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Alabama man arrested for allegedly planning attacks on synagogues (Oct 30, 2025 08:38 AM - Forward.com – All)(JTA) — An Alabama man was arrested this week for allegedly planning attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states as well as public figures. Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker, 33, of Needham, Alabama, was arrested on Monday after the FBI and local agencies were alerted of “credible threats of violence” he made to local synagogues, the... The post Alabama man arrested for allegedly planning attacks on synagogues appeared first on The Forward .
A Saturday night in Portland, very close to the ICE building (Oct 30, 2025 12:04 AM - Forward.com – All)
ס׳איז געווען אַ שטילע נאַכט אין פּאָרטלאַנד, אָרעגאָן. מײַן חבֿר ברונאָ, אַ משפּחה־דאָקטער װאָס אַרבעט אויפֿן געביט פֿון עפֿנטלעכן געזונט פֿאַר דער שטאָט, האָט פּאַרקירט זײַן אױטאָ אין אַ טונקעלער גאַס אַ פּאָר בלאָקן פֿונעם „אײַס“־קאָמפּלעקס. „אײַס“ זענען די ראשי־תּיבֿות פֿון דער אַמעריקאַנער אימיגראַציע־אַגענטור, וואָס האָט זינט אָקטאָבער 2024 אַרעסטירט מער ווי 185,000 אומדאָקומענטירטע אימיגראַנטן.... The post A Saturday night in Portland, very close to the ICE building appeared first on The Forward .
Cuomo dominates Jewish vote in final Quinnipiac poll before election (Oct 29, 2025 08:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
Andrew Cuomo has consolidated all of Eric Adams’ Jewish support in the final days of the mayoral campaign, while Zohran Mamdani’s share of the Jewish vote has slipped, according to a new Quinnipiac poll, the last one before Tuesday’s election. The survey of 170 likely Jewish voters — representing 18% of the overall sample of... The post Cuomo dominates Jewish vote in final Quinnipiac poll before election appeared first on The Forward .
ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks (Oct 29, 2025 07:39 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League has removed entirely from the “What We Do” page of its website a section called “Protect Civil Rights.” The removal eliminated a passage that read, “Our founders established ADL with the clear understanding that the fight against any one form of prejudice or hate cannot succeed without countering hate of... The post ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks appeared first on The Forward .
So should I become a rabbi? (Oct 29, 2025 07:25 PM - Forward.com – All)
ווען איך קום אַרײַן אין צימער שטראָמט אַרײַן אַ האַרבסטליכט פֿון די אַרומיקע קאַטסקיל־בערג. די בלעטער אויף די ביימער אַנטפּלעקן זייער פֿילפֿאַרביקייט און דער הימל האָט נאָך נישט באַשלאָסן צי ער איז כמאַרנע, צי בלוי. אין הינטערגרונט הערט זיך דער מעלאָדישער רעפֿרען פֿון אַ ליד: „קער זיך אום, קער זיך אום.“ אויף יעדן בענקל הענגט... The post So should I become a rabbi? appeared first on The Forward .
Jews alone can’t help Cuomo pull off an upset – but they may be fueling his momentum (Oct 29, 2025 06:43 PM - Forward.com – All)
Andrew Cuomo is entering the final stretch of the New York City mayoral race with high expectations. After a bitter defeat in the Democratic primary to Zohran Mamdani in June, the political scion and former governor is betting that a different and more motivated electorate will give him a second chance. Cuomo, who is running... The post Jews alone can’t help Cuomo pull off an upset – but they may be fueling his momentum appeared first on The Forward .
Why rabbis across America are taking sides in New York’s mayoral race (Oct 29, 2025 06:38 PM - Forward.com – All)
Rabbi Danny Schiff had a rule: no national letters. The community scholar of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh avoided open statements about far-off politics. But this month, he broke that rule — for a mayor’s race nearly 400 miles away. “I never, ever, ever sign on to national rabbinic letters,” Schiff said. “And I... The post Why rabbis across America are taking sides in New York’s mayoral race appeared first on The Forward .
Maria Ka’s cosmic Yiddish music — from punk grit to starlight (Oct 29, 2025 06:18 PM - Forward.com – All)
When Polish-born musician Maria Ka released her latest album Di Mashin (The Machine), she wasn’t merely reviving Yiddish song — she was remaking it in her own cosmic image. Performing out of Gdańsk, she fuses everyday Yiddish speech with the vastness of outer space, using synths, distortion and humor to connect the language’s earthly pulse... The post Maria Ka’s cosmic Yiddish music — from punk grit to starlight appeared first on The Forward .
Rabbi Alvin Kass, longest-serving NYPD chaplain famed for 9/11 response, dies at 89 (Oct 29, 2025 05:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Less than a week after rushing to Ground Zero as a police chaplain on 9/11, Rabbi Alvin Kass led Rosh Hashanah services — not only for his Brooklyn congregation but at a makeshift synagogue at LaGuardia Airport for emergency responders who had flooded into New York City after the terrorist attacks. “It was,”... The post Rabbi Alvin Kass, longest-serving NYPD chaplain famed for 9/11 response, dies at 89 appeared first on The Forward .
ADL enlists major law firms to launch pro bono network for antisemitism cases (Oct 29, 2025 02:21 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League is launching a nationwide legal service to connect victims of antisemitism with lawyers who are able to take their cases on a pro-bono basis. The initiative comes as the ADL has increasingly turned to litigation as a tactic — the group says it has filed more lawsuits and legal complaints... The post ADL enlists major law firms to launch pro bono network for antisemitism cases appeared first on The Forward .
American synagogues are closing at a record rate. This retired judge is rescuing their stained glass windows. (Oct 29, 2025 11:06 AM - Forward.com – All)
CHICAGO — Jerry Orbach moves through the sanctuary of Northbrook Community Synagogue with the practiced eye of a man who’s spent years rescuing pieces of a fading world. The suburban Chicago congregation glows with stained glass saved from shuttered synagogues, their colors reframed along these walls. What began as one man’s mission has turned the... The post American synagogues are closing at a record rate. This retired judge is rescuing their stained glass windows. appeared first on The Forward .
German government pledges record $1B in funding for Holocaust survivor home care (Oct 29, 2025 08:47 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — The German government has agreed to allocate $1.08 billion in funds for home care for survivors for 2026, marking the largest budget for home care in its history of Holocaust reparations, reflecting the growing needs of an aging survivor population. The funding, which was secured following negotiations with the Conference on Jewish Material... The post German government pledges record $1B in funding for Holocaust survivor home care appeared first on The Forward .
Vance downplays ‘little skirmishes’ as Israel bombs in Gaza and Hamas fails to return hostages (Oct 29, 2025 01:04 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Israel carried out a bombing campaign in Gaza on Tuesday in response to what it said was violations of the two-week-old ceasefire by Hamas. Hamas, meanwhile, rejected the claim that it was behind an attack on Israeli soldiers and said Israel’s bombing was the ceasefire violation. The two developments, plus Hamas’ continued holding... The post Vance downplays ‘little skirmishes’ as Israel bombs in Gaza and Hamas fails to return hostages appeared first on The Forward .
Rabbis Angela Buchdahl and Elliot Cosgrove show the split in the pulpit over political endorsements (Oct 28, 2025 09:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Go figure: A non-Jewish, non-Zionist politician has sparked a national Jewish conversation about the role of the rabbi. If elected next week, the 34-year-old progressive Zohran Mamdani would be the first mayor of New York City who came up through the trenches of pro-Palestinian activism, and the first to reject the idea that... The post Rabbis Angela Buchdahl and Elliot Cosgrove show the split in the pulpit over political endorsements appeared first on The Forward .
Tucker Carlson hosts Nick Fuentes for a friendly conversation about ‘these Zionist Jews’ (Oct 28, 2025 09:35 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Tucker Carlson wanted to know: What does Nick Fuentes actually believe? “Everybody’s going to be like, ‘You’re a Nazi, you just like Fuentes,’” the former Fox News personality mused on his show Tuesday. “But then I’m like, ‘I don’t think Fuentes is going away. Ben Shapiro tried to strangle him in the crib... The post Tucker Carlson hosts Nick Fuentes for a friendly conversation about ‘these Zionist Jews’ appeared first on The Forward .
NY man who attacked Jews at 3 pro-Palestinian rallies sentenced to 17 months in prison (Oct 28, 2025 09:29 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A New York City man who attacked Jewish pro-Israel counter-protesters at three separate pro-Palestinian demonstrations was sentenced on Tuesday to 17 months in prison. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman read a letter from Tarek Bazrouk during the sentencing hearing where he said there was “no excuse for my behavior” and that he “let... The post NY man who attacked Jews at 3 pro-Palestinian rallies sentenced to 17 months in prison appeared first on The Forward .
Harvard conservative magazine is shut down after publishing article laced with Nazi rhetoric (Oct 28, 2025 09:26 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A conservative magazine at Harvard University was suspended by its board of directors Sunday amid scrutiny over an article published in September that closely resembled the rhetoric of Adolf Hitler. In its September print issue, the Harvard Salient published an article by student David F.X. Army that read “Germany belongs to the Germans,... The post Harvard conservative magazine is shut down after publishing article laced with Nazi rhetoric appeared first on The Forward .
Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it (Oct 28, 2025 08:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has announced plans to fight antisemitism in New York City using a curriculum that seems to contradict his own views on Israel. The “Hidden Voices” program, reviewed by the Forward, teaches students in kindergarten through 12th grade about Jewish Americans in U.S. history and defines Zionism as, “The right to Jewish... The post Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it appeared first on The Forward .
It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that (Oct 28, 2025 07:37 PM - Forward.com – All)
Sometime around the 16th inning of last night’s marathon World Series game, Dodger manager Dave Roberts admitted to a Fox sideline reporter he was on his last relief pitcher. But some viewers, perhaps growing delirious as the clock approached midnight in Los Angeles, had an idea for who Roberts should call on next: a retired... The post It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that appeared first on The Forward .
In the Mamdani-Cuomo race, why should I choose safety as a Jew over safety as a woman? (Oct 28, 2025 05:39 PM - Forward.com – All)
When we talk about Jewish safety, whose safety, exactly, are we talking about? I found myself mulling that question after Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, of Manhattan’s Park Avenue Synagogue, recently came out against Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. Instead, Cosgrove encouraged his congregants to support former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He said he was... The post In the Mamdani-Cuomo race, why should I choose safety as a Jew over safety as a woman? appeared first on The Forward .
In HBO’s new Stephen King series, the Holocaust is fuel for jump scares (Oct 28, 2025 04:23 PM - Forward.com – All)
This article contains spoilers for the first episode of the HBO Max series It: Welcome to Derry. In the first episode of It: Welcome to Derry, it’s immediately clear that the local high school has a bullying problem. Kids stuff pickle jars in the locker of a girl whose father died in a pickle jarring... The post In HBO’s new Stephen King series, the Holocaust is fuel for jump scares appeared first on The Forward .
Was the ‘Yiddish Sherlock Holmes’ the first Jewish superhero? (Oct 28, 2025 04:14 PM - Forward.com – All)
In 1908, around 30 years before Batman was first billed as the World’s Greatest Detective, and 15 after Sherlock Holmes solved his final case, another sleuth made his bombastic debut, rescuing a rabbi’s kidnapped granddaughter. This hero distinguished himself in a major way. As the back blurb of his adventures insisted, “Max Spitzkopf IS A... The post Was the ‘Yiddish Sherlock Holmes’ the first Jewish superhero? appeared first on The Forward .
Neo-Nazis raise money for Georgia man wearing Nazi uniform who allegedly assaulted UGA student (Oct 28, 2025 02:46 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — A Georgia man wearing a Nazi uniform was arrested last week after allegedly assaulting a University of Georgia student outside a bar, in an incident that has gone viral on social media. A noted white supremacist is taking credit for helping the alleged assailant, Kenneth Leland Morgan, make bail after several days. The... The post Neo-Nazis raise money for Georgia man wearing Nazi uniform who allegedly assaulted UGA student appeared first on The Forward .
How Judeo-languages helped transmit knowledge to the Jewish masses (Oct 28, 2025 01:17 PM - Forward.com – All)
זינט אוראַלטע צײַטן האָבן זיך ייִדן באַנוצט מיט פֿרעמדע שפּראַכן כּדי צו באַקענען פֿאַרשײדענע ייִדישע ייִשובֿים מיט קאַנאָנישע טעקסטן פֿון תּנ״ך, גמרא און תּפֿילות. דער דאָזיקער טעמע זײַנען געװידמעט קאַפּיטלען אינעם נײַעם זאַמלבאַנד „בריקן פֿון קענטעניש: ייִדישע שפּראַכן אינעם קולטורעלן קאָנטעקסט“, רעדאַקטירט דורך די פּראָפֿעסאָרן זשאַן באַומגאַרטען (סאָרבאָן־אוניװערסיטעט, פּאַריז), רות פֿאָן בערנוט (אוניװערסיטעט פֿון צפֿון־קאַראָלײַנע)... The post How Judeo-languages helped transmit knowledge to the Jewish masses appeared first on The Forward .
US soldiers stationed in Kiryat Gat turn sleepy Israeli city into an unexpected hotspot (Oct 28, 2025 10:35 AM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — At one of Kiryat Gat’s main shopping complexes, U.S. Army camouflage does everything but blend in. American troops in fatigues move between shawarma stands and sports-shoe stores, a new presence in the southern industrial city, part of a multinational civil-military coordination center set up to monitor the Gaza ceasefire. The center, housed in... The post US soldiers stationed in Kiryat Gat turn sleepy Israeli city into an unexpected hotspot appeared first on The Forward .
British Airways breaks ties with Louis Theroux after interview with ‘Death to the IDF’ artist Bob Vylan (Oct 27, 2025 10:11 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — British Airways has dropped its sponsorship of documentarian Louis Theroux’s podcast following an interview with British punk musician Bobby Vylan where the artist defended his chants of “death, death to the IDF” at the Glastonbury music festival. Following the band’s Glastonbury performance in June, the two members of Bob Vylan had their U.S.... The post British Airways breaks ties with Louis Theroux after interview with ‘Death to the IDF’ artist Bob Vylan appeared first on The Forward .
Prominent Orthodox politician swaps endorsement of Sliwa for Cuomo as NYC mayoral election nears (Oct 27, 2025 10:08 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — Curtis Sliwa has long pointed to Dov Hikind, a former New York state assemblyman who represented Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn for more than three decades, as one of strongest allies within the New York Jewish community. Last month, in an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Sliwa named Hikind, who also founded the... The post Prominent Orthodox politician swaps endorsement of Sliwa for Cuomo as NYC mayoral election nears appeared first on The Forward .
Anyone saying Jews face a simple choice in the NYC mayoral election is not paying attention (Oct 27, 2025 10:01 PM - Forward.com – All)
(JTA) — As a New York City voter, I’m preparing to cast my ballot in the upcoming mayoral election. But as a congregational rabbi and now the head of the largest Jewish movement in North America, I’ve never told congregants for whom they should vote. I won’t start now, despite the Trump administration’s misguided efforts... The post Anyone saying Jews face a simple choice in the NYC mayoral election is not paying attention appeared first on The Forward .
Who is Jessica Tisch, the Jewish police commissioner both Mamdani and Cuomo want to keep? (Oct 27, 2025 07:09 PM - Forward.com – All)
For Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who would be New York City’s first Muslim mayor if elected, promising to keep Jessica Tisch as police commissioner is a key campaign gesture, given his past stance on defunding the police. For many Jewish New Yorkers, still shaken by rising antisemitism since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and... The post Who is Jessica Tisch, the Jewish police commissioner both Mamdani and Cuomo want to keep? appeared first on The Forward .
One was born Catholic, another was a West Virginia Protestant — now they’re all making Jewish art (Oct 27, 2025 06:57 PM - Forward.com – All)
In artist Yona Verwer’s “Immersion VIII,” a nude woman in a fetal position floats in a swirl of water. The image is at once ethereal and surreal, not unlike Verwer’s first mikveh experience, a purification ritual, and central to conversion, the transition from non-Jew to Jew. “It is the joy of weightlessness and the feeling... The post One was born Catholic, another was a West Virginia Protestant — now they’re all making Jewish art appeared first on The Forward .
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