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Trump’s messy new deal with Saudi Arabia shows how far Israel has fallen (Jul 23, 2026 08:43 PM - Forward.com – All)The American decision to sign a deal granting Saudi Arabia a pathway toward a civilian nuclear program is a terrible development for Israel — not just because Riyadh could one day turn nuclear infrastructure developed with the United States into a weapons capability. The agreement reflects the collapse of Israeli strategy under Prime Minister Benjamin... The post Trump’s messy new deal with Saudi Arabia shows how far Israel has fallen appeared first on The Forward .
Harvard students have questions after Hillel withdraws its brief against Trump (Jul 23, 2026 08:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
Jewish Harvard students are still trying to make sense of a baffling turn of events, after Hillel International weighed in on the university’s lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking restoration of federal funding withheld over alleged campus antisemitism — and then just as suddenly withdrew its brief from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the... The post Harvard students have questions after Hillel withdraws its brief against Trump appeared first on The Forward .
A Jerusalem cafe became a symbol of secular defiance — until Israelis learned it was run by Jews for Jesus (Jul 23, 2026 04:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — JERUSALEM — Jerusalem’s premier soccer team made an unusual announcement last week: It would give a new cafe free advertising on players’ uniforms for the coming season. Cafe Basimta was facing harassment from haredi Orthodox protesters who wanted it to close on Shabbat, and Hapoel Jerusalem said it wanted to send the message... The post A Jerusalem cafe became a symbol of secular defiance — until Israelis learned it was run by Jews for Jesus appeared first on The Forward .
Prize-winning journalist Amir Tibon is moving back to the kibbutz where he and his family survived Oct. 7 (Jul 23, 2026 04:18 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — “To be a liberal Zionist, it’s quite a lonely place,” said Amir Tibon, the Israeli journalist whose memoir “The Gates of Gaza” is one of the defining books of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. “Lonely” is relative, of course. Tibon’s story of how he, his wife Miri and their young... The post Prize-winning journalist Amir Tibon is moving back to the kibbutz where he and his family survived Oct. 7 appeared first on The Forward .
With anti-Arab campaign ad, Netanyahu stoops to new moral and political lows (Jul 23, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
Israeli election campaigns have often been ugly. They have featured exaggeration, fearmongering and outright deception. But even by those standards, the first major campaign advertisement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, posted on Netanyahu’s X account on Tuesday, managed to shock much of the country. The AI-generated video depicts former military chief Gadi Eisenkot,... The post With anti-Arab campaign ad, Netanyahu stoops to new moral and political lows appeared first on The Forward .
Reed College agrees to sweeping reforms as part of Title VI antisemitism settlement (Jul 23, 2026 12:52 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Reed College has agreed to a host of far-reaching institutional changes, including asserting that targeting Jewish Zionists will be considered discriminatory, in order to settle multiple federal antisemitism investigations, parties to the complaint announced Wednesday. The settlement was announced by the Anti-Defamation League and the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, which... The post Reed College agrees to sweeping reforms as part of Title VI antisemitism settlement appeared first on The Forward .
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs cruises to GOP nomination for governor amid allegations of antisemitism (Jul 23, 2026 12:47 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, who has drawn criticism for ties to white nationalist figures, will officially be the Republican nominee for Arizona governor, after winning the primary on Tuesday night. Biggs, who is backed by President Donald Trump, has drawn criticism for encouraging Stew Peters, an internet personality, and appearing on his show.... The post Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs cruises to GOP nomination for governor amid allegations of antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
Denied arrest power, Mamdani encourages New Yorkers to protest Netanyahu (Jul 22, 2026 08:41 PM - Forward.com – All)
After conceding that he cannot arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a war criminal, Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday doubled down on assailing the Israeli leader and encouraged New Yorkers to protest his expected visit to the United Nations in September. “I think one of the bedrocks of our city is protest,” Mamdani said... The post Denied arrest power, Mamdani encourages New Yorkers to protest Netanyahu appeared first on The Forward .
Innovative Yiddish actor-director Raphael Goldwasser has died (Jul 22, 2026 08:36 PM - Forward.com – All)
פֿון שׂרה־רחל שעכטער דער ייִדישער אַקטיאָר, רעזשיסאָר, פּאַנטאָמימיקער און לערער פֿון ייִדישן טעאַטער, רפֿאל גאָלדוואַסער, איז דינסטיק געשטאָרבן אין נאַרבאָן, פֿראַנקרײַך, צוליב קאָמפּליקאַציעס פֿון אַ האַרץ־פֿעלער. ער איז געווען 79 יאָר אַלט. די לוויה וועט פֿאָרקומען פֿרײַטיק דעם 24סטן יולי, 15.00 אַ זייגער, אויפן ייִדישן חלק פון בית-עולם אין מערבֿ-נאַרבאָן. גאָלדוואַסער האָט נישט סתּם אינסצענירט... The post Innovative Yiddish actor-director Raphael Goldwasser has died appeared first on The Forward .
What a West Bank visit taught me about the past and present tragedies of Tisha B’Av (Jul 22, 2026 06:20 PM - Forward.com – All)
As we chant Lamentations on the floor, in the dark, on Wednesday night for Tisha B’Av, we will open with the word “eikha” — “how.” That same word became the refrain of a recent eight day visit I made to Israel and the West Bank. I traveled to Jerusalem for a week of immersive learning with... The post What a West Bank visit taught me about the past and present tragedies of Tisha B’Av appeared first on The Forward .
To protest immigration policy, they’re saying kaddish — then marching to Comic-Con (Jul 22, 2026 06:01 PM - Forward.com – All)
Progressive Jewish groups across the country this week are using the fast day of Tisha B’av to protest national immigration policies, gathering outside ICE facilities, immigration courts,city halls and in San Diego’s case, culminating at a convention center. Tisha B’av protests are also planned in Los Angeles, Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Tisha B’av commemorates... The post To protest immigration policy, they’re saying kaddish — then marching to Comic-Con appeared first on The Forward .
To protest ICE, they’re saying kaddish — then marching to Comic-Con (Jul 22, 2026 06:01 PM - Forward.com – All)
Progressive Jewish groups across the country this week are using the fast day of Tisha B’av to protest national immigration policies, gathering outside ICE facilities, immigration courts,city halls and in San Diego’s case, culminating at a convention center. Tisha B’av protests are also planned in Los Angeles, Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Tisha B’av commemorates... The post To protest ICE, they’re saying kaddish — then marching to Comic-Con appeared first on The Forward .
Israel alarmed by reports of a possible US-Saudi nuclear deal (Jul 22, 2026 05:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A potential U.S. civilian nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, which The New York Times has reported could be announced by the Trump administration as early as Wednesday, is alarming some Israelis and Americans. Critics are concerned that the deal, through which U.S. companies would help Saudi Arabia build civilian nuclear energy plants, could... The post Israel alarmed by reports of a possible US-Saudi nuclear deal appeared first on The Forward .
‘Mr. Jambo’ is the sendup of Paul Simon that we need now (Jul 22, 2026 05:28 PM - Forward.com – All)
Paul Simon may be having his quiet celebration, but a viral music video refuses to let the musical icon go quietly for his classic, but often questionable, forays into Africa. Jewish comedian and musician Kyle Gordon’s song “Mr. Jambo” is both tribute and critical sendup of 1986’s Graceland, Simon’s seminal ethnomusicology experiment, for which he... The post ‘Mr. Jambo’ is the sendup of Paul Simon that we need now appeared first on The Forward .
For this fashion-forward rabbi, shoes and scripture are intertwined (Jul 22, 2026 05:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
The rabbinate doesn’t have one look, and Reform Rabbi Arielle Stein’s version is chic, creative and fashion-forward. Stein, who serves as assistant rabbi at Rodeph Sholom, a congregation on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, has been using her Instagram to demonstrate the diversity of what being a rabbi can look like. “We’re in a moment where... The post For this fashion-forward rabbi, shoes and scripture are intertwined appeared first on The Forward .
French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch is defiant after concert disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters (Jul 22, 2026 05:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The popular French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch is striking a defiant tone after pro-Palestinian activists disrupted her concert in Grenoble, France, vowing not to be cowed from performing. Butch has also drawn support from Jewish activists who demonstrated outside the office of the far-left party whose top Grenoble official called for her performance... The post French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch is defiant after concert disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters appeared first on The Forward .
Why are all the cool girls wearing yarmulkes? (Jul 22, 2026 04:12 PM - Forward.com – All)
If you have a passion for fashion, enjoy exotic headgear, or, if you, like me, just happen to go outside once in a while, then there is a good chance that you, too, have crossed paths with the “crochet skullcap.” Cobweb-thin and dainty, they come in as many colors as Joseph’s coat and just as... The post Why are all the cool girls wearing yarmulkes? appeared first on The Forward .
Mamdani concedes he can’t arrest Netanyahu but urges U.S. to enforce International Criminal Court warrant (Jul 22, 2026 02:04 AM - Forward.com – All)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday night that a legal review he ordered found he does not have the authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visits the city, putting to rest a question that has repeatedly surfaced since he first vowed to take custody in light of an International... The post Mamdani concedes he can’t arrest Netanyahu but urges U.S. to enforce International Criminal Court warrant appeared first on The Forward .
Democratic socialist rails against AIPAC in uphill primary bid against pro-Israel incumbent in Arizona (Jul 21, 2026 11:46 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Kai Newkirk, an activist and democratic socialist, has made Israel and AIPAC a focal point in his effort to unseat pro-Israel Rep. Greg Stanton in Tuesday’s Arizona Democratic primary. “I’ve been arrested over 25 times in civil disobedience — and I’ll go to jail for justice again before I ever take a dime... The post Democratic socialist rails against AIPAC in uphill primary bid against pro-Israel incumbent in Arizona appeared first on The Forward .
Ed Miliband, Britain’s new Jewish foreign secretary has a long history of support for — and disagreement with — British Jews (Jul 21, 2026 11:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Tapped to become Britain’s new foreign secretary, Ed Miliband said he would strive to honor the memories of his Holocaust refugee parents. “My parents came to Britain as Jewish refugees from the Nazis,” Miliband tweeted just hours after Prime Minister Andy Burnham named him to the post. “To them, Britain was both a... The post Ed Miliband, Britain’s new Jewish foreign secretary has a long history of support for — and disagreement with — British Jews appeared first on The Forward .
Portland theater owner who added ‘The Jews’ to ‘The Odyssey’ marquee says ‘antisemitism is exaggerated’ (Jul 21, 2026 11:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The manager of a movie theater in suburban Portland, Oregon, is defending a cryptic marquee message about Jews and “The Odyssey” by saying modern-day antisemitism is “exaggerated” to help Israel. “Before there were the Jews, there was … ‘The Odyssey,’” said the marquee at the Lake Theater and Cafe in Lake Oswego. Local... The post Portland theater owner who added ‘The Jews’ to ‘The Odyssey’ marquee says ‘antisemitism is exaggerated’ appeared first on The Forward .
Does the left have a future in Israel? Israel’s Democrats say yes (Jul 21, 2026 11:28 PM - Forward.com – All)
As most of Israeli politics has moved to the right since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack on Israel, one party is attempting to reverse that trend. Israel’s left-wing Democrats party held primaries Tuesday that elected peace activists, Arab-Israeli leaders and veterans of the anti-Netanyahu protest movement — offering a glimpse of how it hopes to... The post Does the left have a future in Israel? Israel’s Democrats say yes appeared first on The Forward .
The Trump administration’s latest affront to Jewish history (Jul 21, 2026 07:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
President Donald Trump’s administration either does not understand or does not care about the point of the International Criminal Court. In announcing that the United States would try to “dismantle” the ICC, Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently wrote in The Wall Street Journal that “the ICC and its allies seek a standing world tribunal... The post The Trump administration’s latest affront to Jewish history appeared first on The Forward .
75 artifacts tell the fitful, inspiring, unfinished story of Jews in America (Jul 21, 2026 06:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
In May 1818, Mordecai Manuel Noah, a prominent Jew of his time and a member of the Madison administration, delivered a discourse on Jewish history on the occasion of a synagogue consecration. One man read Noah’s words with interest, and took pen to paper to say so. “Your sect by its sufferings has furnished a... The post 75 artifacts tell the fitful, inspiring, unfinished story of Jews in America appeared first on The Forward .
Diary of a Jewish ghetto refugee, written in a pigsty (Jul 21, 2026 05:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
אין דער װעלט פֿון ייִדיש איז בערל כּהנס נאָמען גוט באַקאַנט צוליב זײַנע היסטאָרישע און ביבליאָגראַפֿישע שטודיעס, צװישן זײ — דער צוגאָב־באַנד צו דעם „לעקסיקאָן פֿון דער נײַער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור“ און „ייִדישע שטעט, שטעטלעך און דאָרפֿישע ייִשובים אין ליטע ביז 1918“. אָבער זײַן ערשט בוך איז געװען דער חורבן־טאָגבוך „אַ ייִד אין װאַלד“, װאָס איז... The post Diary of a Jewish ghetto refugee, written in a pigsty appeared first on The Forward .
Dr. Bronner’s soap mixes Israeli and Palestinian olive oil — and dodges product boycotts (Jul 21, 2026 04:32 PM - Forward.com – All)
When members of Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop’s voted earlier this year to boycott Israeli products, among the items to instantly disappear from shelves was bottled olive oil made by Sindyanna of Galilee, an Arab-Jewish nonprofit cooperative. But that same olive oil is still sold at the coop — and at retailers around the world.... The post Dr. Bronner’s soap mixes Israeli and Palestinian olive oil — and dodges product boycotts appeared first on The Forward .
Seeking people to answer questions for Yiddish Family Feud game (Jul 21, 2026 12:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
דעם זומער וועט מען אויף דער ייִדיש־וואָך פֿון יוגנטרוף — אַ זיבן־טאָגיקער זומער־לאַגער פֿאַר ייִדיש־רעדער אין קאָפּייק, ניו־יאָרק — ממשיך זײַן אַ טראַדיציע: מע וועט שפּילן אַ ייִדישן נוסח פֿונעם פּאָפּולערן טעלעוויזיע־שפּיל, „פֿעמילי פֿיוד“ (משפּחה־מחלוקת, בלע״ז). אינעם שפּיל, וואָס מע רופֿט אויף דער ייִדיש־וואָך לויט אַ מער ייִדישלעכן נאָמען, „וואָס זאָגט עמך?‟, פּרוּוון די שפּילער... The post Seeking people to answer questions for Yiddish Family Feud game appeared first on The Forward .
On Iran war, AI chatbots give antisemitic answers in Farsi (Jul 21, 2026 11:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
Mostafa, an Iranian-born activist living in the U.S., uses ChatGPT in Farsi to help him polish his posts about the Iran War. He says more often than not, the chatbot makes changes to his writing that go far beyond syntax. “I just ask ChatGPT to polish my work grammatically,” said the activist who asked that... The post On Iran war, AI chatbots give antisemitic answers in Farsi appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish villains out to destroy Jesus are a staple of Ukrainian Catholic church pageants in the U.S. The Vatican has remained silent. (Jul 21, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
At a pizza restaurant in Baltimore last year, a church youth group performed a Ukrainian Christmas pageant that promised patrons “carols, jokes and well wishes for a great year ahead.” What the audience received was a character called Moshko, a Jewish merchant. Moshko was dressed in black with long sideburns — a villain disrupting the... The post Jewish villains out to destroy Jesus are a staple of Ukrainian Catholic church pageants in the U.S. The Vatican has remained silent. appeared first on The Forward .
Nominee for Wisconsin governor appeared with podcast host who defended ‘Camp Auschwitz’ t-shirt (Jul 21, 2026 01:12 AM - Forward.com – All)
Rep. Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin’s Republican nominee for governor, is facing heat for appearing on a podcast hosted by an online personality with a history of antisemitic remarks and jokes about Adolf Hitler. “The Quartering” podcast host Jeremy Hambly has said Adolf Hitler had “actually done some good things,” joked with guests about the Holocaust by... The post Nominee for Wisconsin governor appeared with podcast host who defended ‘Camp Auschwitz’ t-shirt appeared first on The Forward .
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