Jodi Rudoren

After 470 days, some hostages — and many Palestinians — will finally return home. But what really matters is what happens in the future.

After the Los Angeles wildfires destroyed Dave and Jen Miner's Palisades home last week, a new ketubah helped the couple "get up" again.

As the Elon Musk controversy makes clear, the Anti-Defamation League ought to call out antisemitism on both the left and right.

Russian-Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov has been held hostage in Iraq since 2023. She should be part of the Jewish community's activism.

A phrase coined during the lead-up to the first Trump Administration can help journalists make sense of Trump's outrage-inspiring Gaza plans.

A Jewish preschool grapples with the consequences of Trump's executive order allowing ICE agents to perform duties in "sensitive locations."

Calling every altercation on campus a crisis of antisemitism prevents us from exercising critical thinking skills and sound judgment.

As we celebrate Purim, let's remember that neither Elon Musk nor Mahmoud Kahlil are straightforward heroes. Nor are they villains, either.

'Clean Shelter' is a popup nonprofit and a collaboration between a Palestinian woman and an Israeli woman both living in Germany.

Jodi Rudoren's closing thoughts on five years leading the Forward, through a pandemic, multiple elections, and a war in the Middle East.