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In the history of a family’s pianos, a glimpse of a disappearing New York history (Jul 31, 2026 05:00 PM - Forward.com – All)Not that long ago, many homes had pianos. Few do now, and a sad sight is a piano left out on the street. Two years ago we moved a Steinway into our home, and until recently, we had two grands in our living room, the Steinway and the Chickering, which I grew up with. There... The post In the history of a family’s pianos, a glimpse of a disappearing New York history appeared first on The Forward .
Lively Yiddish Forward columnist Miriam Hoffman has died (Jul 31, 2026 03:17 PM - Forward.com – All)
The Yiddish writer, Forverts columnist, playwright and Yiddish lecturer Miriam Hoffman passed away July 29 in Coral Springs, Florida. She was 90 years old. Hoffman was a talented storyteller, as seen in the 2017 Forverts video about her, one of ten episodes in its documentary series, Yiddish Writers Monologues. In the 55-minute clip, she describes... The post Lively Yiddish Forward columnist Miriam Hoffman has died appeared first on The Forward .
Are you there Hashem? It’s me, Clara (Jul 31, 2026 01:30 PM - Forward.com – All)
“I can complain no more of what brutal tongue-abuse I suffered today. I have exhausted all manners of expression for my grievances.” I wish I could tell you I don’t recognize those words. I wish I could say they were written by a beleaguered 19th-century governess, or a soldier in the Continental Army afflicted with... The post Are you there Hashem? It’s me, Clara appeared first on The Forward .
Cornell condemns student’s viral antisemitic remarks, but won’t bar him from campus (Jul 31, 2026 06:43 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Cornell University is condemning viral antisemitic remarks made by an undergraduate student who appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” earlier this week, but the school’s president says no further action is planned against the student. During his appearance, the student, Austin Franco, defended his statement in June that he did not want to work... The post Cornell condemns student’s viral antisemitic remarks, but won’t bar him from campus appeared first on The Forward .
Netanyahu showcases diplomatic victories that have expiration dates (Jul 31, 2026 06:42 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A rejuvenated Benjamin Netanyahu returned home to Israel Thursday from Washington, having crossed off everything on his diplomatic shopping list. Grinning photo op with U.S. President Donald Trump? Check. Iran still a top priotiry? Check. Conciliation with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and conflict with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani? Check and check.... The post Netanyahu showcases diplomatic victories that have expiration dates appeared first on The Forward .
An Altadena synagogue’s mural was a symbol of community resilience after the LA fires. Antisemitic graffiti only proved the point. (Jul 31, 2026 04:38 AM - Forward.com – All)
ALTADENA, CALIF. – When Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center held services in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, Chann and Christina An, who lived across the street, sometimes sat on their front porch and listened to the songs. And when the Eaton fire flattened the PJTC campus last January — and the An home,... The post An Altadena synagogue’s mural was a symbol of community resilience after the LA fires. Antisemitic graffiti only proved the point. appeared first on The Forward .
Columbia University student workers union drops Israel divestment demand (Jul 30, 2026 08:34 PM - Forward.com – All)
The student workers’ union at Columbia University has withdrawn its demand that the university divest from Israel — a significant reversal for the group, which has played a leading role in the campus’s pro-Palestinian movement since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Divestment had been one of the union’s signature demands, and a recurring point... The post Columbia University student workers union drops Israel divestment demand appeared first on The Forward .
A Yiddish theater troupe condemned U.S. racism — then the Nazis came (Jul 30, 2026 08:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
In 1935, the experimental theater group Yung Teatr invited audiences in Warsaw to a new play that was virtually all in Yiddish but wasn’t about Europe or Jews. It was a modified retelling of the plight of the Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teenagers who were falsely accused of raping two white women in Tennessee in... The post A Yiddish theater troupe condemned U.S. racism — then the Nazis came appeared first on The Forward .
A mayor exposed New York City Jews to chaos. It wasn’t Mamdani. (Jul 30, 2026 08:18 PM - Forward.com – All)
The mayor ventured to a Brooklyn synagogue, hoping to assure an overflowing crowd of Jewish New Yorkers who blamed him for fostering an environment of antisemitism that he understood their fears and their place in a city they considered increasingly threatening to their safety. Not Zohran Mamdani, who stands accused by segments of the Jewish... The post A mayor exposed New York City Jews to chaos. It wasn’t Mamdani. appeared first on The Forward .
Yiddish writer and Forverts columnist Miriam Hoffman has died (Jul 30, 2026 07:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
די ייִדישע שרײַבערין, דראַמאַטורגין, פֿאָרווערטס־קאָלומניסטקע און באַליבטע לעקטאָרין מרים שמולעוויטש־האָפֿמאַן איז מיטוואָך אַוועק אין דער אייביקייט אין קאָראַל ספּרינגס, פֿלאָרידע. זי איז געווען 90 יאָר אַלט. אַלע וואָס האָבן מרימען געקענט האָבן געוווּסט וואָס פֿאַר אַ געניטע דערציילערין זי איז געווען. סײַ אינעם דאָקומענטאַר־פֿילם, וואָס דער פֿאָרווערטס האָט אַרויסגעלאָזט אין 2017, סײַ אינעם בוך זכרונות... The post Yiddish writer and Forverts columnist Miriam Hoffman has died appeared first on The Forward .
Amid blazing heat and rising tides, artists find beauty and desperation in these biblical times (Jul 30, 2026 05:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Daniel Rothbart’s floating aluminum and glass forms are at once playful and lyrical, biomorphic and other-worldly; prehistoric and futuristic. They are set in a pond and two small pools in Staten Island’s Snug Harbor, a hidden pastoral gem that once served as a safe haven for sailors. Overflowing with colorful flowers and plants and shrubbery,... The post Amid blazing heat and rising tides, artists find beauty and desperation in these biblical times appeared first on The Forward .
Fire at Postville, Iowa, kosher meat processing plant shuts down production ahead of the High Holidays (Jul 30, 2026 03:18 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A major fire at one of the largest kosher meat processing plants in the United States is poised to increase the price of kosher meat ahead of the High Holidays, in addition to devastating the plant’s local community. Investigators in Postville, Iowa, said on Wednesday that the fire that devastated AgriStar Processing started... The post Fire at Postville, Iowa, kosher meat processing plant shuts down production ahead of the High Holidays appeared first on The Forward .
California law on antisemitism in schools will be enforced after free speech challenge is defeated (Jul 30, 2026 03:12 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A California law to prevent antisemitism in schools will be enforced after a federal judge dismissed a challenge from teachers and students who said it violated free speech. U.S. District Judge Noël Wise on Tuesday ruled against a lawsuit opposing Assembly Bill 715, which went into effect in January. The new law introduces... The post California law on antisemitism in schools will be enforced after free speech challenge is defeated appeared first on The Forward .
The El-Sayed effect: How Jews and Israel are factoring into Michigan’s other primary races (Jul 30, 2026 03:08 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — DETROIT — The intra-party debate over Israel that has dominated Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary is reverberating further down the ballot throughout the state. Progressive former county health official Abdul El-Sayed’s bid to lead a swing state as an avowedly pro-Palestinian senator is being mirrored on a micro scale in Michigan’s 7th District... The post The El-Sayed effect: How Jews and Israel are factoring into Michigan’s other primary races appeared first on The Forward .
Bret Stephens, a stalwart Israel defender, calls out ‘Jewish terrorists’ in West Bank (Jul 30, 2026 02:59 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Bret Stephens, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist known as one of the paper’s most consistent defenders of Israel, used his Tuesday column to take direct aim at the country’s handling of settler violence in the West Bank — warning that unchecked attacks now pose a threat to Israel’s security and to... The post Bret Stephens, a stalwart Israel defender, calls out ‘Jewish terrorists’ in West Bank appeared first on The Forward .
Netanyahu drags Mamdani into his reelection campaign as face of antisemitism (Jul 30, 2026 01:38 AM - Forward.com – All)
For nearly two years, Zohran Mamdani has made Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a central political target. Now Netanyahu is making Mamdani part of his own reelection campaign. The 50-second video released Wednesday on Netanyahu’s political social media channels builds on comments the Israeli leader made on Fox News this week, portraying Mamdani as the... The post Netanyahu drags Mamdani into his reelection campaign as face of antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
As Conservative rabbis, we’re rethinking our communities’ policies toward interfaith families (Jul 29, 2026 10:22 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As Conservative/Masorti rabbis, we see firsthand the joy of couples building a life together in the Jewish community, and the pain of those who feel shut out because one of them is not Jewish. We think of the community member, though not Jewish, who developed a profound love for davening (prayer) and Torah... The post As Conservative rabbis, we’re rethinking our communities’ policies toward interfaith families appeared first on The Forward .
I was a reluctant Yiddishist. Here’s what converted me. (Jul 29, 2026 09:06 PM - Forward.com – All)
I couldn’t understand my peers’ embrace of Yiddish culture. Now I’m fascinated –– by the world evoked in Yiddish music and literature, and the leaders of its revival. My conversion began at Yidstock: a Festival of new Yiddish Music. The post I was a reluctant Yiddishist. Here’s what converted me. appeared first on The Forward .
Yiddish culture is exploding with life. I drew what it’s like to be surrounded by it. (Jul 29, 2026 09:06 PM - Forward.com – All)
I couldn’t understand my peers’ embrace of Yiddish culture. Now I’m fascinated –– by the world evoked in Yiddish music and literature, and the leaders of its revival. My conversion began at Yidstock: a Festival of new Yiddish Music. The post Yiddish culture is exploding with life. I drew what it’s like to be surrounded by it. appeared first on The Forward .
Mamdani confronts backlash over exclusion of Jewish lawyers from judicial panel (Jul 29, 2026 06:59 PM - Forward.com – All)
Since taking office in January, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has shrugged off criticism from Jewish organizations over his opposition to Israel and Zionism. But new allegations that his administration excluded Jewish lawyers from a key City Hall appointments committee appeared to strike a nerve — getting directly at how he is governing New York City. “The suggestion... The post Mamdani confronts backlash over exclusion of Jewish lawyers from judicial panel appeared first on The Forward .
Tidbits: A huge Jewish dating event through AI and Chabad (Jul 29, 2026 06:22 PM - Forward.com – All)
Tidbits is a Forverts feature of easy news briefs in Yiddish that you can listen to or read, or both! If you read the article and don’t know a word, just click on it and the translation appears. Listen to the report here: דעם 9טן אויגוסט וועלן טויזנטער אומבאַפּאָרטע ייִדן איבער דער וועלט אָנשטעלן זייערע... The post Tidbits: A huge Jewish dating event through AI and Chabad appeared first on The Forward .
‘Do not boycott people who dislike us’: Netanyahu challenger Yair Lapid urges AIPAC and J Street to make support for Israel bipartisan again (Jul 29, 2026 06:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday made headlines, but he is not the only Israeli official trying to make inroads in the nation’s capital this week. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is also in town to get a head start on repairing the U.S.-Israel relationship. On Wednesday, Lapid, who... The post ‘Do not boycott people who dislike us’: Netanyahu challenger Yair Lapid urges AIPAC and J Street to make support for Israel bipartisan again appeared first on The Forward .
Netanyahu challenger Yair Lapid lobbies Democratic senators, aiming to repair U.S.-Israel ties (Jul 29, 2026 06:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday made headlines, but he is not the only Israeli official trying to make inroads in the nation’s capital this week. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is also in town to get a head start on repairing the U.S.-Israel relationship. On Wednesday, Lapid, who... The post Netanyahu challenger Yair Lapid lobbies Democratic senators, aiming to repair U.S.-Israel ties appeared first on The Forward .
The most Jewish room in Fremont, Ohio, is in a county history museum (Jul 29, 2026 05:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
Beneath a mahogany staircase inside the Sandusky County Historical Society hangs a memorial plaque in a place both fitting and strange. The sanctuary is gone. The Torah scrolls have long since been moved elsewhere. Military exhibits and county memorabilia fill the rooms. But the plaque remains, listing the dead of Temple Beth Israel, a congregation... The post The most Jewish room in Fremont, Ohio, is in a county history museum appeared first on The Forward .
Americans helped free Soviet Jewry and the hostages too. It’s time to step up and stop West Bank terror. (Jul 29, 2026 04:43 PM - Forward.com – All)
For decades, American Jewry has placed the value of tikkun olam at its core. That commitment motivated mass momentum for social justice in many forms, from B’nei Mitzvah projects to Mitzvah Day and long-term campaigns for justice. American Jews have come together again and again to fight for causes beyond politics or religion — and... The post Americans helped free Soviet Jewry and the hostages too. It’s time to step up and stop West Bank terror. appeared first on The Forward .
Americans helped free Soviet Jewry and the hostages. It’s time to step up and stop West Bank terror. (Jul 29, 2026 04:43 PM - Forward.com – All)
For decades, American Jewry has placed the value of tikkun olam at its core. That commitment motivated mass momentum for social justice in many forms, from B’nei Mitzvah projects to Mitzvah Day and long-term campaigns for justice. American Jews have come together again and again to fight for causes beyond politics or religion — and... The post Americans helped free Soviet Jewry and the hostages. It’s time to step up and stop West Bank terror. appeared first on The Forward .
Netanyahu compares New York with ‘the 1930s’ after Mamdani calls for his arrest (Jul 29, 2026 04:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s leadership with “the 1930s,” escalating a showdown between the two leaders as Netanyahu plans to visit the city in the coming weeks. The Israeli leader made an evocative reference to the period when the Nazis took over Germany in a Fox... The post Netanyahu compares New York with ‘the 1930s’ after Mamdani calls for his arrest appeared first on The Forward .
London’s Hackney council gives initial nod to ending 58-year twinning with Haifa after emotional debate (Jul 29, 2026 04:17 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — LONDON – It was one kippah vs. a sea of keffiyehs, as Hackney Council gave initial approval on Tuesday night to begin the process of ending its nearly six-decade twinning relationship with the northern Israeli city of Haifa. The motion, brought by the Green Party-led administration, was voted on and approved after councilors... The post London’s Hackney council gives initial nod to ending 58-year twinning with Haifa after emotional debate appeared first on The Forward .
An Illinois farmer thought he knew how his family survived the Nazis. Then he went to the town that saved them. (Jul 29, 2026 11:54 AM - Forward.com – All)
STADSKANAAL, THE NETHERLANDS — The lights dimmed and through the old church’s stained glass windows, the afternoon sun scattered color across the wooden pews. Sitting among them, Nik Jakobs watched his family’s past come to life on a stage in front of the room. In a 90-minute play, actors reenacted what happened in this small... The post An Illinois farmer thought he knew how his family survived the Nazis. Then he went to the town that saved them. appeared first on The Forward .
2025 was deadliest year for Jews in decades, antisemitism watchdogs in 7 countries conclude (Jul 29, 2026 08:39 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A coalition of leading Jewish organizations from seven countries has released a report confirming that 2025 was the deadliest year for antisemitic violence in the Jewish Diaspora in more than three decades. More than 20 people were killed in antisemitic violence last year, according to the J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism... The post 2025 was deadliest year for Jews in decades, antisemitism watchdogs in 7 countries conclude appeared first on The Forward .
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