Category Archives: The Forward
Every Hanukkah movie and TV episode worth knowing about, and the cocktails to go with them
Forwarding the News Appeals court rules for LGBTQ students at Yeshiva University, Unilever resolves dispute with Ben & Jerry’s, Trump to speak to Orthodox educators, a trip to the new Maccabee Bar, and a Forward birth. Yes, there’s a latke competition in Hanukkah on Rye. Read more » »
‘Mazel tov on assimilating:’ The strange, rich history of Rosh Hashanah advertisements
The practice of placing Rosh Hashanah greetings in Jewish newspapers first emerged in the early 1900s. Graphic by Forward Collage By Yael Buechler September 22, 2022 “Nobody can chide you for forgetting them — if Your Greeting is published in the Annual Rosh Hashanah Edition,” declared a 1937 issue of The American Jewish World of Minnesota. Read more » »
How Jews have confronted the seemingly eternal scourge of hatred
“The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do,” at New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage shows the destruction of once-vibrant Jewish communities. Photo by John Halpern By Diane Cole August 09, 2022 I learned what hate can do on March 9, 1977, when I went to work as usual that morning at the Jewish service organization B’nai B’rith in Washington, D.C. Read more » »
Supreme Court rules for football coach who prayed on the field
Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy takes a knee in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after his legal case, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, was argued before the court on April 25, 2022. Read more » »
With his ‘Jewish or antisemitic’ viral videos, Eitan Levine is stepping into a comedy lineage
Eitan Levine hard at work figuring out what makes something Jewish. Courtesy of Eitan Levine By Mira Fox June 14, 2022 “Spiderman: Jewish or antisemitic?” Eitan Levine asked in one viral TikTok video, speaking with the patter of an auctioneer to a man he had approached on the street in New York. “Oh, Jewish,” the man responded immediately. Read more » »
Odessa, Ukraine has a rich Jewish baseball history
Four members of the Detroit Tigers baseball team pose in the dugout on July 5, 1932. From left, Ukrainian-born Izzy Goldstein (1908 – 1993) and Americans Harry Davis (1908 – 1997), Gee Walker (1908 – 1981), and Heinie Schuble (1906 – 1990) Photo by Read more » »
Elon Musk criticized for comparing Justin Trudeau to Hitler
(JTA) — Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, likened Justin Trudeau to Adolf Hitler for the Canadian prime minister’s decision to go after those financing the trucker protest and added that Trudeau was less competent than the Nazi, leading to criticism from Jewish groups. Read more » »
As Texas synagogue hostage situation unfolded, community prayed, hoped
As the hostage situation at a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas, continued into Saturday night, Jewish leaders shared calls for solidarity and prayers for the hostages and their community. I’m monitoring the situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. Read more » »
How did Bob Dole get along with the Jews? It’s complicated.
To understand the rapport with Jews and Jewish history of Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, who has died at the age of 98, a surprising number of analyses of jokes are required, worthy of the precedent of Sigmund Freud. Read more » »
How Jewish alliances fueled the rise of Vernon Jordan
Vernon Jordan, who died in March of this year, would have turned 86 today, Aug. 15, which provides a good occasion to examine how a Black power broker and civil rights advocate used Jewish alliances to further his goals. More than a mere attorney, Jordan was a fixer and kingmaker. Read more » »
