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Henry Herskovitz protesting outside Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in December 2021. He holds a poster that says "No More Holocaust Movies." (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Herskovitz)

Born and raised Jewish, the man leading 19 years of protests against a Michigan synagogue embraces antisemitic tropes

by Stewart Ain and Forward August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

Political science professor Maksym Gon is at the front in the Donbas region of Ukraine, defending the country from the Russian army. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Gon)

World

This Jewish Ukrainian professor could still be teaching. He chose to go to war instead.

by Helen Chervitz and Forward August 10, 2022August 11, 2022

Iron Dome missile defense interceptors are shot over the Israeli city of Ashkelon during Israel's conflict with Hamas in May 2021. (Photo/JTA-Avi Roccah-Flash90)

Without serious talks, violence between Israel and Gaza will continue

by Dany Bahar and Forward August 9, 2022

Tom Sturridge as Dream with his very powerful and important bag of sand and gas mask thing in "Sandman. "(Photo/Forward-Courtesy Netflix)

TV

Judaism, mythology and God knows what else haunt the dreams of Netflix’s ‘Sandman’

by Mira Fox and Forward August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

LeBron James and Russell Westbrook in the Yeshiva University of Los Angeles gym in summer 2021. (Photo/Instagram)

NBA players’ secret practice spots? L.A.’s Jewish high schools

by Louis Keene and Forward August 8, 2022

Steve Carell plays a therapist named Alan Strauss in the FX series "The Patient."

Creators of Hulu’s ‘The Patient’ defend casting Steve Carell as Jewish therapist in latest ‘Jewface’ flare-up

by Caleb Guedes-Reed and Forward August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

Lucia da Silva (center) prays with Women of the Wall during her bat mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall. (Photo/Forward-Tal Kfir Schurr)

I went to Israel for my bat mitzvah at the Western Wall — but an angry ultra-Orthodox mob tried to stop it

by Lucia da Silva and Forward August 4, 2022

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Eric Rosen (right) was part of a 6-1 ruling in 2019 that found the state constitution protected the right to abortion. (Photo/Forward-Associated Press)

U.S.

Meet the Jewish judge who helped protect abortion in Kansas

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward August 4, 2022

In Walter Tejblum’s "Shalom Taiwan," a rabbi takes drastic measures to save his synagogue from financial ruin. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Outsider Pictures)

From Argentina, a surprisingly delightful movie about a rabbi in Taiwan

by Simi Horowitz and Forward August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

Eugenio Pacelli’s coronation as Pope Pius XII on March 12, 1939.

Books

‘The Pope at War’: A new book explains Pius XII’s silence during the Shoah — but does not excuse it

by PJ Grisar and Forward August 2, 2022August 2, 2022