David Bianculli reviews two new SNL documentaries. Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses.) Perry explains what the color blue can teach us about Black history.

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.

The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

At a meeting in Washington last week with Rabbi Abraham Cooper, an expert on online hate and terrorism with the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, the former prime minister agreed to make representations to ...

Shortly after Carrie Underwood sang "America The Beautiful" at the second inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday, Rabbi Ari Berman of Teaneck approached the lectern at the U.S. Capitol ...

Ari Berman is the 10th rabbi to speak during the inauguration ceremony. More have appeared at a prayer breakfast. In 1949, as Harry S Truman prepared for the first presidential inauguration since ...

Rabbi Ari Berman delivers a heartfelt benediction at President Donald Trump’s inauguration, celebrating Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the Jewish faith. His speech emphasizes the ...

Rabbi Ari Berman of Yeshiva University invoked ... Berman was one of five clergy members to speak at the ceremony, including a Black evangelical pastor and a Roman Catholic priest.

Rabbi Nachum Stilerman, a legendary fundraiser who raised over $400 million for various causes over the last 50 years, and had many interactions with Rebbetzin Chana as a child, passed away in ...

Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Rabbi Ari Berman of Yeshiva University invoked the Israeli hostages held in Gaza and antisemitism on college campuses ...