Forward

The Forward (Yiddish: פֿאָרווערטס‎, romanized: Forverts), previously called The Jewish Daily Forward, is a news organization serving the Jewish-American community. Established in 1897, it began as a daily socialist newspaper in Yiddish. In 1990, it introduced an English-language weekly. Today, The Forward has transitioned into a digital platform, focusing on online news. In 2016, the Yiddish edition shifted from a bi-weekly newspaper to a monthly magazine, and the English version made a similar change in 2017. Both magazines were published until 2019.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters are suddenly supporting Iran. They might want to talk to some Palestinians

2 days ago | forward.com | Rob Eshman

There's a photo floating around social media of a blonde woman at an anti-war rally last week in London, wearing a keffiyeh and holding up a photo, as if in solidarity, of the Iranian news anchor who her TV studio under Israeli attack. The woman seems earnest, committed - and delusional. Whom, exactly, does she think she's helping by taking to the streets to advocate for the essential rights of Iranian state TV?
Did 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' inspire a New York voting law?

3 days ago | forward.com | PJ Grisar

Larry David never met an arbitrary rule he didn't like - except for those of his own making. This heatwave Election Day, New Yorkers may have him to thank for helping them stay cool.
100 years collecting Jewish history, 24 million artifacts and only three rooms to fit it in

4 days ago | forward.com | PJ Grisar

A twisted piece of iron tells the story of a man who was once among the most popular Jews in Europe. Zishe Breitbart, born in Łódź to a family of blacksmiths, joined a travelling circus and developed a strongman act. He bent iron with his bare hands, lay on beds of nails, broke chains with his teeth and, years before Charles Atlas, published his personal fitness regimen.
If war with Iran goes badly for the U.S., Jews will be the scapegoat

5 days ago | forward.com | Rob Eshman

If the United States' attack on three sites in Iran truly puts an end to the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons program with no serious or prolonged repercussions against American troops or civilians, then sign me up for the celebration. But in ordering the bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities, chances are President Donald Trump didn't end a war, he just entered one. And where it goes from here can have dire, unforeseen consequences for America, Israel and American Jews.
Israel puts civilians on high alert as Iranian leaders vow response to US strikes

6 days ago | forward.com | Philissa Cramer

( JTA) - Israelis have been barred from gathering and most businesses have been ordered closed following the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites. Schools were already closed and the civilian alert level was already high following Israel's attack on Iran's nuclear program that began June 13, triggering waves of missile attacks from Iran that have sent Israelis racing to bomb shelters multiple times a day. Nearly two dozen Israelis have been killed by Iranian missiles since the war's start.
Bombing Iran, Donald Trump is triggering a tragedy that Thucydides foretold long ago

6 days ago | forward.com | Robert Zaretsky

The long days of suspense over the decision that President Donald Trump would make about American involvement in the Iran-Israel war have abruptly come to an end as B-2 bombers attacked three nuclear sites in Iran. But that earlier suspense now gives way to a suspense more diffuse and disturbing: Though the bombing mission has been completed, uncertainty and anxiety over its consequences has only just begun.
Israeli leaders are using Holocaust comparisons to justify attacks on Iran. Is that kosher?

1 week ago | forward.com | Emily Tamkin

We are not supposed to make comparisons to the Holocaust. When, in 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, compared Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the Holocaust, he was criticized by several Israeli lawmakers.
Journalist board of Shtetl, news site covering haredi Orthodoxy, resigns after founder renounces mission

1 week ago | forward.com | Philissa Cramer

( JTA) - The three journalists who comprised the board of a news site founded to provide accountability in Orthodox Jewish communities have resigned en masse after learning that the site's founder had renounced the mission. Larry Cohler-Esses, Adelle Goldenberg and Ari Goldman submitted their resignation from the board of Shtetl on Thursday in a letter to founder and CEO Naftuli Moster.
What would you do with gold teeth said to be from Holocaust victims?

1 week ago | forward.com | Beth Harpaz

I'm the only rabbi in my region for about an hour's drive in either direction. I get all kinds of interesting people reaching out to me. Someone brought me a collection of gold teeth that they'd bought at an estate sale. They were told that the teeth were taken from Jews in the Holocaust. I set them aside for a long time. Wherever these teeth came from, there's depravity surrounding them. Nobody ends up with gold teeth through good circumstances. They're now in a blue velvet jewelry bag.
NYPD investigating threats to Zohran Mamdani, including one saying 'Check your beeper'

1 week ago | forward.com | Philissa Cramer

( JTA) - The New York Police Department is investigating threats received by mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, including one featuring an apparent allusion to an Israeli attack on Hezbollah last year. "Go start your car and see what happens. I'd keep an eye on your house and family. Watch your f-king back every f-king second until you get the f-k out of America. Nobody wants your terrorist ways here," the caller said. "And check your beeper, too, you terrorist f-k.