Blogs
The Forward staff blogs the Jewish world.
- Lebanon to Israel: Hands Off Our Falafel Balls
- Jerusalem Is Sold?
- Adam Kirsch: Give Philip Roth Your Prize, You Ignorant Swedes
- And the Emmy Goes to… Mr. Warmth
- Translating the Bible Into… Hebrew
- Agriprocessors’ Bi-Coastal Critics
- Stop the Presses: Ha’aretz Discovers Jews on Upper West Side (But the Times Beat Them to It)
- Celebrity-Studded ‘Bark Mitzvah’
- Yid Vid: Cohen @ Mushon
- It’s the End of Jerusalem as We Know It, and Israelis Feel Fine
- Southern Baptist Leader: Say It Ain’t Joe (But Cantor’s Kosher)
- Yid Vid: Daily Show Correspondent Has Right Idea, Wrong Wall
- Former Forward Hand Max Gross Schlubs It Up for All of New York to See
- Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld: Is Agriprocessors Meat Kosher?
- Hamas Beards vs. Fatah Moustaches
- Are Haredi Women Taking Their Cues From Outkast?
- Yid Vid: Natalie Portman Gets Subcontinental
- Rep. Steve Cohen Makes History
- Babs on Barack: He’s Kosher on Israel
- In Other Jewish Newspapers: ‘Baffling’ Barack Obama, Fining Jesse Jackson, Gluing Gordon Brown
America's top independent Jewish news source supplies the daily dish on politics and public policy.
- Hillary Clinton at the Philly JCC
- ‘Independent’ Lieberman on the Synagogue Tour for McCain
- McCain, Obama Allies Hope to Reassure Jewish Buckeyes
- Top Obama Aides Dispached to Florida, Ohio
- ‘Bagels With Joe’ in Pennsylvania
- Obama Spokeman Takes Sean Hannity to Task for Anti-Semitic Guest
- RNC Criticizes Obama Grant to Rabbi/Relative
- Jewish Mom Hopes to Set the Record Straight on Obama Rumors
- Kirk Pollster Disputes Daily Kos Poll Showing Incumbent Vulnerable
- Did Obama Backers Distort Israelis’ Comments?
- Obama Warns Against Bigotry After Austrian Election Results
- Lieberman Predicts Record Jewish Vote for Republicans
- Jewish Groups’ Ads Gain Mainstream Attention
- Catch a Nice Jewish Girl and the Biden/Palin Debate
- States to Watch: PA, FL, OH, VA, CO
- Fla. Congressman: Sarah Palin Comment ‘Not Smart’
- Pastors Endorsements to Test IRS Politics at the Pulpit Prohibition
- Obama Still Struggling With Jewish Voters
- Obama Wants Observant Jews to Watch Friday Night Debate – On Saturday Night
- Fla. Congressman: Sarah Palin Should Motivate Jews to Vote Obama
Gus Tyler on politics, economics and Yiddishkeit — from his vantage of 75 years at the Forward.
- Dumping On Our Descendants
- The Wrong And Right Way Out
- The Sad Bad Story of Governor Spitzer
- The Call of the Cold
- Our Topsy Turvy Times
- The Power of a Weak Dollar
- Going East by Going West
- Circumcision Invades Africa
- Mid-Term Madness
- Jatropha to the Rescue
- Concentration of Ownership Continues
- The ILO to the Rescue
- Our Topsy Turvy Times
- The Roots of the Housing Crisis
- Farewell Unto Rove
- Congress Cutting Special Interest Ties
- Big Push For Preschool Education
- Outwitting Outsourcing
- The World’s Richest Man
- Manipulating the Market
- As Olympics Near Their Close, Life in Beijing Goes On
- Beijing’s Bagels Taste Like Brooklyn’s
- Spitz vs. Phelps: A ‘Tie’?
- Israeli-American Misses Second Chance at Medal But Savors Second Chance at Life
- Israeli Wins Olympic Medal, Politicans Fawn
- Israel Commemorates the Munich Massacre in Beijing
- Beijing’s Chabad Rabbi Helps China See the Light
- Rabbi Heads to Beijing for Some Face Time With China’s Leaders
- Israel’s Olympic Duds Go From Beijing to the Racks
- Jewish Ping-Pong Diplomacy Takes Beijing
- Smooth Sailing (for Some) Jewish Olympians
- Jewish Jock Helps Phelps Make Olympic History
- Older Female Jewish Athletes Rise and Fall
- In China, Did Shimon Peres Redraw Israel’s Borders? (UPDATED)
- For Shabbat in Beijing, A Bar Mitzvah and Kosher Bird’s Nest
- Another Israeli Record-Breaker, Another Political Sore Loser
- For Jewish Marathoner, Praying Fast and Steady Wins the Race
- Jews Sail Toward Medals in Qingdao
- Hitting the Olympic Mat, Jewish Wrestler Finds Victory in Defeat
- Mocking Stereotypes for ‘Olympic’ Glory
