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An American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee refugee relief tent along the Ukraine-Romania border. (Photo/Forward-Larry Cohler-Esses)

World

‘Our city is totally destroyed’: One refugee’s story as she crosses the border from Ukraine

by Larry Cohler-Esses and Forward March 14, 2022

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stands at a checkpoint. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)

Kyiv or Kiev? Zelensky or Zelenskyy? In Ukraine, spelling is political

by Aviya Kushner and Forward March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Deborah Lipstadt, President Joe Biden's nominee to be antisemitism monitor, testifies in the Dirksen Office building near the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 8, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)

News

Ron Johnson blocks vote on antisemitism envoy, meets with truckers instead

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Rabbi Yaakov Bleich (left) and Rabbi Moshe Azman (right) both claim to be the chief rabbi of Ukraine. (Photo/Forward-Sergei Supinsky-AFP-Getty Images)

World

Meet the two men who each claim to be the leader of Ukraine’s Jews

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward March 3, 2022March 7, 2022

The memorial at Babyn Yar ravine, site of the 1941 massacre.

World

Russia bombs Babyn Yar, site of WWII massacre

by Stewart Ain and Forward March 1, 2022

Viola Davis in the film adaptation of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." (Photo/Netflix)

‘Difficult literature is more important than ever’: Why we’re bringing Black plays to Jewish schools

by Kendell Pinkney & Lonnie Firestone and Forward February 23, 2022February 24, 2022

From "The Tinder Swindler" (Photo/Netflix)

Like a young Trump in training, the Tinder Swindler is manipulating the media for political gain

by Aviya Kushner and Forward February 23, 2022February 24, 2022

The quest for the identity of the Native American man in the iconic Levy's Jewish Rye ad led Andrew Silverstein to this 1966 photo (left) of Joseph S. Attean in the book “New Haven Division, Murray Hill to Cedar Hill” by railroad enthusiast Allan Sherry.

It was the most successful Jewish ad campaign of all time — but who was the model?

by Andrew Silverstein and Forward February 15, 2022May 31, 2022

Rabbi Jeremy Gerber at Congregation Ohev Shalom, south of Philadelphia, in 2009. (Photo/Courtesy Gerber)

U.S.

How a rabbi suspended for sexual misconduct stayed in his pulpit

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward February 11, 2022September 18, 2023

Alex Borstein (left) and Rachel Brosnahan in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

Are you ready for season four of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?’

by Mira Fox and Forward February 10, 2022February 10, 2022