Forward staffers consider the grim prospects for the two-state solution, integrating the Orthodox into the IDF and the changing relationship between the ultra-Orthodox and the internet.
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Staffers talk about Maurice Sendak and the Forward’s campaign to liberate George Washington’s ‘letter to the Jews.’ Plus, a first-hand view of life at Jewish day schools.
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On the podcast, staffers discuss a dust up between a former Israeli spy chief and the government over Iran, Hebrew-language charter schools and the youth vote in the 2012 election.
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This week staffers discuss proposals to change ‘Hatikvah,’ whether Orthodox Jews accused of child sex abuse should get special treatment, and kosher food in prison.
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This week Forward staffers discuss the devout Jewish followers of the religion of Bruce Springsteen, growing up patrilineal and why Jews don’t like evangelical Christians
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By Paul Berger
TITANIC ANNIVERSARY: Macy’s employees contributed to a memorial for their boss, Isidor Straus, and his wife, Ida. What happened to the plaque is now a mystery.
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By Jon Kalish
From the Kalish archives: In a story that originally aired on WNYC, Jon Kalish takes us inside a Shmura matzo bakery in Boro Park, Brooklyn.
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Solving a century-old mystery involving the doomed Titanic, and surviving a week of eating Passover food are the topics of this week’s Reporters’ Roundtable.
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Staffers discuss an ongoing battle between American and Israeli matzo manufacturers, a Boycott Israel vote in Brooklyn and personal stories of hiding the afikoman.
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We discuss the new approach in the fight to free Alan Gross, the top Jewish sandwiches and the eastern European liqueur that’s guaranteed to burn all the way down.
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