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What would Donald Trump do in Gaza?
It’s no secret that many progressives are furious at President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Gaza war. Eight months of horrifying images, death tolls, and accounts of human suffering, combined with US support of the war (including weapons sales, vetoes of UN resolutions, and political cover), have caused many on the Left to declare that they...
The Forward is targeted by Russian disinformation campaign around Israel
A disinformation campaign linked to Russia has intensified its activity in recent weeks, with fake news articles, dummy websites and videos using AI-generated voice-overs to spread false reports regarding the war in Gaza, protests in Israel and Israel’s relations abroad. The campaign included web pages masquerading as articles from the Forward and Hamodia, a popular...
Instead of making LGBTQ+ Jews scared of Pride, we should inspire them to march no matter what
As the New York City Pride parade approaches this weekend, it seems that the prevailing narrative in the press is that queer Jews do not feel welcome at Pride this year. In London, the largest LGBTQ+ nonprofit and Reform synagogue, KeshetUK and West London Synagogue, jointly pulled out of the London Pride March this week,...
Instead of making LGBTQ+ Jews scared of Pride, we should inspire them to march no matter what
As the New York City Pride parade approaches this weekend, it seems that the prevailing narrative in the press is that queer Jews do not feel welcome at Pride this year. In London, the largest LGBTQ+ nonprofit and Reform synagogue, KeshetUK and West London Synagogue, jointly pulled out of the London Pride March this week,...
How an airplane mechanic named Bennie Roth became the first Jew to set foot on Antarctica
When Commander Richard E. Byrd — an aviator, polar explorer and American hero who’d been feted with a ticker tape parade in New York City — was looking for the country’s best airplane mechanic to help him become the first man to reach the South Pole by air in 1928, he quickly settled on Benjamin “Bennie”...
Harvard antisemitism task force finds ‘dire’ situation for Israelis on campus, urges swift action
(JTA) — Israeli students at Harvard University are facing “dire” exclusion on campus and other students are suffering because of “political litmus tests” to participate in clubs and activities, a task force charged with reporting on antisemitism at Harvard has concluded. The task force was convened by the school’s Jewish interim president, Alan Garber, in...
NBA’s only Israeli player traded from its second-worst team to its third-worst
The NBA’s only Israeli born player is heading west. Deni Avdija, who emerged last season in Washington as one of the league’s most efficient young players, has been traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, ESPN reported Wednesday. Avdija, 23, whose four-year, $55 million contract extension signed last October came with increased responsibility on a rebuilding...
Pro-Palestinian Democratic Socialists face defeats down the New York ballot
Running hard against Israel didn’t help Rep. Jamaal Bowman retain his seat in Congress, and it didn’t help most candidates who tried to oust incumbents in the New York State Assembly. Three of four lost in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. The Democratic Socialists of America, with which all the challengers affiliate, can likely count on only...
Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint
(JTA) — The superintendent of a school district in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas recently agreed within minutes to a conservative group’s demands to remove 676 books, including some seminal texts about the Holocaust and antisemitism. Now, weeks later, Carol Perez has been removed from the district she led, just as the Republican governor of...
Harry Schimmelman, we know your wife didn’t die of influenza; she’s looking for you
Harry Schimmelman and Sarah Levine came to New York as teens — Harry from Galicia in 1906 and Sarah from Minsk in 1909. They were neighbors in Jewish Harlem. After Harry left the army, they married in January 1916. They settled in the South Bronx. Harry worked as a cab driver and owned a garage,...
I’m losing my religion — thanks to the war. Can Jewish tradition guide me?
A Bintel Brief, Yiddish for a bundle of letters, has been solving reader dilemmas since 1906. Send yours via email, social media or this form. Dear Bintel, Ever since the horrific events of Oct. 7, I have been so terribly confused. As a Jew, I was devastated by the loss and capture of so many...
I’m losing my religion — thanks to the war. Can Jewish tradition guide me?
A Bintel Brief, Yiddish for a bundle of letters, has been solving reader dilemmas since 1906. Send yours via email, social media or this form. Dear Bintel, Ever since the horrific events of Oct. 7, I have been so terribly confused. As a Jew, I was devastated by the loss and capture of so many...
How one artist turned the horrors of Oct. 7 into a bold series of paintings
The colors hit first: glowing apricot, smoky mauve, and black interrupted by thick streaks of crimson. They are the colors of conflagration. But it’s the life-size figures that command attention – each one emerging from the impasto, and appearing desperate to spring off the canvas. The triptych is part of the figurative artist David Stern’s...
Equity is our Legacy, as Americans and as Jews
In the tapestry of our nation’s history, equity has been a guiding yet often contentious principle. As members of the Jewish community, with our own history of oppression, it is critical to understand that our healing and freedom is intertwined with the freedom of oppressed communities everywhere. We stand at a crossroads where our Jewish...
AIPAC spent more than $14M to unseat Jamaal Bowman. Did it have to?
(JTA) — At his big closeout rally on Sunday with progressive rockstars Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman uncorked an avalanche of borough pride and a profanity-filled tirade against AIPAC. “We are in the South Bronx. This is the birthplace of hip-hop. I am the hip-hop congressman,” Bowman declared. “We are going to show...
The View from My Crate: Calling for Equitable Jewish Communities
While definitions of equity vary, my most elementary understanding of it is best illustrated by a graphic created by artist Angus Maguire for the Interaction Institute for Social Change. The widely shared graphic draws a simple distinction between equality and equity through three people watching a baseball game over a fence. On the side of...
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