Simone Zelitch
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- Benjamin Netanyahu Stuns Israel Backers by Embracing Republicans on Iran
- David Landau, Provocative Israeli Editor, Dies at 67
- Is Controversial Circumcision Ritual Dangerous?
- Polish Jews Protest Monument to Righteous Gentiles in Warsaw Ghetto
- Auschwitz Town Haunted by Death, Even 70 Years Later
Forward Forum
- When 'Let My People Go' Tugged at World's Heart
- Auschwitz and Unfulfilled Responsibilities
- Why Israel’s Crazy Electoral System Might Be Best Idea Ever
Arts & Culture
- Why People Leave Orthodoxy — and How
- Cookbook Collector Savors Recipes for Living in Michigan
- How Ruby Namdar Wrote the Great Hebrew American Novel
- Granddaughters of the Shoah
- Of Gilda Radner, Ivan Boesky, Boisterous Brisket and 9 Other Facts About Jewish Michigan
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- Rabbi Barry Freundel Won't Move Out of Kesher Israel Synagogue's House
- Hebrew Charter School Set To Open in Minneapolis
- Top Democratic Senator Says No Iran Sanctions Till June
- Rome Leader Riccardo Pacifici Slams Auschwitz Arrest 'Disgrace'
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A Hard-To-Love but Indisputably Lovable Wielder of the Poison Pen
By Simone Zelitch
A Window Across the River By Brian Morton Harcourt, 304 pages, $25. * * *Writers are often told not to write novels about writing. The temptation must be tremendous. After all, they know the territory and the tools, and to a novelist, few things are more gripping than the process of putting words on paper. But it is hardRead More
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Lynn Davidman’s "Becoming Un-Orthodox" offers a framework for studying ex-Orthodox Jews. Why do they go "off the path" — and how? 
Ruby Namdar has won the Sapir Prize for his novel 'The Ruined House.' He speaks to the Forward about living in English but writing in Hebrew. 
Stop everything! Israel's Wix just won the #Superbowl ad war with this hilarious ad featuring former Green Bay Packer Brett Favre! 
The anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation focused on the Jewish Holocaust. But many Poles resent the focus on Jewish suffering as an overemphasis. Which is why local members of a Polish nationalist group erected a cross near Auschwitz. 
Did you hear the one about the Orthodox synagogue located between a rehab center and an erotic lingerie shop? Its rabbi, Eliyahu Fink, was named one of our Most Inspiring Rabbis of 2014. Who should be on this year’s list? Fill out the form and nominate a rabbi who inspires your community: http://jd.fo/d71T9 
Are you Jewish? Did you go to camp? Then rejoice: the teaser for Netflix's #WetHotAmericanSummer reboot is here! 
"I was pretty scared going into this. As a goy, if I can say, it was pretty dangerous for me to do a film like this." — Director Maxim Giroux on his new film "Felix and Meira." #NYJFF Will you see it? 
Jan Longone considers herself a person with "zero talent" — except for cooking. So the 81-year-old has collected an amazing 25,000 pieces of food-related literature. Not bad. Our Promised Lands heads to Michigan: 
Good news! Yonah Schimmel isn't closing after all. Like this post if you love knishes. 
"Dear Mrs. Schwebel: Mrs. Roosevelt has your telegram and asks me to say that she will be glad to receive the knishes at her house, 49 East 65th Street, at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27th." 
Want to go on a Jewish tour of Poland's concentration camps, and also hit Prague, and also do some serious partying at a gay pride parade? Hebro's got the trip for you. 
Is a controversial circumcision rite dangerous? New York City believes 17 infants have been infected because of metzizah b'peh — but not everyone agrees. 
"I would think someone who handles balls all of the time would know..." Jewish mother Pat Seftel weighs in on the Patriots, #DeflateGate, and why she would date Tom Brady: 
"Did I really want to live in a town known to the world for history’s biggest genocide? What would it be like to have a normal life at a place of such atrocity, to make friends, go out and have fun?" A young German woman's experience as a volunteer tour guide at the Auschwitz Jewish Center: 
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