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Jesus miraculously heals a follower in an episode of "The Chosen." (Photo/Forward-Courtesy "The Chosen")
Posted inTV & Film

The hit Christian TV show ‘The Chosen’ is all about Jesus. So why is it so Jewish?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 10, 2023
Outside a New York court where former President Donald Trump was charged on April 04, 2023. (Photo/Forward-Jacob Kornbluh)
Posted inNews

Shofar blasts, an antisemitic sign and more Jewish angles to Trump’s arraignment

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward April 5, 2023April 5, 2023
Adam Goldberg (left) and Richard Mazer in a scene from "The Equalizer" on CBS. (Photo/CBS-Michael Greenberg)
Posted inUncategorized

‘The Equalizer’: Jewish star of a CBS thriller confronts antisemitism on screen and off

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and Forward April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
Hannah Levy (left), an American studying in Israel, has joined recent protests with an anti-occupation group, while Rochelle Berman (right) has stuck to her work as an intern for the Jerusalem Youth Chorus. (Photos/Forward-Courtesy)
Posted inNews

These young people came to Israel to study. Now the streets are their classroom.

by Stewart Ain and Forward March 28, 2023March 28, 2023
The musical "Parade" centers on the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank. (Photo/Joan Marcus)
Posted inTheater

In ‘Parade,’ a tragedy of antisemitism is timely as ever — and it wants you to notice

Rebecca Salzhauer by Rebecca Salzhauer and Forward March 23, 2023
Person holds "Stop the Hate" sign
Posted inAnalysis

White supremacists drove the increase in antisemitic incidents in 2022

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
Garrett Stubbs, Ryan Lavarnway and Noah Mendlinger played for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Posted inSports

On Israeli baseball team, locker room talk turned to politics

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward March 20, 2023
Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of Alios Itzhak, a young Jewish Israeli man of Ethiopian descent. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy The Jewish Museum)
Posted inCulture

Kehinde Wiley, who has a new show at the de Young, drew upon a 19th-century mizrah in portrait of Ethiopian Jew

by Cathryn J. Prince and Forward March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
Adam Sandler as a New York jeweler in “Uncut Gems.” (Photo/Courtesy A24)
Posted inComedy

What does Adam Sandler’s Mark Twain Prize say about (Jewish) American humor?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward March 15, 2023March 15, 2023
Demonstrators at a gathering of Israeli-Americans and Jewish Americans protesting the new Israeli government, Feb. 26, 2023, at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inNews

Why more American Jews aren’t protesting about Israel right now

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

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