Forward

Journalists Distort Facts to Reinforce a Narrative of Religious Division

A negative narrative that's rapidly gaining currency in the media is about a broadening rift between Israeli and American Jews caused by an Orthodox rabbinate in Israel intolerant of other Jewish denominations. So popular is this theme that it is sometimes imposed upon news events as context, even when the evidence suggests otherwise.

The Forward Delegitimizes Pro-Israel Activism

Just as the claim that the IDF commits atrocities is an attempt to limit the ability of Jews to defend themselves physically, the claims that groups that defend Israel or fight antisemitism are somehow shady, engaging in immoral tactics, is an attempt to limit the Jews' ability to defend themselves rhetorically.

Updated: Once Again, Antisemitic Comment Appears as “Times Pick”

Updated: For the second time in four months, CAMERA intercedes and The New York Times deletes a blatantly antisemitic comment which appeared as a "Times Pick." Last week, a comment about "super-rich individuals of Jewish descent who buy our politicians" received the coveted Times designation.

Jewish Journalism: Focus on The Forward

There is a disturbing trend within certain Jewish journalistic circles to conform to the extreme, “progressive” zeitgeist in which religious values, Jewish leaders and most of all, the Jewish state and its supporters are consistently condemned. And nowhere is this trend as pronounced as at The Forward under the helm of editor‑in‑chief Jane Eisner.