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The definitive Oct. 7 book was written — and sketched — before the attack (Oct 7, 2026 07:08 PM - Forward.com – All)As Salomé Parent-Rachdi and Zac Deloupy worked on the drawings for a book about Israeli-Palestinian romance, they had no way of knowing the world they were depicting was on the brink of collapse. The day they finished their pencil sketches, we learn in the book’s introduction, was Oct. 6, 2023. The next day, Hamas invaded Israel,... The post The definitive Oct. 7 book was written — and sketched — before the attack appeared first on The Forward .
Christian leaders are racing toward the Rapture. Is Israel really to blame? (Oct 7, 2026 07:04 PM - Forward.com – All)
End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World By Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 384 pages, $32 Judaism is not usually a religion associated with apocalyptic thought. There’s no Jewish version of the Book of Revelation. There is a concept of a Messianic Age, but most observant groups forbid... The post Christian leaders are racing toward the Rapture. Is Israel really to blame? appeared first on The Forward .
Why Dolly Parton sang a song about a Jewish journalist (Oct 7, 2026 05:46 PM - Forward.com – All)
A Broadway show, a star-studded television tribute, a new hotel and museum in Nashville. As odes to Dolly Parton keep coming, a recording of the late country music singer honoring an American Jewish journalist has recently surfaced. Never before released in America, the song, “A Bridge Across,” sung by Parton and accompanied by the Nashville... The post Why Dolly Parton sang a song about a Jewish journalist appeared first on The Forward .
Mamdani marks first Oct. 7 anniversary as mayor with statement blasting Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide (Oct 7, 2026 05:09 PM - Forward.com – All)
On the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel — his first commemoration as New York City’s mayor — Zohran Mamdani mourned the Israeli victims and the 251 people taken hostage before devoting most of a statement to condemning Israel’s war in Gaza as a “genocide” and accusing the U.S. government... The post Mamdani marks first Oct. 7 anniversary as mayor with statement blasting Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide appeared first on The Forward .
Chicago Jewish theater drops Naomi Ragen play, saying actors feared repercussions of working with the Israeli writer (Oct 7, 2026 11:49 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Naomi Ragen, the New York-born Israeli novelist and playwright known for her portrayals of Orthodox Jewish women in crisis, says the cancellation of a planned Chicago revival of one of her plays represents a “return to McCarthyism” in the American cultural scene. Ragen, 77, has revealed that plans by a Jewish arts company... The post Chicago Jewish theater drops Naomi Ragen play, saying actors feared repercussions of working with the Israeli writer appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish New Yorkers fault Mamdani on antisemitism but back his police commissioner, poll finds (Oct 7, 2026 10:52 AM - Forward.com – All)
Nearly two-thirds of Jewish voters in New York City disapprove of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s handling of antisemitism, according to a new poll released on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. Jewish voters also said Mamdani, a fierce critic of Israel, should not hold or attend an official city event... The post Jewish New Yorkers fault Mamdani on antisemitism but back his police commissioner, poll finds appeared first on The Forward .
They survived Oct. 7. At Rock Camp, they found a way to feel alive again. (Oct 7, 2026 09:19 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — ”They tried to kill us. We survived. Let’s eat.” Alan King’s joke about Jewish holidays gets to the essence of Jewish persistence in the face of horror. He might have added “Let’s sing.” Music has accompanied the Jewish people for millennia through periods of joy and sorrow. Moses and the Israelites praised God... The post They survived Oct. 7. At Rock Camp, they found a way to feel alive again. appeared first on The Forward .
The battle for Sderot still rages in the minds of its survivors (Oct 7, 2026 09:16 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — SDEROT, Israel – Shalom Aida was at home when the first air raid siren sounded at 6:29 a.m. on October 7, 2023, but he wasn’t initially fazed. Rocket sirens were a common occurrence in his city of Sderot, which is less than a mile from Gaza at its closest point. It wasn’t until... The post The battle for Sderot still rages in the minds of its survivors appeared first on The Forward .
Maine Senate candidates spar over military aid to Israel (Oct 7, 2026 08:39 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Troy Jackson, Maine’s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, said he opposed “giving a blank check” to Israel at a debate on Tuesday, while also linking American military assistance to the killings of Palestinians. “I didn’t want any more offensive weapons going to murder people in Palestine,” Jackson explained, in a rebuttal to... The post Maine Senate candidates spar over military aid to Israel appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish Haverford students named a professor in their antisemitism lawsuit. Police say he responded by stalking one online. (Oct 7, 2026 03:19 AM - Forward.com – All)
A religion professor named by Jewish Haverford College students in a recently settled lawsuit against the school was arrested Tuesday after authorities say he used anonymous accounts to harass one of those students online. According to an indictment unsealed in federal court Tuesday, Haverford professor Guangtian Ha used at least four burner accounts on X... The post Jewish Haverford students named a professor in their antisemitism lawsuit. Police say he responded by stalking one online. appeared first on The Forward .
A Haverford professor called antisemitism complaints ‘Zionist witch hunts.’ Authorities say he was stalking a Jewish person online. (Oct 7, 2026 03:19 AM - Forward.com – All)
A religion professor named by Jewish Haverford College students in a recently settled lawsuit against the school was arrested Tuesday after authorities say he used anonymous accounts to harass a Jewish person online. According to an indictment unsealed in federal court Tuesday, Haverford professor Guangtian Ha used at least four burner accounts on X to send... The post A Haverford professor called antisemitism complaints ‘Zionist witch hunts.’ Authorities say he was stalking a Jewish person online. appeared first on The Forward .
‘He has repeatedly capitulated to Zionist pressure’: Leftist groups to protest Mamdani on Oct. 7 (Oct 6, 2026 11:39 PM - Forward.com – All)
A raft of pro-Palestinian and democratic socialist groups will protest against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the three-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, accusing the mayor of capitulating to pro-Israel pressure since taking office. More than 20 local organizations, most of them college chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine or Young... The post ‘He has repeatedly capitulated to Zionist pressure’: Leftist groups to protest Mamdani on Oct. 7 appeared first on The Forward .
Israelis don’t lose sleep over Mamdani. Why is Netanyahu focused on him? (Oct 6, 2026 11:09 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly this year came at a critical time for Israel. Talks were underway to resolve the conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, and Israel was awaiting the outcome of the on-again, off-again U.S.-Iran ceasefire negotiations. The country had also just been sanctioned by 12 countries,... The post Israelis don’t lose sleep over Mamdani. Why is Netanyahu focused on him? appeared first on The Forward .
The Philadelphia teacher who pretended to be Palestinian raised alarms for Jewish groups before she became infamous (Oct 6, 2026 11:07 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The first time most of the world heard Hannah Gann’s name was in late September, when the 34-year-old Philadelphia high school teacher and activist confessed to having fabricated a Palestinian and Black identity — with media reports revealing she was Jewish in real life. But Jason Holtzman, director of Philadelphia’s Jewish Community Relations... The post The Philadelphia teacher who pretended to be Palestinian raised alarms for Jewish groups before she became infamous appeared first on The Forward .
In Britain, ‘Jewish Greens’ chief mulls quitting party after ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion passes (Oct 6, 2026 11:04 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The head of the Jewish Greens said she may leave the Green Party of England and Wales after it adopted a policy that defines Zionism as racism and calls for a single democratic state “in all of historic Palestine.” Vivien Lichtenstein, a 29-year member of the Greens who worked on Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives... The post In Britain, ‘Jewish Greens’ chief mulls quitting party after ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion passes appeared first on The Forward .
This isn’t just a dance group; it’s a model for what coexistence could look like (Oct 6, 2026 08:01 PM - Forward.com – All)
There are three of them onstage. Arielle Rosales, a Mexican Puerto-Rican Jew from the Lower East Side, is dancing flamenco. Amanda Castro, a Brooklyn-born Puerto-Rican from New Haven, is tapping. And Brinda Guha, a Bengali-Indian from New Jersey, is doing Kathak — a form of Indian classical dance. They’re three performers raised in different artistic... The post This isn’t just a dance group; it’s a model for what coexistence could look like appeared first on The Forward .
Tidbits: This Jewish couple gives homeless dogs a free makeover (Oct 6, 2026 06:48 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: אַ גרויסער בלאָער משׂא־פֿור האָט זיך אָפּגעשטעלט אויף אַ גאַס אין סקיד־ראָו,... The post Tidbits: This Jewish couple gives homeless dogs a free makeover appeared first on The Forward .
The tech worker campaigning for ‘Antisemite of the Week’ doesn’t want to talk about antisemitism (Oct 6, 2026 06:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
After accusations of discrimination led his San Francisco Tech Week event to be pulled from the schedule, a tech worker has decided to embrace his newfound notoriety. Mostapha Benhenda cited security reasons last week when he denied an Israeli programmer admission to his AI hackathon event, explaining that he didn’t want the Israeli army to... The post The tech worker campaigning for ‘Antisemite of the Week’ doesn’t want to talk about antisemitism appeared first on The Forward .
He banned an Israeli from his hackathon. Now he’s campaigning for ‘Antisemite of the Week.’ (Oct 6, 2026 06:24 PM - Forward.com – All)
After accusations of discrimination led his San Francisco Tech Week event to be pulled from the schedule, a tech worker has decided to embrace his newfound notoriety. Mostapha Benhenda cited security reasons last week when he denied an Israeli programmer admission to his AI hackathon event, explaining that he didn’t want the Israeli army to... The post He banned an Israeli from his hackathon. Now he’s campaigning for ‘Antisemite of the Week.’ appeared first on The Forward .
Chef Alon Shaya shares the stories, resilience and recipes of World War II survivors (Oct 6, 2026 03:51 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — In 2015, while visiting Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, James Beard Award-winning chef Alon Shaya came face-to-face with a World War II artifact that moved him deeply. It was a red cloth triangle — cut from a Nazi flag — embroidered with the names of a few dozen female prisoners at the Ravensbrück... The post Chef Alon Shaya shares the stories, resilience and recipes of World War II survivors appeared first on The Forward .
‘That’s a lie’: Israeli journalists clash with Irish football association ahead of tense rematch (Oct 6, 2026 03:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Israel and Ireland’s UEFA Nations League rematch on Sunday ratcheted up tensions between the two teams, in a sports drama where emotions over the Gaza war have fueled theatrics as intense as the match itself. During the 1-1 draw played in Serbia, Ireland’s captain declined, as in the last match, a pregame handshake... The post ‘That’s a lie’: Israeli journalists clash with Irish football association ahead of tense rematch appeared first on The Forward .
How Jim Bakker sent a rabbi’s son to 52 churches (Oct 6, 2026 12:31 PM - Forward.com – All)
Jim Bakker convinced me to go to church. Bakker died Monday at 86. For a stretch in the 1980s he and his wife, Tammy Faye, were on television every day, praying, singing and weeping, her in waterproof mascara, in front of as many as 13 million people. Then came the sex scandal, the hush money... The post How Jim Bakker sent a rabbi’s son to 52 churches appeared first on The Forward .
As voting nears, Israeli democracy is not healthy (Oct 6, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
When Israel’s Supreme Court upheld the right of Arab parties last week to run in the country’s Oct. 27 election, they didn’t only provide Israel’s 2 million-plus Arab citizens a reason to vote. They also sent yet another signal in the incredible noise of these elections: Israeli democracy is not healthy. Every time Israel has... The post As voting nears, Israeli democracy is not healthy appeared first on The Forward .
‘Remember 7.10.23’: In Israel, Hostage Square bears few remnants of a national crisis – but trauma lingers (Oct 6, 2026 03:34 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — TEL AVIV – In the days following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, the families of the hostages held in Gaza turned the plaza next to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art into what became known as Hostage Square. Filled with “Bring Them Home” signs and hostage posters, yellow ribbons and yellow balloons,... The post ‘Remember 7.10.23’: In Israel, Hostage Square bears few remnants of a national crisis – but trauma lingers appeared first on The Forward .
Antisemitic flyers turn up in Ontario neighborhood where a man charged at a synagogue two weeks ago (Oct 5, 2026 10:43 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Police in the Ontario town where a gunman charged the Sons of Jacob synagogue on Yom Kippur are investigating antisemitic flyers distributed around the synagogue’s neighborhood.. In an Oct. 1 press release, Belleville, Ontario, police encouraged those with tips or video evidence to contact police. “We recognize that incidents such as this can... The post Antisemitic flyers turn up in Ontario neighborhood where a man charged at a synagogue two weeks ago appeared first on The Forward .
From ‘false flag’ to ‘Bibiwood’: flydubai attack spawns conspiracy theories (Oct 5, 2026 10:42 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — JERUSALEM – A young girl steps out of the bathroom on a flight and glimpses a bloody scene unfolding in the cockpit: the co-pilot is attacking the pilot with an axe. She screams for help. A handful of unarmed passengers, still tanned from their vacations in Thailand, rushes by her, successfully grabbing the... The post From ‘false flag’ to ‘Bibiwood’: flydubai attack spawns conspiracy theories appeared first on The Forward .
The new U.S. passport design is fueling a Star of David conspiracy theory. Here’s what’s really there. (Oct 5, 2026 08:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a new U.S. passport design last week, online sleuths zeroed in on a curious detail: “Is that the star of david???” one TikTok user commented on a video of Rubio showing off the document’s revamped look. “Why do we rock the Star of David on American passports?” asked... The post The new U.S. passport design is fueling a Star of David conspiracy theory. Here’s what’s really there. appeared first on The Forward .
Swastikas, racist slurs painted on a playground and a golf course outside Philadelphia (Oct 5, 2026 07:51 PM - Forward.com – All)
The police were still there when neighbors arrived to clean up the Philadelphia playground where vandals had struck. They had come to a playground in Abington Township, just outside Philadelphia, on Saturday morning with cleaning supplies. Officers had been called and were still collecting evidence from the swastikas that someone had spray-painted on the playground... The post Swastikas, racist slurs painted on a playground and a golf course outside Philadelphia appeared first on The Forward .
What do Germans talk about when they talk about antisemitism? (Oct 5, 2026 06:25 PM - Forward.com – All)
In today’s Germany, an accusation of antisemitism can end careers, shutter institutions and put political alliances beyond consideration. That gravity is understandable in the country responsible for the Holocaust. What has become less clear, particularly since the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing war in Gaza, is what Germans... The post What do Germans talk about when they talk about antisemitism? appeared first on The Forward .
Jewish federations are losing my generation — and future ones — over Israel and Netanyahu (Oct 5, 2026 05:59 PM - Forward.com – All)
When my father Norm Gordon was six years old, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland helped rescue him. Recent immigrants from Poland, his parents were already living precariously when his mother died and his father gave him up. The Jewish Children’s Bureau, funded by the JFC, found a home for him and his brothers and kept... The post Jewish federations are losing my generation — and future ones — over Israel and Netanyahu appeared first on The Forward .
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