When Emily Austin was 16, a Holocaust education trip to Poland changed her life. The child of secular Israeli immigrants to New York, Austin grew up in Brooklyn and decided early on that being a Jew was important to her identity. But after the Poland...

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly planning to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, including by launching operations in areas where Israeli hostages are held. Sources within Netanyahu’s government spoke to Israeli media...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Louis Keene covers Orthodox life and news generally for the Forward, including Jewish LGBTQ+ issues. In 2023,...

Holocaust survivors say the hostage videos published in recent days recall for them their own torture and deprivation under the Nazis eight decades ago. “Their bodies are painfully thin—nearly Muselmänner—their eyes terrified and vacant,...

The American Jewish Committee is giving $25,000 to the Archdiocese of New York to aid in repairs of Gaza’s Holy Family Church, which was damaged by an Israeli strike last month. The donation is notable because it marks a rare if not unprecedented...

(JTA) — A haunting photo of an emaciated toddler cradled by his mother dominated the front page of Friday’s New York Times, quickly becoming a symbol of the hunger crisis in Gaza. Now, the newspaper has amended some aspects of his story amid criticism. “Mohammed...

July 30, 1992 — Yael Arad Wins Israel’s First Olympic Medal Tel Aviv native Yael Arad, 25, becomes the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal, taking the silver in judo in the half-middleweight (61-kilogram) class at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona....

(JTA) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that Britain will join France in recognizing a Palestinian state in September at the United Nations General Assembly if Israel does not agree to a ceasefire with Hamas. Starmer, who is facing...

(JTA) — Just a third of Americans say they now support Israel’s actions in Gaza, and almost all of them are Republicans, a new poll finds. The poll by Gallup is the latest in a series by the polling firm about U.S. attitudes about the war. Early...

(JTA) — As images of starving children in Gaza continue to circulate and the international outcry grows louder, a number of American rabbis used their pulpits this past Shabbat to speak up about the humanitarian crisis, some with sorrow, others with...

Every Friday night, Gilbert Teitel’s mother would wash the floors in their Bronx apartment, set down newspapers (likely the Forverts), light the candles and serve a kosher meal. Then, at the start of the day of rest, the real work began: Downstairs,...

Fantastic Four: First Steps takes place in Marvel artist Jack Kirby’s world — literally. It’s only at the end of the film that it’s revealed that Earth-828, the version of our planet that Marvel’s First Family ends up saving, is a reference...