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people chatting near a colorful mural that says "Springfield, Ohio"
Posted inFirst Person

I’m Haitian and Jewish. I refuse to have my identities be weaponized.

Rachel LaForest by Rachel Laforest September 26, 2024September 30, 2024
Trump shrugs while speaking at a lectern with the RJC logo on it
Posted inOpinion

Memo to Bill Ackman and Donald Trump: Spreading conspiracy theories isn’t good for the Jews

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson September 24, 2024September 24, 2024
A farmworker tends a greenhouse in Half Moon Bay (Courtesy Ayudando Latinos A Soñar)
Posted inLocal Voice

We can still rise above our own pain to help Bay Area farmworkers in need

Jamie Beckett by Jamie Beckett September 23, 2024September 23, 2024
red pomegranate
Posted inOpinion

Low-income Jews are desperate for community after Oct. 7. The High Holidays are an ideal time to welcome them

by Ilana M. Horwitz and Mimi Kravetz September 23, 2024September 23, 2024
A shot of the golem and a little girl with a flower, seen here as it appears on the poster for "The Golem Rescored," was famously copied in the 1931 “Frankenstein” film.
Posted inUncategorized

Union members helped cancel antisemitism training; Wrong on golems; What about jihadists?

by J. Readers September 18, 2024September 18, 2024
a MAGA hat
Posted inOpinion

Jews are commanded to love the convert. What about the immigrant?

Rabbi Avi Shafran by Rabbi Avi Shafran September 18, 2024September 18, 2024
Joanne Greene (Courtesty)
Posted inOpinion

Still reeling after Oct. 7: My longtime allies on the left slipped away

Joanne Greene by Joanne Greene September 17, 2024September 18, 2024
The circles' sizes represent very rough estimates, a limitation when making a diagram with five intersections. (Arno Rosenfeld/Forward)
Posted inAnalysis

A Venn diagram to help us talk about Israel and antisemitism

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld September 17, 2024September 17, 2024
Gaza journalists on the street following concern that their building could be hit by the Israeli military, Dec. 28, 2008. (Al Jazeera English via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

It’s time to let the global media into Gaza

by Dan Perry September 16, 2024September 16, 2024
A resident of the West Bank village of Susiya returns to the ruins of the town after a raid by Israeli settlers in 2021. (Courtesy Charles Rothschild)
Posted inLocal Voice

As a liberal Zionist, I don’t see Israel living up to its founding aspirations

Charles Rothschild by Charles Rothschild September 13, 2024September 13, 2024

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