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Walt Disney employees and demonstrators during a rally against the Florida "Don't Say Gay" bill at Griffith Park in Glendale, California, March 22, 2022. (Photo/Forward-Alisha Jucevic-Bloomberg via Getty Images)

I was gay and Jewish under apartheid. LGBTQ rights are slipping away in the U.S.

by Robert Bank and Forward June 2, 2022June 2, 2022

Joc Pederson shows reporters the GIF he sent to a fantasy football group chat, which incensed Tommy Pham.

Jewish Giant Joc Pederson gets slapped by an opposing player — over fantasy football

by Louis Keene and Forward June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

(Illustration/Forward-Nikki Casey

Putin is no match for my Jewish Ukrainian babushka

by Florina Rodov and Forward June 1, 2022

A man wearing a kippah at a gathering in Berlin to protest antisemitism, April 25, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Carsten Koall-Getty Images)

I’m not Jewish. But being called ‘dirty Jew’ shook me like no other insult.

by Alfred P. Doblin and Forward May 30, 2022May 31, 2022

Youth at a JQY drop-in center event. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Queer Youth)

U.S.

Jewish Queer Youth is growing. For closeted Orthodox and Sephardic teens, that ‘means the world.’

by Lauren Hakimi and Forward May 27, 2022May 27, 2022

The lake front at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Camp Ramah in the Berkshires

Unless we teach about consent to our teens, sexual assault at Jewish summer camps will continue

by Rabbi Daniel Brenner and Forward May 26, 2022

Steven Dettelbach testifying in his Senate confirmation hearing. (Screenshot/Forward)

News

Steven Dettelbach, nominee for ATF chief, highlights his Judaism at Senate hearing

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

A girl cries outside a civic center where grief counseling is offered in Uvalde, Texas. (Photo/JTA-Allison Dinner-AFP via Getty Images)

When it comes to gun control, why can’t the U.S. be more like Israel?

by Rob Eshman and Forward May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

The Ten Commandments Monument at the Arkansas State Capitol. (Photo/Wikimedia-LittleT889 CC BY-SA 4.0)

Look beyond the Buffalo murders. The extremists’ ideology is mainstream on the right.

by Elad Nehorai and Forward May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

A rendering of the planned natural burial area at Sinai Memorial Park in Simi Valley, which will feature drought tolerant landscaping. (Image/Courtesy Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries)

Uncategorized, Opinion

California Jews, enough with your green, grassy cemeteries

by Rob Eshman and Forward May 23, 2022