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Mamdani faces growing pressure over Jewish NYPD Commissioner Tisch and over Israel from left flank (Oct 11, 2026 12:32 PM - Forward.com – All)(JTA) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing increasing pressure from some on the leftmost flank of his voting coalition, and an ICE shooting Thursday led democratic socialist allies to add their voices to a major demand: dump police commissioner Jessica Tisch. “The NYPD’s Strategic Response Group must be disbanded as quickly as... The post Mamdani faces growing pressure over Jewish NYPD Commissioner Tisch and over Israel from left flank appeared first on The Forward .
A planned non-Zionist Jewish school in Boston hopes to ride the momentum of the left (Oct 11, 2026 12:29 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — BOSTON — In the middle of a conversation about her future children, it dawned on Leah Robbins that the school she imagined for them did not exist. Robbins envisioned a Jewish school where children studied Jewish texts, history and observance, as she did at the school run out of her Conservative synagogue in... The post A planned non-Zionist Jewish school in Boston hopes to ride the momentum of the left appeared first on The Forward .
Protesters in Toronto: ‘We will honor all our martyrs’ after 3 years of Gaza war (Oct 11, 2026 12:26 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — TORONTO – Hundreds of protesters marched through Toronto’s downtown core via Yonge Street Saturday afternoon, chanting more loudly as additional people joined the demonstration. “We will honor all our martyrs, all our children, sons and daughters!” and “In my lifetime I will see Palestinians living free!” the crowd yelled in unison. Separated by... The post Protesters in Toronto: ‘We will honor all our martyrs’ after 3 years of Gaza war appeared first on The Forward .
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take to the streets in Europe to mark 3rd anniversary of Gaza war (Oct 11, 2026 12:25 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators turned out across Europe on Saturday, as activists marked three years of war in Gaza with rallies and marches in cities from London to Rome and Berlin. According to Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, 357 pro-Palestinian protest events were scheduled across 39 countries from... The post Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take to the streets in Europe to mark 3rd anniversary of Gaza war appeared first on The Forward .
Samin Nosrat, celebrity chef who signed BDS pledge, shares stage with Israeli chefs (Oct 11, 2026 12:22 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) When celebrity chef and Bay Area food ambassador Samin Nosrat appeared this week at San Francisco’s JCC alongside two Israeli chefs, it was nearly three years since she pledged not to buy or promote Israeli food. The Chez Panisse alum and author of 2017’s smash... The post Samin Nosrat, celebrity chef who signed BDS pledge, shares stage with Israeli chefs appeared first on The Forward .
Brooklyn’s new ‘lard bagel’ is not kosher. But it is delicious. (Oct 10, 2026 02:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
Bagels have long been a staple of the Jewish diet, even if they’re not exactly health food. But the latest addition to New York’s bagel scene achieves the impressive feat of inviting both your doctor and your rabbi’s scorn: the “lard bagel,” made with rendered pork fat. The decidedly unkosher offering is on the menu... The post Brooklyn’s new ‘lard bagel’ is not kosher. But it is delicious. appeared first on The Forward .
Yiddish Modernism and the political tumult in the 1930s (Oct 9, 2026 06:08 PM - Forward.com – All)
אין די 1920ער און 1930ער יאָרן האָט דער זשורנאַל „אין זיך“ געדינט װי אַ טריבונע פֿאַר מאָדערניסטישע עקספּערימענטן אין דער אַמעריקאַנער ייִדיש־ליטעראַטור. צו די „אינזיכיסטן“ האָבן געהערט יעקבֿ גלאַטשטײן, אַהרן גלאַנץ־לעיעלעס, ה. לײװיק, שלמה שװאַרץ, יהודה לײב טעלער און אַנדערע. װי מען קען טרעפֿן פֿונעם זשורנאַלס נאָמען, זײַנען די דאָזיקע ליטעראַטן געװען פֿאַרטאָן אין שעפֿערישע... The post Yiddish Modernism and the political tumult in the 1930s appeared first on The Forward .
I never saw myself in Barbie. Would ‘Hanukkah Barbie’ have changed that? (Oct 9, 2026 06:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
I wasn’t really a Barbie kid. While I occasionally played with my sister’s hand-me-down Barbies, I preferred American Girl dolls. They were Barbie’s chunkier, cherubic counterparts, each representing a girl from a different period in history and accompanied by a series of historical-fiction books about her life. I devoured those books, including the story of... The post I never saw myself in Barbie. Would ‘Hanukkah Barbie’ have changed that? appeared first on The Forward .
Minnesota man charged with ISIS-inspired plot on Jewish-owned Mall of America (Oct 9, 2026 10:45 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The FBI accused an 18-year-old man of buying an AK-47 assault rifle with plans to commit a mass shooting in support of ISIS at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, the largest indoor shopping mall in North America. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, of Richfield, Minnesota, was charged on Wednesday with one count of... The post Minnesota man charged with ISIS-inspired plot on Jewish-owned Mall of America appeared first on The Forward .
Is Israel or Iran a bigger threat to the U.S.? Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed won’t say (Oct 9, 2026 10:34 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed was asked multiple times by a debate moderator on Thursday which country he considers a bigger threat to the U.S.: Iran or Israel. Each time, he parried. “That’s a ridiculous hypothetical because here’s what’s happening right now: Our ostensible ally in Israel has lobbied us to go to war... The post Is Israel or Iran a bigger threat to the U.S.? Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed won’t say appeared first on The Forward .
Ossoff says IDF violated law of armed conflict in Gaza, but genocide is an issue for international courts (Oct 9, 2026 10:02 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and Republican challenger Rep. Mike Collins clashed over Israel’s conduct in Gaza, U.S. weapons sales to Israel and the war in Iran during Thursday’s debate in Georgia’s closely watched Senate race. The race could help determine control of the Senate, with implications for U.S. policy toward Israel. The incumbent... The post Ossoff says IDF violated law of armed conflict in Gaza, but genocide is an issue for international courts appeared first on The Forward .
Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to ‘The Social Network’ has a pretty good Yiddish joke — too bad about the rest of the movie (Oct 9, 2026 10:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
In The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin’s misbegotten follow-up to the generational classic The Social Network, there is, amid a cascade of exposition on algorithms, a decent Yiddish joke. “Jeff, you would know this, settle a bet,” a coworker asks Jeremy Allen White’s Jeff Horwitz, a real journalist known for his 2021 Wall Street Journal series... The post Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to ‘The Social Network’ has a pretty good Yiddish joke — too bad about the rest of the movie appeared first on The Forward .
Anne Carson — a poet of spirituality and ‘small things’ — has won the Nobel Prize (Oct 8, 2026 07:45 PM - Forward.com – All)
Anne Carson, today awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, can be a difficult poet. Much of her work is erudite, complex and genre-defying; it is poetry and prose and criticism and translation and, occasionally, a kind of theology. But Carson’s work is also profoundly spiritual and richly rewarding, especially for those of us prone to... The post Anne Carson — a poet of spirituality and ‘small things’ — has won the Nobel Prize appeared first on The Forward .
Ford was the most pro-Israel president in US history, and we need his playbook now (Oct 8, 2026 05:00 PM - Forward.com – All)
If you ask historians to name the most pro-Israel president in U.S. history, you’ll generally hear variations of the same responses. Harry Truman recognized the Jewish state; Ronald Reagan and Joe Biden defended Zionism; George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump have all, at various points, been dubbed “the first Jewish president.” Gerald Ford... The post Ford was the most pro-Israel president in US history, and we need his playbook now appeared first on The Forward .
She left Russia as a Jewish refugee — she returned to tell the stories of a new group of undesirables (Oct 8, 2026 04:25 PM - Forward.com – All)
Julia Loktev left the Soviet Union with her family in 1979, when she was 9, during a brief window when Jews were allowed to emigrate. The pretext, in this time of refuseniks, was to go to Israel and practice their religion: only her family had no intention of going to Israel, and the last person... The post She left Russia as a Jewish refugee — she returned to tell the stories of a new group of undesirables appeared first on The Forward .
Eva Marie Saint was born Quaker, but found her ‘Exodus’ in Jewish stories (Oct 8, 2026 03:16 PM - Forward.com – All)
Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint, who has died at age 102, preferred mishpocheh to political posturing. Her stance was akin to that of author Albert Camus, who during a press conference in 1957 after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, commented on strife in his native Algeria by opining of the terrorism used to liberate... The post Eva Marie Saint was born Quaker, but found her ‘Exodus’ in Jewish stories appeared first on The Forward .
Three years after Oct. 7, survey says Jewish engagement has reached an elevated ‘new normal’ (Oct 8, 2026 01:16 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Levels of engagement in Jewish life have risen overall, establishing a “new normal” three years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, according to a survey released Thursday by the Jewish Federations of North America. Thirty-eight percent of Jewish respondents surveyed by the federation umbrella group in May and June said they had increased... The post Three years after Oct. 7, survey says Jewish engagement has reached an elevated ‘new normal’ appeared first on The Forward .
On Oct. 7, Mamdani spoke in support of Palestinians. A father from Gaza did it better. (Oct 8, 2026 12:55 PM - Forward.com – All)
On Wednesday in New York City, on the third anniversary of Oct. 7, two people spoke up for Palestinians. One of them was New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The other person actually said something helpful. In a statement from the mayor’s office, Mamdani expressed sorrow at the loss of over 1,100 Israeli lives and... The post On Oct. 7, Mamdani spoke in support of Palestinians. A father from Gaza did it better. appeared first on The Forward .
Israel is the one thing both Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates agree on (Oct 8, 2026 06:01 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and GOP opponent Stacy Garrity faced off on Wednesday in a heated gubernatorial debate, clashing over most policy issues — with the notable exception of Israel. “I want to recognize the anniversary of the Hamas attacks, where 1,200 innocent people were killed, including 49 Americans,” said Garrity, referring... The post Israel is the one thing both Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates agree on appeared first on The Forward .
Protesters overrun Oct. 7 Israeli peace vigil attended by Mamdani (Oct 8, 2026 06:00 AM - Forward.com – All)
(New York Jewish Week) — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters on Wednesday night overran a vigil marking Oct. 7 attended by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The demonstrators swamped the area of Union Square Park that was supposed to host the event held by Israelis for Peace, a left-wing peace group. The organizers moved the... The post Protesters overrun Oct. 7 Israeli peace vigil attended by Mamdani appeared first on The Forward .
Newly aired recordings of paramedic Amit Mann’s final hours renew push to let families access Oct. 7 records (Oct 8, 2026 03:46 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Three years after paramedic Amit Mann, 22, was killed by Hamas while treating the wounded in Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, newly aired recordings of her final calls revealed fresh and harrowing details about her last hours. The recordings, aired by Channel 12 on Tuesday, prompted her sister, Haviva Mann Izikson, to renew... The post Newly aired recordings of paramedic Amit Mann’s final hours renew push to let families access Oct. 7 records appeared first on The Forward .
Bereaved mother: ‘Every day is Oct. 7. Still.’ (Oct 8, 2026 03:42 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — TEL AVIV – Some 50,000 Israelis filled Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park on Wednesday night to mark three years since the Oct. 7 attacks, at a bereaved families’ memorial ceremony that for the first time took place with no hostages remaining in Gaza. The ceremony, organized for the third year by the Kumu movement,... The post Bereaved mother: ‘Every day is Oct. 7. Still.’ appeared first on The Forward .
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 .
Why Dolly Parton sang a song about Daniel Pearl (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 Daniel Pearl 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 .
Mamdani marks first Oct. 7 anniversary as mayor by blasting Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide, facing protesters (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 greeted the day with a message mourning the Israeli victims and the 251 people taken hostage then devoted the rest of the statement to condemning Israel’s war in Gaza as... The post Mamdani marks first Oct. 7 anniversary as mayor by blasting Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide, facing protesters 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 .
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