A farewell to Hampshire College, site of my Yiddish awakening For the Forward's archivist, the 1980's in Amherst, Massachusetts, was a little like 'Yentl' come to life

Forward archivist Chana Pollack time travels back to her time at Hampshire College in the 1980s, where to love Yiddish was to belong.

Hampshire College closure reverberates for alumni who treasured a Yiddishist hub The Yiddish Book Center says it’s unaffected by the planned shutdown of the campus next door

RIP Hampshire College. Not to neighboring Yiddish Book Center, fortunately.

three sparkys -- one says I'm from 2026, it's an endless hellscape of pain and madness

panel from 2020, from a cartoon about time traveling Sparky(s)

"Here Where We Live Is Our Country": The Story of the Jewish Bund Join Forward editor-in-chief Alyssa Katz in conversation with author Molly Crabapple on her acclaimed new book.

@mollycrabapple.bsky.social is doing a book talk at the center for jewish history with @forward.com editor @alykatzz.bsky.social next month

Brad Lander on Immigration Reform, Foreign Policy, and His Bid for Congress The New York Editorial Board's interview with former NYC Comptroller Brad Lander.

Lander first staked out his new position yesterday in a meeting with the New York Editorial Board, a group of NYC journalists who meet with civic leaders and candidates. Read the full transcript here.

Brad Lander joins call to end U.S. aid to Israel, in quest to replace Rep. Dan Goldman Following AOC's lead, the Jewish New York Democrat says he now seeks to end Iron Dome defense funding, citing Israel’s war conduct

Brad Lander now declares he opposes all U.S. aid for Israel, including for Iron Dome missile defense, after previously supporting defensive aid, citing human rights as he looks to unseat Rep. Dan Goldman, @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social reports exclusively in @forward.com.

A forceful rebuttal to Mahmoud Khalil's @forward.com interview, from a former Marine officer who saw Palestinians used as political pawns in Iraq and beyond.
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Mahmoud Khalil wants to reassure you The Columbia protest leader on Hamas, Zionism and why Jews shouldn’t fear a 'free Palestine'

Mahmoud Khalil sat down with @forward.com for an extended interview because he wanted to talk to Jews, including those who see his Free Palestine movement as an existential threat. His message, take it or leave it: "I want to liberate everyone."

The original anti-Zionists have been all but forgotten. Molly Crabapple wants to change that. in 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country,' the artist and journalist offers a family memoir and a history of the Jewish Bund.

The Jewish left wrote the book more than a century ago on how to organize against tyranny, forming the Bund to fight back. @mollycrabapple.bsky.social's book on that history and how it resonates with the present comes out tomorrow. Crabapple talks here with Debbie Nathan about the Bund's legacy.

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Reserve Streisand effect. The more they know, the more they like it.

Thank you! Been here two months and it’s an honor and thrill.

Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right As governor, Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, amid a conservative Christian push against LGBTQ rights. A judge’s ruling is inspiring hopes other states’ abortion restrictions c...

Mike Pence got totally owned here: Jewish plaintiffs won a ruling against Indiana's abortion ban, using the law he signed 11 years ago as governor to help evangelicals refuse to cater gay weddings and such. Now similar challenges could win in other red states. We tell the story at @forward.com.

The Nazi death camps were in Poland. Among other things, this allowed Holocaust revisionists years later to ask the misleading question, "How many death camps were there in Germany?" Same thing here, and additionally the Salvadorans can do things to prisoners that even ICE is afraid to do in the US.

Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism Supersessionism might sound like an esoteric theological concept, but it has clear repercussions for Jews

Essential Holy Week reading from @miraefox.bsky.social

Every regulation is written in blood.

A guide to the Forverts archival coverage of the Triangle Fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was one of the worst industrial tragedies in America. On the eve of its 110th anniversary, read reporting published in the Yiddish-language Forverts in the afterma...

The publication I edit, @forward.com, bore witness to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that took place 115 years ago today. We pulled together a translated (from Yiddish) archive of the coverage. Just brutal reading.

I used to work with Julia and know this song well!

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John Catsimatidis on Donald Trump, Immigration, and New York Republicans The New York Editorial Board's interview with businessman John Catsimatidis.

Mamdani will be meeting with local Republican player John Catsimatidis tomorrow afternoon. No press allowed, so you might as well read the transcript of the wild interview my NY Editorial Board colleagues and I did in December (just before the world knew him as "that guy from Marty Supreme").

We're forgetting the lessons of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire States have been gradually rolling back the protections that activists like Pauline Newman and Clara Lemlich bravely fought for

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, 115 years ago tomorrow, galvanized a century's worth of workplace safety laws that are now getting shredded.

If you want to know, as I very much did, how the photographer got those stunning shots of people inside their apartments...it's as complex and ingenious as you might imagine.

Catholic Church urges clergy to address 'misleading statements' about Jews by far-right influencers Ahead of Easter, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops says it wants to head off conservative pundits 'claiming to be speaking on behalf of the church'

The Catholic Church has a message for Holy Week: rebutting Carrie Prejean Boller and other conservatives who have gone down the antisemitism rabbit hole.

Government takeover of Brooklyn hospital faces legal setback amid Orthodox backlash Letitia James’ office now sends the planned merger of Maimonides Medical Center with New York City’s public Health + Hospitals system to court, for a review that could blow past an April 1 deadline.

Tish James declines to fast-track the NYC public hospital system's takeover of a private hospital in Brooklyn that serves many Orthodox Jewish patients. @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social

The promised land is… Oklahoma? Inside Tulsa’s campaign to court young Jews Hundreds of Jews from the coasts and Canada have flocked to the heartland hoping to plant new roots in a once-booming prairie city. Other towns are taking notice

Tell us a story—>Tulsa story, about aspirations to be not only the next Austin or Nashville, but also a magnet for Jews hunting for home. By @benyamincohen.bsky.social, reporting from the latest stop on his Holy Ground tour.

New York has started requiring foreign LLCs to tell the state who owns them! But! The state specifically exempts the filings from public disclosure under Freedom of Information Law. Which was evident when the bill was pending; I'm just reupping my outrage now that the law is in effect.

Walter Benjamin knew what Timothée Chalamet meant about opera and ballet The 'Marty Supreme' star's comments on movies as a popular art form align surprisingly well with the German thinker's philosophy

Now showing: Timothy Chalamet plays Walter Benjamin.

When observant Jews gathered to challenge Israel orthodoxy, verbal sparring and walkouts ensued At Smol Emuni’s second US conference in Manhattan, calls for a moral reckoning over Gaza collided with Holy Land doctrine

A microcosm of just how hard it is to build bridges toward peaceful coexistence in Israel, as told through shouts across a room in NYC of observant Jews committed to civil rights.

i love history that makes me hungry.

Mira is not just an oyster consumer and oyster shucker, she is an oyster farmer knee deep in the biology, ecosystem and lore. Such an epic and fun read.