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The visionary Jewish poet who survived the Holocaust but not its aftermath
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (772+ words) By Julia M. Klein June 8, 2026 Paul Celan: A Life By Anna Arno Translated by Soren Gauger Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 416 pages, $35" During a 1969 poetry reading in Israel, Paul Celan's audience requested "Deathfugue," his most famous poem. With its hypnotic images…...
Chaim Beer's new book revolves around J. Opatoshu's novella "A Day in Regensburg'
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (159+ words) " " " " " ": " " (2026) 303 " "-, " " " " " " " " " " " ", " " " " " 1933. " ", " " " " " " " " (" " ") " " " " " " ". . ", . "-, " ", " " (), " " " " " " " " " " " "-. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " ": " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "." Hello, fellow Forward reader! I'm Joel Brown, a Forward reader and supporter for more than 15 years, and currently the chair of the board of directors. I'm an avid Forward reader because it ticks so many of my essential boxes: excellent…...
The Jewish Brigade fought fascism in Italy. Now its flags spark protests.
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (447+ words) (JTA) " When the Jewish Brigade appears today in Italian public debate, it is rarely about the British Army unit, formed largely by Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine, that was sent to fight in Italy in the final months of the…...
In David Baerwald's epic tale of espionage and wartime horrors, family history is stranger than fiction
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (158+ words) By Dan Epstein June 4, 2026 Hello, fellow Forward reader! I'm Joel Brown, a Forward reader and supporter for more than 15 years, and currently the chair of the board of directors. I'm an avid Forward reader because it ticks so many of…...
Rome's Pride parade bars Jewish LGBTQ float over refusal to call Gaza war "genocide'
1+ week, 3+ day ago (787+ words) Marchers take part in the Roma Pride parade in Rome, June 11, 2022. (Camelia Boban/Wikimedia Commons) By Simone Somekh May 28, 2026 (JTA) " Organizers of Rome's annual Pride parade have barred Italy's only Jewish LGBTQIA+ organization from marching with a float at this…...
Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1407+ words) By Alyssa Katz May 1, 2026 Last Sunday, my cousin, his cousin, their spouses and I arrived by rental car into a small city that until then had existed for us only as a blip on a genealogy chart: Saint-Quentin, in northeast…...
Yiddish street signs: Commemoration or marginalization?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1097+ words) By Jake Schneider May 1, 2026 This is a revised translated version of the original article in Yiddish which you can read here. One sunny day in spring 2021, without asking permission, artist Sebesty'n Fiumei climbed a ladder in central Berlin and attached…...
A GOP lawmaker tried to put a Holocaust denier on New Hampshire’s Holocaust education board – The Forward
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (695+ words) Matt Sabourin dit Choini're brought a notorious German Holocaust denier and his books to a state hearing....
They escaped the Nazi genocide, but these 'Wanderers' still went through hell
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) The Wanderers By Daniela Gerson Grand Central, 336 pages, $30 Daniela Gerson is a journalist with years of experience reporting about immigration, in a time when immigrants are commonly derided as interlopers who will do anything to weasel into America, including by…...
Pro-Palestinian activists force Milan Jewish group out of parade marking end of WWII in Italy
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (703+ words) (JTA) " Pro-Palestinian activists, some reportedly shouting antisemitic invective, forced Jewish groups out of a procession celebrating Italy's Liberation Day from Nazism and fascism in Milan over the weekend. About 100 protesters on Saturday blocked a group commemorating the Jewish Brigade, a…...