Terrible search is driving a lot of this — if I have a slightly complicated search query, I can either Google it and be handed a block of mediocre AI with confusing sourcing followed by often barely-relevant links or I can ask a chatbot and get a clean answer with better sourcing faster

“We do well when we’re in the center,” Foxman told me shortly after I started this job. “And there is no center today.” forward.com/news/antisem...

A lot of attention has been paid to the collapse of traffic to The Daily Wire and Ben Shapiro's YouTube channel. But other ragebait sites are also seeing huge drops in audience. According to The Righting, Outkick, The Federalist and The Blaze are down at least 48%. therighting.com/traffic-repo...

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Extremists Links: U.S. Army Specialist Jakob Marcoulier, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade at Fort Polk, Louisiana, allegedly made online threats including attacking a synagogue and killing 'every single Jew.'

I'll be going live tomorrow with @fieldsmeyer.com to talk Jewish power, authoritarianism, antisemitism and more — RSVP here to join 👇 open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Just definitionally this has to void a "ceasefire," right? Otherwise what possible meaning of ceasefire allows ongoing warfare between the two parties

U.S. soldier accused of threatening Jews posted whites were also victims of racism

"America is a big country, with a lot of irate and insane people who own a lot of guns. The miracle is that there is actually so little political violence in relation to the wide availability of the means." open.substack.com/pub/johnganz/p/the-shooting-that-wasnt

Haaretz brings dramatic figures for mental health among Israelis: -28% suffer from insomnia compared with 5% before October 7 -One in four suffers from addiction compared with 1/10 in 2022 -20% suffer from PTSD (average in developed economies - 5-6%) -7% have OCD (global average 2%)

For a more detailed look at how this interview does indeed lean into antisemitism, I really value this perspective from @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social in The Forward and think it’s worth a read by everyone discussing this: forward.com/news/antisem... 7/7

Excellent piece and thread.

I wrote about Julian Casablancas and the new style of American antisemitism forward.com/news/antisem...

Note: there is only one non-Christian faith leader currently on the docket to speak: Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, Senior Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, who sits on Trump's religious liberty commission.

BREAKING: The Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces investigation by Justice Department over past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

ghoulish

The NYPD cop who ran over and fatally dragged a man laying in a Flushing Meadows park path was putting on lipgloss while driving — and will not face charges for the incident.

RIP Hampshire College. Not to neighboring Yiddish Book Center, fortunately.

Remember the @pewresearch.org data on the decline in Israel's standing in the US published last week? We asked them for the crosstabs which they graciously shared with us, and we're publishing for the 1st time. Bottom line: total collapse of Israel's standing among young Americans across the board.

Apple is closing down the first of its US stores to unionize. Apple says that because of the collective bargaining agreement with these workers, they "couldn’t offer to transfer them to nearby locations.” The union is outraged, and exploring options to hold Apple accountable.

I did wonder about this

This is a deep misreading of the political dynamics around the campus protest movement

"The image that the White House sought to paint of him seems to have fallen flat." Well done piece by @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social. Many won't come away convinced by Khalil, but hopefully readers will grasp the heterogeneity within the antizionist movement. forward.com/news/817276/...

This is an extremely informative and well-done profile. Thank you, @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social.

EXCLUSIVE: I spoke with Mahmoud Khalil about Hamas, Zionism and what "free Palestine" means to him "This is what we should aspire for: to get a place where there’s no more conflict, no more killing in that place and its open to anyone who wants to call it their home." forward.com/news/817276/...

Mahmoud Khalil sat down with @forward.com for an extended interview because he wanted to talk to Jews, including those who see his Free Palestine movement as an existential threat. His message, take it or leave it: "I want to liberate everyone."

In case anyone is wondering how LAPD is doing tonight at following the injunction against arresting or detaining journalists. He was cut loose, I spoke with him after. He said he had asked multiple officers earlier for a supervisor and they refused — also a violation of injunction.

"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

The Sharia Free Caucus is rooted in many of the same conspiracy theories that antisemites make about Jews antisemitismdecoded.substack.com/p/politician...

Prairie Home Minyan: @benyamincohen.bsky.social spent four days in Tulsa reporting on the program flying young Jews to Oklahoma to see if they might make a life there. forward.com/news/814312/...

I don’t actually think that fear of antisemitism allegations was the main thing holding back criticism of Israel, especially over the past 20 years — a time of arguably unprecedented criticism of Israel, including from Jews in the U.S.

An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers co-founder, groomed and sexually abused young girls who worked in the movement.

During the Spanish Civil War, the Soviet Union gave the Republican government cutting-edge tanks — but the tank commanders they sent with them refused to use proper tank formations because Stalin had just purged the head tank strategist and made effective tank strategy essentially verboten

I was looking for a @forward.com article that started with "young Americans" and here's what else the archive turned up

God www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...

In 2013, 34% of Democrats said their sympathies were with Israelis vs. only 18% who sided with Palestinians. That has more than reversed: In 2026, only 17% of Democrats side with Israelis vs. 67% siding with Palestinians, according to an @NBCNews.com poll. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Scam

After an active shooter attacked a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, we are grateful that all congregants and the children in the temple’s preschool are reportedly safe. Our hearts are with the greater Detroit Jewish community today. We are monitoring the situation as more details emerge.

The local sheriff at a press conference said a security guard was the only person injured during the attack — more to to come www.mlive.com/news/detroit...

New: Senior Denver ICE official says in court that officers involved in leaving “death cards” in arrested immigrants’ cars have been removed from field work and placed on office duty. ICE’s office of personal responsibility is still investigating. Background: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...

Beyond the threat Iran poses to Israel and its own people, Jews in Iran have been living in an impossible situation where the only way to survive is to genuflect to the regime. We posted this at @forward.com yesterday, before the strike began and ahead of Purim, which begins Monday night.

Reform movement comes out in favor of the war

A major shift, via Gallup. More from @joshuakeating.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/480...

Important+interesting story on support for Hamas among Americans under 30. Support is probably an overstatement or not quite the right term, but certainly willingness to excuse/deflect.

In the aftermath of Oct. 7, many rush to paint the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S. as supporters of Hamas terrorism — often relying on tenuous claims about slogans and political platforms that didn't hold up to scrutiny. 🧵

In my newsletter: A mayoral candidate in LA is trying to convince Jewish voters she’s not Zohran Mamdani Plus: Trump convenes his Board of Peace • Jesse Jackson's Jewish ally • The Zionism controversy roiling the romance world • and Netflix’s 'Nobody Wants This' returns. mailchi.mp/forward/1292...