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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...
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...
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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...
By BERNIE BELLAN This is the tenth -and final part of a story about a delusional Winnipegger who believes he...
VIENNA — Lisa Wegenstein is putting shakshuka on the menu. She hopes it won’t get her any hate. Wegenstein, 59, runs Kantine, a laid-back café and...
ס׳איז לעצטנס אַרויס אַן ענגלישע איבערזעצונג פֿונעם ראָמאַן „איך הייס שטראַמער“, וועגן אַ ייִדישער משפּחה אין דער פּױלישער שטאָט טאַרנע (טאַרנאָוו). דאָס בוך האָט אָנגעשריבן דער...
(JTA) — Police in Toronto have arrested a man they say shot at “visibly identifiable members of the Jewish community” on two occasions a week apart....
(JTA) — In an appearance on U.S. television on Sunday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that Israel should continue fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon...
(JTA) — Thousands of British Jews, as well as politicians from multiple parties, rallied in London outside the prime minister’s residence on Sunday to call for...
Friday before sundown, I realized that Abe Foxman had not sent me his weekly “Shabbat Shalom” message. For the past seven years, since we began texting...
(JTA) — About halfway through “Michael,” the new blockbuster biopic of Michael Jackson, there is a scene in which Jackson (played by his nephew Jafaar) and...
(JTA) — The Department of Government Efficiency’s cancellation last year of the majority of federal humanities grants, including to several Jewish projects, was unlawful and unconstitutional,...
(JTA) — As anti-LGBTQ legislation proliferated across the United States in late 2024, leaders at two Jewish nonprofits began discussing the mounting crisis for LGBTQ Americans...
STERLING, ILLINOIS — On Wednesday, Nik Jakobs was planting corn. On Thursday, the 41-year-old Illinois cattle farmer stood in a two-acre cornfield preparing to plant something...
“So…are you Middle Eastern?” I had just walked into the American Sephardi Federation office in lower Manhattan, where 20 Muslim and Jewish young people gather twice...
As election season in Israel heats up, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his government are deploying a charged weapon against their political opponents...
Protesters thronged a Manhattan synagogue Tuesday night outside an event promoting real estate in Israel and the West Bank — returning to the scene of a...
The man accused in the 2023 death of a pro-Israel protester will avoid a prison sentence after pleading guilty this week to all charges against him....
By MYRON LOVE On Tuesday, June 16, Shalom Residences Foundation Inc (SRFI) will be hosting its third annual Donor Appreciation evening. Donors and other Shalom Residences ...
By MYRON LOVE For the past 40 years Debbie Maslowsky has been entertaining Winnipeg audiences – both Jewish and non-Jewish, with her acting and singing. Arguably...
A group of Jewish Theological Seminary students were furious with the chancellor’s position on Jewish statehood. In protest, they draped flags around campus before graduation, which...
The bagel’s stock is, apparently, rising — literally. Private equity investors have decided, apparently en masse, that bagels are the new frontier for expansion. A fund...
By GERRY POSNER As we pass down the corridor of life, there are certainly times we can identify as moments we will never forget. I had...
By MYRON LOVE Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus were Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who made their way in the 1930s to New York, met and...
At the University of Michigan’s recent commencement ceremony, history professor Derek Peterson delivered a five-minute speech in which he celebrated all those who have fought for...
Graduation season is upon us, with its regalia, music, orations, crowds and controversies. This year, I’ll be attending two university ceremonies: my daughter’s graduation from Binghamton University,...
With Mother’s Day coming up, I can’t help but think of my maternal grandmother, who passed away six years ago. And whenever I start thinking about...
AppleTV+’s new thriller Unconditional has the trappings of so much streaming content. A young woman disappears into hostile territory. Her mother, already juggling a family health...
