First Person Just in time for Rosh Hashanah, a new reason to feel guilty: tashlich My favorite Jewish food is borscht, my favorite Jewish holiday is Sukkot, and my favorite Jewish ritual is tashlich. Maybe I need to rethink that last… By Rob Eshman, Forward Sep 23, 2022
Opinion Queen Elizabeth mattered. Civil religion explains why. I am one of those people who gobble up films and television shows about the royal family almost as soon as they come out. And yet, watching “The Crown,”… By Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA Sep 20, 2022
First Person A journalist’s prescient take on rise of antisemitism in U.S. Rummaging recently through my apartment’s chaotic collection of old periodicals, I unearthed a Pete Hamill column from a 1981 issue of the San Francisco… By Mitch Paradise Sep 19, 2022
U.S. A new study explains why Starbucks can’t spell your Jewish name My parents, children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, were named Irving and Naomi. They named their three sons Stephen, Jeffrey and Andrew. My kids’… By Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA Sep 12, 2022
First Person All those adages about being a grandparent? They’re true. My grandson Lucas can really put the terrible in the terrible twos. Like most toddlers, he’s a delight, except when he’s not. He’ll hurl berries from his… By Dan Pine Sep 9, 2022
Sports The joys of catching a baseball at the Giants’ Jewish heritage night There’s always been something special for me about Giants games. As a kid growing up in San Francisco, I learned the ins and outs of the sport from my… By Jordan Greene, Forward Sep 6, 2022
Local Voice Remembering Elias Botto, the local Palestinian who became my friend Earlier this week, I attended the memorial service for Elias Botto of San Mateo, who died a few months short of his 90th birthday. For many Bay Area Jews,… By Alix Wall Aug 26, 2022
First Person Can a Jew cook Palestinian food without getting all political? My first Palestinian cookbook was “Palestine on a Plate” by Joudie Kalla, and it struck me as revolutionary. For years Israeli Jewish cooks and businesses… By Rob Eshman, Forward Aug 26, 2022
First Person Sanctifying the stutter: How this cantor embraced his speech disorder I’m a person who stutters. I’m also a cantor in the Conservative movement. My Jewish and stuttering identities feel increasingly intertwined, as both are… By Malachi Kanfer, Forward Aug 24, 2022