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Yeshiva Rabbi's Shades of Bigotry

By Larry Cohler-Esses

Yeshiva Rabbi's Shades of Bigotry
The lede, as we call it in the journalism biz, sat there silently on the computer screen, like an IED waiting to explode:Read More

Empire State Shooter Worked at Jewish-Owned Company

By Larry Cohler-Esses and Josh Nathan-Kazis

Empire State Shooter Worked at Jewish-Owned Company
FORWARD EXCLUSIVE: The Empire State Building gunman was a disgruntled ex-employee. The company’s Syrian Jewish owner sat in shock for hours after the tragedy.Read More

Lawmaker Rebuked after Invoking Genitals and Judaism

By Larry Cohler-Esses

Democratic State Rep. Lisa Brown won some local notoriety, and a temporary speaking ban from the Republican-controlled Michigan House of Representatives for invoking “my vagina” during a passionate floor speech in defense of abortion rights Wednesday.Read More

Hamas Chief on 'Noble' Women Rabbis

By Larry Cohler-Esses

Hamas Chief on 'Noble' Women Rabbis
The opportunity to interview the second-highest-ranking official in Hamas came suddenly, unexpectedly and at the very worst possible time: just before Passover. The Forward staff was shorthanded. Worse, at home, we were shifting into full Passover house-cleaning mode. I tried hard to argue for doing this any other week. But Stanley L. Cohen, the attorney for Hamas’ Mousa Abu Marzook and the midwife for this meeting with him in Cairo, relayed back that it was that week — or there would be no interview.Read More

Hamas Wouldn’t Honor a Treaty, Top Leader Says

By Larry Cohler-Esses

Hamas Wouldn’t Honor a Treaty, Top Leader Says
FORWARD EXCLUSIVE: Mousa Abu Marzook, a top Hamas official, in his first interview with a Jewish publication, spoke about Israel relations, the Hamas Charter and the Arab Spring.Read More



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