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Every number tells a story. Behind each datapoint on U.S. immigration lies a family that crossed a border, a student...
By MYRON LOVE Courage is a rare quality. More than 80 years ago, Roddie Edmonds, a master sergeant in the...
A decade ago, desktop platforms dominated the iGaming market. People mostly used PCs, Macs, and laptops to play table classics...
Choosing a college is hard enough without factoring in whether you’ll be the only Jewish person at the Shabbat table....
The phrase “artificial intelligence” seems ubiquitous nowadays. It represents an extremely efficient technology that is revolutionizing virtually all industries; the...
By Benyamin Cohen May 8, 2026 “This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free...
Texts don’t survive through age alone; they survive because each generation finds something new and intriguing in them. One such...
Instead of functioning purely as gambling venues, many Canadian casinos slipped into local social life almost by accident. In Winnipeg,...
Insurance carriers minimize financial exposure by strictly compartmentalizing victim damages. Wrecks on Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth, GA, lead to...
Slots with multiple paylines are more fun than those with just one. In multi-payline games at sites like Casino Spinboss:...
Traditional Jewish communities face new challenges in keeping younger generations connected. Staying relevant means adapting without losing historical roots. Many...
A neighbour’s dog wanders into your yard on a Wednesday morning in May, dragging a leash and looking confused. You...
When Israeli Deni Avdija became the first Israeli to be drafted as the highest Israeli draftee in NBA history in...
For many Jewish families in the diaspora, Israel has always been more than a destination. It is the land of...
A lot of people keep credit card debt longer than they planned because the monthly minimum looks manageable, but that...
By HENRY SREBRNIK The United Arab Emirates, the world’s third-largest oil producer, quit the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at...
By MYRON LOVE Our Jewish community has produced several high profile musicians over the years. Among more recent stars, the...
By Simone Saidmehr April 30, 2026 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s...
By Rachel Fink April 30, 2026 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s...
By NOAH STRAUSS I’m 15 years old, and last Saturday night at an NDP fundraising gala, Premier Wab Kinew announced...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the right decision in skipping the city’s annual Israel Day Parade — because of the specific Israeli officials the parade honored. American Jews...
Back in 2019, Marilyn Monroe’s menorah, a gift from her former in-laws, sold at auction for more than $112,000. The candle in the wind jokes wrote...
I, A Wandering Jew. A Five-Century History of our Modern Condition Yair Mintzker Princeton University Press, 272 pages, $29.95. My father, an American-born son of Belarusian...
(JTA) — The energy was palpable Sunday as thousands packed a dozen blocks of Fifth Avenue waving Israeli flags for New York’s annual Israel Day Parade....
(JTA) — Hundreds of Jewish leaders and New York politicians gathered early Sunday morning ahead of the annual Israel Day Parade to voice their support for...
(JTA) — As golden confetti rained down around him Thursday, Israeli chef Raz Shabtai broke down in tears and was embraced by his cheering staff. Moments...
(JTA) — London police are reviewing footage that showed actress Helen Mirren being called “an evil Zionist b—h” by a person on the street. The video,...
Harold Diamond passed away at the age of 90 on May 12, 2026 at the Simkin Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Harold was born in Winnipeg in...
I have long been obsessed with the Vatican and the inner workings of the papacy. (I majored and did my Master’s in religious studies.) But usually...
Twice, the mezuzah on my front door was ripped off. The first time, I was shocked. The second time, I made a decision that still pains...
ס׳איז לעצטנס אַרויס אַ פּאָדקאַסט מיט דער באַליבטער אַקטריסע אין ישׂראל, ליאַ קעניג, וועלכע איז הײַנט צום בעסטן באַקאַנט ווי די ייִדיש־רעדנדיקע באָבע פֿונעם פּערסאָנאַזש שלום...
AIPAC is not shy about raising money for congressional candidates, emerging as one of the largest political spenders in the country. But as the Israel-boosting organization’s...
They buried Lisa Fliegel this week. Vital organs were not included because the 65 year-old trauma therapist had decided that her final act of tikun olam...
Some 81 years ago this month, a person in Warsaw would have enjoyed the odd spectacle of a mob of Jews surrounding France’s Polish embassy, wildly...
די שאַפֿער פֿונעם מוזיקאַלישן פּראָיעקט „ייִדיש גלאָרי‟ — דער מוזיקער פּסוי קאָראָלענקאָ און די ייִדיש־פֿאָרשערין אַנאַ שטערנשיס — האָבן לעצטנס זיך אומגעקערט פֿון זייערע ערשטע אַזיאַטישע...
(JTA) — BERLIN – For the first time in its 73-year history, Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum and archive, is establishing educational centers outside the...
(JTA) — Days after Hebrew Union College graduated its final rabbinical class in Cincinnati, a new Jewish seminary has its eyes on the school’s campus —...
(New York Jewish Week) — A group of pro-Israel activists has filed a cease and desist motion in response to a prominent Brooklyn grocery store’s decision...
(JTA) — Organizers of Rome’s annual Pride parade have barred Italy’s only Jewish LGBTQIA+ organization from marching with a float at this year’s June 20 parade,...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday that he will not attend this year’s Celebrate Israel parade on Sunday, bucking a longstanding mayoral tradition, but...
אָסיען דאָס צאַרטע ביימל צערטלדיק צעוויגט זיך אויפֿן ווינט שוין לאַנג אין אירע בלעטעלעך קיין זומערפֿרייד מער ניט גרינט די בלעטלעך טאַנצן גאָלדענע צום טאַקט פֿון...
The Department of Justice has filed its second lawsuit of the year alleging rampant antisemitism at UCLA, where I teach. The suit is a repetition of the...
In the most recent episode of HBO Max’s critically acclaimed comedy-drama Hacks, Robbie Hoffman, who plays Randi, an ex-Hasidic assistant to agents who represent stand-up comedian...
The First Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern Antisemitism By Alexander Lee Basic Books, 432 pages, $34 When one thinks of Venice and the Jews,...
