Just pubbed @forward.com – an exclusive interview with AJ Edelman, the Israeli Olympic bobsled captain, who pulled no punches defending the ill-fated switch that got his team disqualified.
Read here: forward.com/news/sports/...
A new safety policy at an Arizona cemetery requires families to leave before a casket is lowered into the ground. Jewish clergy say the policy interferes with a core religious ritual, and one local rabbi is preparing a lawsuit.
Unlike some people whose names are Bret, I don’t think the answer is to give up on the fight against antisemitism and only invest in Jews, but instead to think more about how antisemitism interacts with the rest of society. For @forward.com forward.com/opinion/8072...
In the aftermath of Oct. 7, many rush to paint the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S. as supporters of Hamas terrorism — often relying on tenuous claims about slogans and political platforms that didn't hold up to scrutiny. 🧵
Just pubbed @forward.com:
I spoke with Nithya Raman about her run for mayor of Los Angeles, her engagement with the Jewish community in her district and how voters should read her breaking with DSA on Israel.
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forward.com/news/806134/...
“The Muppets’ philosophy of meeting the outrageous with the outrageous, the unhinged with the unhinged, and the grouchy with the grouchy has its lessons for us humans, too,” writes Talya Zax.
“I want you to open [the Torah] and read it and come up with a question and come up with an answer,” explained one rabbi concerned with using AI as a shortcut to religious enlightenment. “It’s not just end result. It’s the process.”
Our intrepid political reporter @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social, profiled this weekend by @nytimes.com.
@alykatzz.bsky.social's first essay as @forward.com EIC: "It’s with excitement and awe — of all that the Forward is, was and will be — that I arrive as your new editor-in-chief, at a moment like so many before when the Jewish world (and the world, period) urgently needs unflinching journalism."
“Oliver! may be the most Jewish musical ever written that refuses to admit as much, and watching Simon Lipkin’s sly, buoyant portrayal of Fagin on London’s West End recently, I felt a jolt of something I hadn’t expected: Home.”
Rabbi Levi Azimov, who leads Chabad of South Brunswick in New Jersey, said the suspect, who has not yet been identified by police, attended a Purim service at Chabad in March of last year. He visited there twice more, seeking spiritual guidance, Azimov told @forward.com.
For @forward.com, I wrote about Anne Frank, ICE, and what we risk in making - and in refusing to ever make - comparisons
forward.com/opinion/8009...
“Anybody who’s in this area will tell you that if he belonged to a Klan branch and did all that, then you got it, right? But if he played baseball? Went to St. Joe’s? I mean for all intents and purposes that’s an all-American boy.”
Hi Craig- we just wanted to say that we really appreciate the support you've provided us and our journalism. It's helped make our audience development work possible. Thank you!
For @forward.com, I wrote about Soros (surprise) and Orbán, Trump, antisemitism, xenophobia, Hungary, and us
forward.com/opinion/7986...
My latest for @forward.com is a bit of a change of pace, looking back at the history of A Bintel Brief, one of the oldest advice columns in the US, which is celebrating its 120th birthday today, and how the advice it dispensed to Eastern European Jewish immigrants in 1906 still resonates today.
Thx to @forward.com PJ Grisar for citing @universityofkansas.bsky.social Jewish Studies chair Samantha Cooper, whose expertise is involvement of NY Jews in opera. forward.com/forward-news...
Three days ago he reposted an animated video of a woman seeing a Jewish caricature holding moneybags and exclaiming, “A Jew in our backyard!” It was unclear whether he posted the video before or after the arson attack, which occurred Jan. 10 at around 3 a.m. local time.
Over the past year, she has watched people return to Jewish life who had once drifted away from it — not out of fear, but out of need.
“It surprised me how relevant a Jewish community can be in times of crisis,” she said. “I knew it from books. I had never experienced it.”
The Eaton Fire that razed Pasadena was different.
“What surprised me,” she said, “was how loving and caring and strong and vibrant a community can be in the midst of tragedy. There was no doubt that we were going to be OK.”
She grew up in Buenos Aires and lived through two acts of mass violence that targeted the Jewish community there — the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy and the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center, which killed 85 people, including friends of hers.
Cantor Harris Berman recalls the experience with @forward.com's @benyamincohen.bsky.social.
As smoke filled the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center one year ago, Cantor Ruth Berman Harris searched for her husband through the darkness, calling out to make sure the Torahs were being carried out.
By night’s end, the building was destroyed, but all 13 Torahs were safe. 🧵
For those of you who've seen Marty Supreme, how did audiences react during the honey scene? @forward.com editorial fellow Olivia Heynie explores the disconnect between Josh Safdie's intent and how many viewers have responded to it.
For my last piece of 2025, I wrote about reading Arnošt Lustig and hoping against hope for @forward.com
forward.com/opinion/7938...
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There's nothing like archival ads from early 20th-century editions of Forverts to bring out the Yiddishe research nerd in all of us. But now we want to know what this musical pin looked like!
Our publisher weighed in as well and noted the pin in question had something written on it, so she also thinks it's more likely to be something you would wear rather than a tool of some sort. - @acarv.in
Hey there- thanks for sharing this! I reached out to both our Yiddish editor and our archivist, to see if they had any additional insights. They both think it was a decorative pin you would wear, like a brooch. Our archivist also noted that cameos and silhouette buttons were fashionable at the time.
