Weekend Reads
Saturday and Sunday mornings
The week’s most important and intriguing stories: news, opinion, and culture from the Forward and around the web.
Weekends are for catching up — on sleep, on chores, and on the great Jewish reporting you might have missed during the week. Our weekend newsletters showcase the best of our week's journalism, as well as our weekly news quiz and editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren's weekly columns. Want a slow read over coffee, or a propulsive investigation to help kick start your day? Here's where you'll find them.
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Recent Newsletters
December 7, 2024 -
What ‘Wicked’ says about Nazi propaganda • Harvard’s tragic Yiddish implosion (Opinion) • Amnesty report shows how world sees Israel (Opinion)
September 29, 2024 -
Israel takes moral high ground with killing of Hezbollah chief (Opinion) • How Oct. 7 changed queer dating • Seeking Kamala Harris’ brisket recipe
September 28, 2024 -
Netanyahu’s UN contradictions (Opinion) • The incredible Jewish influence of ‘Saturday Night Live’ • Eating Mallomars with our greatest sculptor
September 15, 2024 -
Baruch HOTTIE-shem: It's a season of sexy rabbis • Can the Jewish vote swing the election? • The line between antisemitism and anti-Zionism (opinion)
September 14, 2024 -
Help! How can I talk to my anti-Israel daughter? • It's time to let the global press into Gaza (opinion) • The healing power of a memorial garden
August 10, 2024 -
An old antisemitic trope rears its horns • The discomfort of being a Jew in Paris during the Olympics • What drives a minister to become a rabbi?
August 4, 2024 -
Opinion | Was evacuating Israel’s north a terrible idea? • Pro-Israel campaign may oust another progressive in Congress • Rejoicing in a year of Kafka
August 3, 2024 -
Eating bagels with Evan Gershkovich • Opinion | The true threat of Israeli religious nationalism • An Upper Manhattan kid turned rock ‘n’ roll legend
July 21, 2024 -
Opinion | Can Israel survive the Haredi draft? • When Bob Dylan played Elijah the prophet • How the West grew antisemitic
July 13, 2024 -
Opinion | The left embarrasses itself over AOC and Israel • Disgraced Columbia deans were supposed to protect Jewish students like me
July 6, 2024 -
How the U.K.'s Labour party regained the Jewish vote • Meet 'Yitler': Artists confront antisemitism
June 23, 2024 -
Was he Mexico’s Schindler? • Opinion | The five biggest questions Israel faces now • Unpacking a Talmudic Tonys moment
June 22, 2024 -
Opinion | Louisiana loses the Ten Commandments in translation • The American Jewish community is interfaith — it’s time our rabbis were, too
April 28, 2024 -
ADL chief backs campus crackdowns. As a student, he stood up for free speech — even by antisemites
April 14, 2024 -
After a sleepless night following Iran’s attack, Israelis anxiously wonder ‘what happens next?’
April 7, 2024 -
Opinion | Why a ceasefire is a moral imperative (and best for Israel) • As we say farewell to ‘Curb,’ celebrating its most Jewish moments
April 6, 2024 -
Opinion | I’m a rabbi — and just got protested on campus • Was the NYC earthquake a blessing? • The ever-changing meaning of Passover
March 31, 2024 -
Opinion | Are Israeli soldiers echoing Abu Ghraib? • How our journalism helped one woman escape Gaza • The biblical truth Trump can't grasp
March 30, 2024 -
I'm German, I'm Jewish — what does it all mean? • Opinion | War sets back survivors of sexual violence • The forgotten writer inspired by Kafka
March 24, 2024 -
Opinion | I'm an ICU doctor. The horrors I saw on a mission to Gaza will haunt me forever
March 17, 2024 -
Opinion | Israel is making diaspora Jews less safe • When Jewish hate comes to your hometown • Farms a forgotten front in wartime
March 16, 2024 -
Why TikTok, Ramy Youssef hosting SNL and Chuck Schumer slamming Netanyahu might all just be good for the Jews
March 10, 2024 -
Opinion | Ramadan in Jerusalem was almost terrifyingly different • Etgar Keret is trying to understand humanity • Is the red carpet inherently Jewish?
March 9, 2024 -
What if the Simpsons were Holocaust victims? • Hundreds more rabbis demand ceasefire • Opinion | Why question what it means ‘To Be a Jew Today?’
March 2, 2024 -
Investigations test legal protections for Jewish students • Opinion | Biden's radical moves on Israel • Instagram's handling of Israel-Hamas war
February 25, 2024 -
Opinion | Months after Oct. 7, wondering 'What the hell happened?' • In Hebrew and Arabic alike, a lack of nuance • Wartime lessons from Ecclesiastes
February 24, 2024 -
Opinion | The moral opacity of this war • A baby hippo called Latke • Hopping on a TikTok trend — to highlight antisemitism
February 18, 2024 -
What's with the triumphant photos from Gaza? • The voices of Israel's war • Jewish camps: It's time to be honest about Israel and Palestine
February 17, 2024 -
I lost my young son — Judaism helped save me • A kosher-halal renaissance at Oberlin • Opinion | Why attacking Rafah now is a mistake
February 10, 2024 -
What does it mean to say ‘never again’? • Talmudic sex tips, in time for Valentine’s day • Opinion | How Israel aid fell victim to the cult of Trump
February 3, 2024 -
Diary of a wartime volunteer in Israel • The Israeli cookbook you didn’t hear about in 2023 • Why is this fidget spinner shaped like a swastika?
January 27, 2024 -
Was the ICJ decision a victory or defeat for Israel in the court of public opinion?
January 7, 2024 -
Opinion | Why we must advocate for food drops to Gaza • Meet our new Israel correspondent • A Ukrainian theater director’s edgy new Holocaust play
January 6, 2024 -
Why can’t I cry over the war? • Opinion | The danger of calls to depopulate Gaza • Why is the internet up in arms over ‘Zionist doctors’?
December 31, 2023 -
Music festival massacre survivors move forward, together • Are these the funniest Jewish jokes ever? • Have yourself a very Jewish New Year's
December 30, 2023 -
Opinion | Oct. 7 opened my eyes to Holocaust denial • Fights over Israel come to Urban Dictionary • How will war shape 2024 race?
December 17, 2023 -
A trailblazing second bat mitzvah • Opinion | We must help young Israelis and Palestinians maintain hope • In war, a resurgence for the Star of David
December 16, 2023 -
An Israeli newsroom’s wartime turmoil • Opinion | Why college presidents don’t protect Jewish students • Feminism’s history with antisemitism
December 10, 2023 -
Penn president resigns after criticism of antisemitism comments • War upends Jewish college applications • Celebrating Hanukkah with a hostage's child
December 3, 2023 -
'I stand here thankful': Freed hostages speak • Opinion | How the war is reshaping the American left • How to tell an Israeli war story
December 2, 2023 -
The rabbinic mind of Sandra Day O'Connor • What hostages have said about captivity in Gaza • An Israeli civilian drone network aids the IDF
November 26, 2023 -
A Black family converts in wartime • Opinion | The hostage deal shows: The war worked • A Jerusalem rally marks '50 days in hell'
November 25, 2023 -
Opinion | 24 hostages are free — what about the other children? • Hostage deal shows war is working • Trademarking 'from the river to the sea' is iffy
November 18, 2023 -
Opinion | Antisemitism flourishes on TikTok • Markets help farmers hit hard by war • Israel Therapy: Should I sign a letter demanding a cease-fire?
November 4, 2023 -
I found a novel in kibbutz ruins — here's what I learned • Harvard junior starts hotline for Israel-Hamas debate • The origins of 'Am Yisrael Chai'