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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 .
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 .
Texas candidate’s antisemitic rhetoric sparks outrage ahead of Tuesday runoff. Did it fuel her rise? (May 25, 2026 06:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — When Maureen Galindo finished first in a crowded Democratic primary for a newly redrawn South Texas congressional district in March, the result surprised even seasoned observers of San Antonio politics. With voters set to decide the Democratic nomination Tuesday, as Galindo faces off with sheriff’s deputy Johnny Garcia, local officials and political observers... The post Texas candidate’s antisemitic rhetoric sparks outrage ahead of Tuesday runoff. Did it fuel her rise? appeared first on The Forward .
Trump announces he has ‘largely negotiated’ Iran deal, Strait of Hormuz opening (May 24, 2026 01:21 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social Saturday afternoon that a deal with Iran had been “largely negotiated,” despite saying earlier in the day that he was undecided on whether to agree to a proposal or resume strikes. Trump described the deal as a “Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE”... The post Trump announces he has ‘largely negotiated’ Iran deal, Strait of Hormuz opening appeared first on The Forward .
In Trump’s assault on democracy, echoes of Nazi Germany but new glimmers of hope that America will be different (May 23, 2026 01:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
In the final, tumultuous years of the Weimar Republic, a succession of arch-conservative chancellors ruled by emergency decree rather than go through the Reichstag, the German parliament. Germany had become a democracy in name only, as reactionary power brokers steered the nation deeper into totalitarian waters, ultimately opening the door for Hitler. As we approach... The post In Trump’s assault on democracy, echoes of Nazi Germany but new glimmers of hope that America will be different appeared first on The Forward .
This Jewish artist hadn’t painted in more than 5 decades. Then came Oct. 7. (May 22, 2026 07:50 PM - Forward.com – All)
Sid Klein has finally found his subject. More than half a century after he scrambled to pick a topic for his senior art project at Brooklyn College—and settled on exploring the porcelain curves of a toilet bowl in a 20-painting series—he’s discovered a purpose. Klein, 78, took a five-decade hiatus from art between college graduation... The post This Jewish artist hadn’t painted in more than 5 decades. Then came Oct. 7. appeared first on The Forward .
How can I explain to my 93-year-old mother why it suddenly seems ok to hate Jews? (May 22, 2026 06:29 PM - Forward.com – All)
My mom — 93 years old, still sharp, a lifelong Democrat, a woman who has read The New York Times nearly every day for the last five decades — called me this week, in something approaching shock, to tell me she had read Nicholas Kristof’s latest op-ed. “I can’t believe what they’re saying,” she said... The post How can I explain to my 93-year-old mother why it suddenly seems ok to hate Jews? appeared first on The Forward .
The bizarre antisemitic book that taught me to better understand Judaism (May 22, 2026 05:44 PM - Forward.com – All)
The pub bookshelf in Painswick, England, was stocked with books bound in handsome jewel tones. It seemed charming and innocuous, until I spotted a 1934 hardback with the alarmingly simple title of Twelve Jews. Curious, I opened it. “The quarrel between the Jews and the rest of civilisation has been kept alive by two forces:... The post The bizarre antisemitic book that taught me to better understand Judaism appeared first on The Forward .
For Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday, an 85-minute playlist (May 22, 2026 01:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Nobel Prize-winning song-poet Bob Dylan turns 85 on Sunday, May 24. In order to celebrate the august occasion, we have put together an 85-minute playlist featuring one minute of music for every year Dylan has been alive. This playlist isn’t meant to summarize or stand in for Dylan’s overall body of work, which numbers well... The post For Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday, an 85-minute playlist appeared first on The Forward .
Don’t dismiss Israel’s most rage-baiting minister as fringe (May 22, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
As Israel drifts toward another election campaign, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir this week offered voters — and the world — a grotesque glimpse of where a large branch of Israeli politics is heading. Touring a detention facility holding activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israel, Ben-Gvir waved a large Israeli flag before rows... The post Don’t dismiss Israel’s most rage-baiting minister as fringe appeared first on The Forward .
Gaza and Israel go unmentioned in Democrats’ 2024 election autopsy report (May 22, 2026 12:32 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Gaza and Israel go unmentioned in the Democrats’ 190-page autopsy of Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential election loss that the Democratic National Committee released to CNN on Thursday. Critics of the Biden administration’s support for Israel during the war in Gaza that began on Oct. 7, 2023, have alleged that the party was suppressing... The post Gaza and Israel go unmentioned in Democrats’ 2024 election autopsy report appeared first on The Forward .
Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence (May 22, 2026 12:31 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The former prosecutor who led the investigation into a mysterious 2015 death that unnerved Argentina’s Jewish community has been charged with concealing evidence in the case. Viviana Fein was indicted on May 12 on charges of “aggravated concealment” over her handling of the investigation into the death of Alberto Nisman, a special prosecutor... The post Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence appeared first on The Forward .
The Black Jewish experience, and Black-Jewish relations, take center stage on Fifth Avenue (May 21, 2026 09:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
The civil rights movement represented a kind of pax romana in Black–Jewish relations — symbolized most enduringly by the image of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marching beside Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery. While many Jewish and Black Americans recall that era with a sense of wistful nostalgia, the relationship has become increasingly... The post The Black Jewish experience, and Black-Jewish relations, take center stage on Fifth Avenue appeared first on The Forward .
A Yiddish lecture in Munich by literature scholar Nathan Cohen (May 21, 2026 04:40 PM - Forward.com – All)
דעם 17טן יוני וועט נתן כּהן, אַן אָנגעזעענער פֿאָרשער פֿון דער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור בײַם בר־אילן אוניווערסיטעט, האַלטן אַ רעפֿעראַט אויף ייִדיש בײַם אוניווערסיטעט אויפֿן נאָמען פֿון לודוויג מאַקסימיליאַן אין מינכן, דײַטשלאַנד. כּהן וועט רעדן וועגן דער געשיכטע פֿון דער מאָדערנער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור און די וועגן און אָפּוועגן פֿון איר אַנטוויקלונג אויף די זײַטן פֿון דער... The post A Yiddish lecture in Munich by literature scholar Nathan Cohen appeared first on The Forward .
Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street (May 21, 2026 04:19 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — More than 500 rabbis, cantors and Jewish communal leaders have signed onto a letter calling on Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, to rescind and apologize for remarks describing J Street as a “cancer within the Jewish community.” The letter, which J Street shared with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Thursday,... The post Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street appeared first on The Forward .
Despite what (Ashkenazi) tradition says, not everyone eats dairy on Shavuot (May 21, 2026 02:58 PM - Forward.com – All)
This week, synagogues and community centers around the country will abound with opportunities for a festive scoop of ice cream. To heck with the lactose intolerant among us; it’s Shavuot, a festival that for many is as synonymous with all things dairy as Passover is with all things matzot. In my childhood Ashkenazi home, Shavuot... The post Despite what (Ashkenazi) tradition says, not everyone eats dairy on Shavuot appeared first on The Forward .
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