Category Archives: Forward
A century after Leo Frank, Jewish Twitter reacts to real chance of a Jewish Senator from the Deep South
January 6, 2021 By David Ian Klein The votes are still being counted in Georgia’s runoff election in which Democrat Jon Ossoff is vying to oust Republican Sen. David Perdue. But with the Associated Press having called the other Georgia contest for the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Read more » »
How Leonard Cohen’s messianic childhood prepared him for a sort of priesthood
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years. by Michael Posner Simon & Schuster, 496 pages, $30 We already know that rock poet Leonard Cohen was a profoundly Jewish songwriter and a deeply spiritual man. Read more » »
Stephen Miller claims Biden would ‘incentivize’ child trafficking
October 29, 2020 By Arno Rosenfeld White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller said that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden “would incentivize child smuggling and child trafficking on an epic global scale.” Miller made the remarks during a call with reporters Wednesday, according to the Washington Times. Read more » »
Trump administration set to allow ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on passports
October 28, 2020 By JTA The Trump administration is set to allow Jerusalem-born U.S. passport holders to add “Israel” to their birthplaces, Politico reported. On Wednesday, Politico quoted an administration official who confirmed the change, which reverses decades of policy under Republican and Democratic presidents. Read more » »
Cuomo eases COVID-19 restrictions in upstate Hasidic hub despite concerns that some refuse to test
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo eased restrictions Wednesday on the coronavirus “red zone” centered on the Hasidic hub of Kiryas Joel, N.Y., while leaving other red zones in Brooklyn and Rockland County — also surrounding large Orthodox Jewish areas — intact. Read more » »
Muslim Public Affairs Council: Cuomo’s COVID-19 ‘red zones’ are ‘scapegoating’ Jews
October 28, 2020 By David Ian Klein The Muslim Public Affairs Council filed an amicus brief Tuesday morning in support of Agudath Israel of America’s lawsuit challenging policies of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo which have imposed harsh restrictions on several predominantly Orthodox neighborhoods in response to spiking coronavirus cases. Read more » »
‘She chose China:’ Navy vet Elaine Luria’s opponent goes negative, trying to take seat back
October 27, 2020 By David Ian Klein It’s round two in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, as Scott Taylor, the Navy veteran who lost the seat in 2018 to Elaine Luria, tries to win it back from her. Read more » »
Elissa Slotkin receives violent threat amid Michigan’s tense political climate
Oct 27, 2020 By Arno Rosenfeld Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, reported receiving a voicemail with violent threats at her campaign headquarters over the weekend. Read more » »
Giuliani: It was ‘nice Jewish people’ who staged pro-Trump rally that ended in arrests
Eleven demonstrators were arrested on Sunday in Manhattan when a rally, organized by a group called “Jews for Trump,” clashed with an anti-Trump group in Times Square. Read more » »
Ivanka Trump makes another pilgrimage to Lubavitcher Rebbe’s grave, praying for a repeat of 2016
October 26, 2020 By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Ivanka Trump visited the tomb of the Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, as an election approaches that could oust her father from the presidency or give him another four years. Read more » »
