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Overhyping antisemitism? Maybe I’m the frog in slowly boiling water

by Rob Eshman and Forward March 3, 2023

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip "Dilbert." (Photo/Bob Riha, Jr.-Getty Images)

‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust

by Beth Harpaz and Forward March 3, 2023March 3, 2023

Luke (J.B. Smoove) and Judas (Nick Kroll) kvetch that the Last Supper was more of a “Last Snack.” (Photo/Tyler Golden-Hulu)

TV

‘History of the World, Part II’ is a Mel Brooks comedy without much Mel Brooks

by PJ Grisar and Forward March 2, 2023March 2, 2023

Sammy Davis Jr., circa 1955. (Photo/Getty Images-Forward)

Film

The real story behind Sammy Davis Jr.’s conversion to Judaism

by Beth Harpaz and Forward February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

Walter Mosely’s latest novel is called "Every Man a King." (Graphic/Matthew Litman-Forward; Photos/Amy Sussman-Getty Images and courtesy of Walter Mosley)

Walter Mosley talks about his new detective novel, race, antisemitism — and his Jewish mother

by Beth Harpaz and Forward February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

Inset: Jaime Tran was arrested after two shootings outside synagogues in L.A.'s heavily Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson. Background: Police on the scene after the second shooting, Feb. 16, 2023 (Photo/Forward-Louis Keene)

In emails, man arrested in L.A. shootings accused Jewish classmates of creating COVID-19 pandemic

by Louis Keene and Forward February 21, 2023

Left: Guy Taieb, 73, outside the Pinto Center Friday morning. Right: Taieb's wounds from Thursday morning, when he was shot walking home from services. (Photos/Forward-Louis Keene; Courtesy Taieb)

Los Angeles shooting victim: ‘He was looking for Jewish people for sure’

by Louis Keene and Forward February 17, 2023

Police remain on the scene hours after a Jewish man was shot on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2022, after leaving morning services at the Pinto Synagogue in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Photo/Forward-Louis Keene)

Second Jewish man shot after leaving morning services in Los Angeles

by Lauren Markoe, Louis Keene and Forward February 16, 2023

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar attend a ceremony marking the handover of items in the Schneerson library to a Chabad-run museum in Moscow, June 13, 2013. (Photo/JTA-Yuri Kadobnov-AFP via Getty Images)

Russia’s Jews are caught in the messy politics of Putin’s war

by Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt and Forward February 15, 2023February 15, 2023

Kanye West on the Timcast podcast on Nov. 28, 2022 (Screenshot/YouTube)

U.S.

Kanye West invoked in least 30 antisemitic incidents since October

by Adam Kovac and Forward February 15, 2023February 15, 2023