Kvetch and Kvell

Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
Kvetch:
• The Berenstain Bears Get Biblical
• Paladino’s Apology Sticks in Rabbi Levin’s Throat
• Protesters of Extreme Gender Segregation Report Personal Threats
Kvell:
• U.S. Businessmen May Launch Israeli Baseball League
• Thoroughly Modern Mikveh?
• The Fruit of ‘Franzenfreude’
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— Joel Brown, Forward board chair
