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By GERRY POSNER Recently I was at a Shabbat service at Beth Tzedec Synagogue in Toronto and the day unfolded...
By HENRY SREBRNIK Antisemitic attacks in Britain have surged to levels unseen in decades, with Jewish schools under guard and...
A sudden impact followed by the screech of tires fading into silence leaves a person in a state of shock...
By Olivia Haynie December 29, 2025 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s...
Ang Pusoy, na kilala din bilang Chinese Poker, ay patuloy na sumisikat sa buong mundo, kumukuha ng interes ng mga...
Can men and women just be friends? Can you be in the revenge business too long? Why don’t you just...
By MARTIN ZEILIG Jazz history is usually told through its most iconic names — Armstrong, Ellington, Parker, Davis — yet...
By DAVID TOPPER The Jewish contribution to 20th century popular music is well known. From Jerome Kern through to Stephen...
By HENRY SREBRNIK “Globalize the Intifada” has been the chant echoing through streets since October 7th, 2023. It was never...
Canadians planning to travel in 2026 should keep an eye on shifting trends and learn what’s coming their way in...
The expansion of legalized sports betting worldwide has resulted in sportsbooks grappling with a problem that they can no longer...
Canada’s fan engagement with sports has been radically changed by the recent single-event legalized sports betting. In the past, this...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sacramento, California, US, on Aug. 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a rumored potential candidate for US president...
Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Dec. 29, 2025. Photo: Screenshot A former Yale University professor who was fired over her connection to a fundraising front...
British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaks on stage at Britain’s Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, Sept. 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hannah McKay British Home Secretary...
Cameron Kasky, former US congressional candidate in New York’s 12th district. Photo: Screenshot Cameron Kasky, a prominent Gen Z political activist and Parkland school shooting survivor,...
(JTA) — As news broke over the weekend of an arson attack that heavily damaged the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, a few prominent individuals connected...
There’s a disagreement in public discourse about how to understand the First Intifada, the nature of the violence, the scale of destruction, and who is responsible....
אין 2022 האָט דער פֿאָרווערטס אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ ווידעאָ, וווּ דער ייִדישער אַקטיאָר מײַק בורשטיין און זײַן פֿרײַנדינע פּערלאַ קאַרני שמועסן אויף ייִדיש בעת זיי עסן אין...
Displaced Palestinians shelter at a tent camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 14, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday...
Flames rise from a structure as the Palisades fire burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, California, US, Jan. 8, 2025. Photo:...
Jews around the world have set aside their deep differences and come together in support of the protests in Iran. “This never happens,” Rachel Sumekh, an...
Stephen Spencer Pittman, who confessed to setting fire to Beth Israel Congregation in Mississippi, shared a cartoon on Instagram mocking Jews on the day of the...
The Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Michael Dickson, who serves as the Executive Director of Stand With Us, and I were...
Jewish Americans and supporters of Israel gather at the National Mall in Washington, DC on Nov. 14, 2023 for the “March for Israel” rally. Photo: Dion...
Flames engulf cars following unrest sparked by dire economic conditions, in a place given as Isfahan, Iran, Jan. 9, 2026, in this screengrab from Iran’s state...
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the...
It’s not every day that you encounter a man in a Stetson hat singing Yiddish folksongs in the former capital of the Confederacy. Yet that wasn’t...
