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Fake study program for Israelis in Michigan allegedly defrauded U.S. of $40 million
A Jewish college in Michigan allegedly created a fake study abroad program for Israelis to pocket federal financial aid money.
The secret Jewish history of Muhammad Ali
Ali had a complex and evolving relationship with Judaism, up to and including his grandson’s Bar Mitzvah.
Mike Pence to attend Holocaust forum in Israel
The White House announced that Pence and his wife, Karen, would attend the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem on Jan. 23.
Anti-Vaxxers hijack Orthodox group’s logo to fight HPV vaccination bill
“If your seventh-grade [child] won’t get the HPV shot to prevent her from getting an STD, she will not be allowed to have a Bais Yaakov education.”
FBI arrests 3 suspected neo-Nazis who planned to bring weapons to a pro-gun rally
The rally is scheduled for the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday to protest gun control measures proposed by the state legislature.
LA-area condo owner ordered to remove swastika
Signs threaten Donald Trump, Mike Pence and Mitt Romney, and also appear to attack Christians and say “Death to America.
Vandal paints swastika on stairs of Nebraska synagogue
The police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
Controversial Florida man who hugged Nazi camp guard in court withdraws from case
Moshe Peter Loth may have invented the story that he is a child Holocaust survivor who was interned at the Stutthof concentration camp.
New Jersey pizzeria fires manager who went on anti-Semitic tirade
Nicholas Bogan, 17, had been working for a short time at the pizzeria, when he asked to take off the first night of Rosh Hashanah.
She shattered the glass coffin of fairy tale endings
Rachel Feinstein’s art focuses on limbo points as shame, abjection and decay mingle with recovery, fertility and wisdom.
Meet The Israeli Performance Artist Critiquing Americans’ Obsession With Money
He chained himself to a cash-filled briefcase labeled “DEBT” at a college graduation.
Where are all the Others in Jewish Studies
Exclusion of women in Jewish Studies is a well-established, discriminatory phenomenon. But that’s not the only or even the gravest sin in the field.
How the Trumps and Kushners corrupted the American Dream
Except when the system really fails to work as intended, power feeds the powerful.
Delaware Republican party leader ousted after blaming Jews for impeachment hearings
Nelly Jordan had apologized for her comments, but this week she said she was “not anti-Semitic” and that her words had been “changed.”
Virginia man charged in targeting of Jews and African-Americans with fake bomb threats
The 19-year-old is accused of being part of a network that “shared racist views.
That ‘Secret Hitler’ board game? Huge holiday hit at Amazon, since 2017
“Anything that depicts anything regarding Hitler is a very sensitive issue, especially with growing anti-Semitism … around the world.”
It’s official: Expert says best bagel is whatever you grew up with
Since that glorious day in history, when a Krakow baker boiled that first rope of dough, our people have argued about what makes the perfect bagel.
For National Bagel Day, Forward staffers share their favorite spots
Bagels: we wait on line for them, we spend entire Sundays enjoying them, we eat them on the subway in our darkest hours.
NJ Senate avoids vote on bill to remove religious exemption from immunizations
There weren’t enough votes to advance the measure as the two-year legislative session came to a close.
Where’s Waldo? A striped t-shirt becomes an American Jewish sensation
“I think people always need that moment of humor.”