Jewish New Yorker held prisoner there appeared first on The Forward .
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