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How ‘Hacks’ botched its Yiddish line (May 28, 2026 06:08 PM - Forward.com – All)In the most recent episode of HBO Max’s critically acclaimed comedy-drama Hacks, Robbie Hoffman, who plays Randi, an ex-Hasidic assistant to agents who represent stand-up comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), says a line in Yiddish. Unfortunately, as any fluent Yiddish speaker will confirm, it’s grammatically incorrect. In the episode, “The Garden” — referring to Madison... The post How ‘Hacks’ botched its Yiddish line appeared first on The Forward .
For the Jews of Venice, an uneasy history of scapegoating and grudging tolerance (May 28, 2026 01:30 PM - Forward.com – All)
The First Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern Antisemitism By Alexander Lee Basic Books, 432 pages, $34 When one thinks of Venice and the Jews, the first figure that probably comes to mind is Shylock, literary history’s famous Jewish villain, a moneylender who demands a “pound of flesh” from the titular character in Shakespeare’s... The post For the Jews of Venice, an uneasy history of scapegoating and grudging tolerance appeared first on The Forward .
British Museum postpones a Jewish Culture Month lecture, citing ‘disruption’ concerns (May 28, 2026 01:17 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The British Museum has canceled a lecture titled ‘‘Ancient Israel and Judah” that was scheduled to take place today on its premises. In a statement on Wednesday, the museum said the decision was made because it was informed in recent days that “a significant proportion of registered attendees were individuals intending to deliberately... The post British Museum postpones a Jewish Culture Month lecture, citing ‘disruption’ concerns appeared first on The Forward .
In Miami, rekindling the Black-Jewish alliance that Clarence Jones insisted never died (May 28, 2026 11:10 AM - Forward.com – All)
The day before the March on Washington in 1963, a man who embodied much of what that civil rights action was all about left this world. The march went on, and changed history, in dedication to the life and work of W. E. B. Du Bois. During it, the NAACP’s Roy Wilkins told the crowd,... The post In Miami, rekindling the Black-Jewish alliance that Clarence Jones insisted never died appeared first on The Forward .
Floyd Mayweather showered cash on Jewish causes — and now he’s suing their ‘Robin Hood’ alleging $175 million got diverted (May 28, 2026 02:53 AM - Forward.com – All)
They made for an odd photo: The diminutive boxing legend with a platinum grin and diamond chain, and the Orthodox macher who sported a black velvet yarmulke. But when Floyd Mayweather, Jr., appeared in public in recent years — at LA Lakers games, promotional appearances and repeated trips to Israel — he was rarely without... The post Floyd Mayweather showered cash on Jewish causes — and now he’s suing their ‘Robin Hood’ alleging $175 million got diverted appeared first on The Forward .
Inspired by a queer Bundist poet, this Jewish composer set her work to Yiddish music (May 28, 2026 01:45 AM - Forward.com – All)
Composer Avi Fox-Rosen, like many Jews looking for meaningful community outside of religion, found a spiritual home in music. “I think I was looking for, in some ways, a mentor or somebody in a generation ahead of me who can provide another model for how to be Jewish and work towards peace and intersectional justice,”... The post Inspired by a queer Bundist poet, this Jewish composer set her work to Yiddish music appeared first on The Forward .
In Israel, an Arab-Jewish youth orchestra builds a new ‘East-West’ sound together (May 28, 2026 12:36 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — TEL AVIV — A raucous crowd of football fans filled the narrow strip of grass between Tel Aviv’s music center and Bloomfield Stadium, home to the Maccabi and Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer teams. Threading their way through them toward the concert hall was an incongruous procession of young musicians in eveningwear, lugging cases... The post In Israel, an Arab-Jewish youth orchestra builds a new ‘East-West’ sound together appeared first on The Forward .
Brooklyn grocer’s boycott of Israeli products spurs celebration and talk of lawsuits (May 27, 2026 09:38 PM - Forward.com – All)
The move by a members-only New York City grocery to ban products from Israel achieved a long-sought goal for a boycott movement, while leaving open questions about what happens next — including possible lawsuits. Members of the Park Slope Food Coop voted Tuesday night to boycott Israeli products, with 67% of 6,772 votes cast in... The post Brooklyn grocer’s boycott of Israeli products spurs celebration and talk of lawsuits appeared first on The Forward .
Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story? (May 27, 2026 09:07 PM - Forward.com – All)
There is a familiar feeling I get these days when I hear about the supposedly unraveling relationship between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s Jews. It is the same feeling I remember from the early days of the campus encampments protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, when a certain media narrative of out-of-control... The post Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story? appeared first on The Forward .
Why children are singing in Yiddish in Rio de Janeiro (May 27, 2026 05:21 PM - Forward.com – All)
By the time the children began singing in Yiddish on their own at a playground in Rio de Janeiro, Sonia Kramer realized something important had changed. The songs were not part of a formal lesson. No teacher had prompted them. The children — classmates from a Jewish day school — simply started singing melodies they... The post Why children are singing in Yiddish in Rio de Janeiro appeared first on The Forward .
Why children in Rio de Janeiro are singing in Yiddish (May 27, 2026 05:21 PM - Forward.com – All)
By the time the children began singing in Yiddish on their own at a playground in Rio de Janeiro, Sonia Kramer realized something important had changed. The songs were not part of a formal lesson. No teacher had prompted them. The children — classmates from a Jewish day school — simply started singing melodies they... The post Why children in Rio de Janeiro are singing in Yiddish appeared first on The Forward .
Massive fire breaks out at kosher supermarket in London’s Golders Green (May 27, 2026 01:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A huge fire broke out Tuesday morning at the Kosher Kingdom supermarket in Golders Green, London’s heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. Firefighters were still working to put out the blaze six hours later. Metropolitan Police posted on X that officers were called to the scene on Golders Green Road around 7 a.m. by the... The post Massive fire breaks out at kosher supermarket in London’s Golders Green appeared first on The Forward .
Reading a Pakistani author’s 30-year-old novel helped me understand my parents’ views on intermarriage (May 27, 2026 01:30 PM - Forward.com – All)
When I was a kid, I was haunted by the threat of my parents rejecting me if I married a non-Jew. Raised on Disney movies and song lyrics about soulmates, I spent almost every moment of high school anticipating the pain of falling in love with a non-Jew and having to choose between him and... The post Reading a Pakistani author’s 30-year-old novel helped me understand my parents’ views on intermarriage appeared first on The Forward .
Newly discovered details about Soviet Jewry between 1945 and 1953 (May 27, 2026 12:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
די יאָרן צװישן 1945 און 1953, פֿון דעם סוף פֿון דער צװײטער װעלט־מלחמה ביז יאָסיף סטאַלינס טױט, זײַנען געװען די צײַט פֿון נסיונות פֿאַר סאָװעטישע ייִדן. דער דאָזיקער תּקופֿה איז געװידמעט דאָס בוך „דאָס לעבן נאָך דער מלחמה: האָפֿענונגען און שרעק“ פֿון דער היסטאָריקערין אַנאַ שטערנשיס פֿונעם טאָראָנטער אוניװערסיטעט. דאָס איז דער פֿערטער באַנד אין... The post Newly discovered details about Soviet Jewry between 1945 and 1953 appeared first on The Forward .
Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop votes to boycott Israeli products (May 27, 2026 10:38 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Members of the famed worker-owned grocery store in Brooklyn’s Park Slope voted Tuesday night in favor of a boycott of Israeli products. The vote came after a years-long battle that divided coop members and the Park Slope community. Of the 6,772 votes cast at a meeting that lasted for hours, 67% voted in... The post Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop votes to boycott Israeli products appeared first on The Forward .
Nearly half of young U.S. Jews want to replace Israel with binational state, poll find (May 27, 2026 09:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
Almost half of American Jews under 35 say the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be solved by creating a single country in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza with a government elected by both Israelis and Palestinians, according to a poll conducted by the Jewish Voter Resource Center. The findings signal a generational shift in U.S. support... The post Nearly half of young U.S. Jews want to replace Israel with binational state, poll find appeared first on The Forward .
Nearly half of young U.S. Jews want to replace Israel with binational state, poll finds (May 27, 2026 09:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
Almost half of American Jews under 35 say the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be solved by creating a single country in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza with a government elected by both Israelis and Palestinians, according to a poll conducted by the Jewish Voter Resource Center. The findings signal a generational shift in U.S. support... The post Nearly half of young U.S. Jews want to replace Israel with binational state, poll finds appeared first on The Forward .
Candidate who vowed to imprison ‘American Zionists’ loses in Texas runoff (May 27, 2026 08:30 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Sheriff’s deputy Johnny Garcia won the Democratic nomination Tuesday in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, defeating opponent Maureen Galindo following a race shaped by scrutiny over Galindo’s antisemitic rhetoric. The runoff in the San Antonio race drew national attention after Galindo, a local housing activist and therapist, came under scrutiny for comments that included... The post Candidate who vowed to imprison ‘American Zionists’ loses in Texas runoff appeared first on The Forward .
Ukraine reburies Nazi collaborator with state honors, drawing Israeli condemnation (May 27, 2026 02:11 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Israel criticized Ukraine Monday after President Volodymyr Zelensky gave full state honors to a Ukrainian nationalist leader who was part of a movement that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II. During a reburial ceremony on Sunday, Zelensky described Andriy Melnyk and his wife, Sofia Fedak-Melnyk, as “iconic Ukrainians of the 20th... The post Ukraine reburies Nazi collaborator with state honors, drawing Israeli condemnation appeared first on The Forward .
Trump administration again sues UCLA over antisemitism, alleging ‘hostile educational environment’ (May 27, 2026 02:10 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The U.S. Department of Justice sued the University of California for the second time this year over allegations of an antisemitic campus environment at UCLA, claiming the school “was deliberately indifferent to the suffering of its Jewish and Israeli students” after Oct. 7. The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday, claims UCLA violated the students’... The post Trump administration again sues UCLA over antisemitism, alleging ‘hostile educational environment’ appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish leaders say Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic (May 27, 2026 02:08 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Dozens of European Jewish leaders, joined by Israeli and American diplomats, decried Antwerp prosecutors who plan to charge two Jewish men with performing illegal circumcisions. In an open letter on Tuesday to European and Belgian officials, 45 communal and religious Jewish leaders accused the Antwerp Public Prosecutor’s Office of “effectively criminalizing the act... The post Jewish leaders say Belgium’s prosecution of circumcision is antisemitic appeared first on The Forward .
Australian Jews report harassment, intimidation after testifying before commission investigating Bondi attack (May 27, 2026 02:07 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The head of the Australian government commission looking into the Bondi Beach terror attack reported Tuesday that witnesses who testified before the commission were facing an onslaught of online harassment and intimidation. Virigina Bell, head of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, warned that those who engage in such behavior could... The post Australian Jews report harassment, intimidation after testifying before commission investigating Bondi attack appeared first on The Forward .
American-born former IDF soldier dies at 23 of apparent suicide (May 27, 2026 02:07 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — An American-born former Israeli soldier who was wounded in a West Bank attack has died by apparent suicide, according to Israeli media reports. Alex Miller, 23, died last week in Miami, where he had been living after he was discharged from the military. In October 2022, while serving in the Israel Defense Forces’... The post American-born former IDF soldier dies at 23 of apparent suicide appeared first on The Forward .
New York lawmakers approve 50-foot buffer around houses of worship in challenge to Mamdani (May 26, 2026 10:53 PM - Forward.com – All)
New York legislators Tuesday approved a sweeping buffer zone measure as part of the state budget, in a measure that would establish criminal penalties for violations. The legislation, proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and negotiated with the Democratic-led majorities in the state legislature, establishes a 50-foot security buffer around houses or worship and educational centers... The post New York lawmakers approve 50-foot buffer around houses of worship in challenge to Mamdani appeared first on The Forward .
Woody Allen’s biggest fans were easy marks for a fake monologue about antisemitism (May 26, 2026 06:25 PM - Forward.com – All)
Those still wondering “what would Woody Allen say about today’s antisemitism” were treated to what looked like an answer last week in the form of a viral monologue bemoaning the price of coffee in a roast of Ivy-educated anti-Zionism. The only issue: It seems to be entirely fake. The post, according to X, where the... The post Woody Allen’s biggest fans were easy marks for a fake monologue about antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
U.S. launches attacks on Iran as negotiations over a peace deal drag out (May 26, 2026 02:41 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The United States announced it had launched defensive strikes on Monday in Southern Iran, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats it believed were placing mines. The move threatens to derail an already fragile ceasefire between the United States, Iran and Israel aimed at giving the U.S. and Iran space to hammer out a... The post U.S. launches attacks on Iran as negotiations over a peace deal drag out appeared first on The Forward .
A stronger shekel has become a pressing problem for Americans building lives in Israel (May 26, 2026 02:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Yisrael HaBahiyir saved for more than a year to make his dream of moving to Israel come true. But just weeks after leaving upstate New York, where he had been managing operations for a synagogue, he got a cruel reality check when he transferred his rent money from his American bank account to... The post A stronger shekel has become a pressing problem for Americans building lives in Israel appeared first on The Forward .
Garry Trudeau was a prep school kid from New England, but he identified with the Jewish outsider in ‘Doonesbury’ (May 26, 2026 01:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Doonesbury made its debut in Oct. 1970, appearing in 28 newspapers across the nation, including The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe. Just a few weeks later, its creator, the 22-year-old Garry Trudeau, who had received his Yale sheepskin the previous spring, introduced mainstream America to Mark Slackmeyer — the campus radical... The post Garry Trudeau was a prep school kid from New England, but he identified with the Jewish outsider in ‘Doonesbury’ appeared first on The Forward .
Garry Trudeau was a prep school kid, but he identified with the Jewish outsider in ‘Doonesbury’ (May 26, 2026 01:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Doonesbury made its debut in Oct. 1970, appearing in 28 newspapers across the nation, including The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe. Just a few weeks later, its creator, the 22-year-old Garry Trudeau, who had received his Yale sheepskin the previous spring, introduced mainstream America to Mark Slackmeyer — the campus radical... The post Garry Trudeau was a prep school kid, but he identified with the Jewish outsider in ‘Doonesbury’ appeared first on The Forward .
At the edge of America, six Jewish graves endure (May 25, 2026 08:02 PM - Forward.com – All)
A July 1954 funeral in Fairbanks, Alaska, drew unexpected attention from Jewish newspapers across the country. The woman being buried, Lena Ferguson, was laid to rest in what the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner described simply as the “Jewish plot” inside the city’s Clay Street Cemetery — a small, largely forgotten burial ground that many outside Alaska... The post At the edge of America, six Jewish graves endure appeared first on The Forward .
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