By Jon Kalish
Playwright Michelanne Forster stumbled onto her family’s real-life Hollywood drama. Her grandfather directed ‘Casablanca’ and relatives hid their Jewish roots for years.
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Staffers discuss the out-of-nowhere rise of Mindy Meyer to trending celebrity status and a wellspring of young Jewish conservative writers.
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This week: Americans confront an Israeli report proclaiming there’s no occupation, Jewish athletes to watch in the Olympics and learning Yiddish on the farm.
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Eli Valley and Paul Berger face off over Eli’s latest comic and Naomi Zeveloff reports on an anti-abortion group’s hopes to build a faux Western Wall in Wichita, Kan.
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Staffers discuss why East Jerusalem is suffering from its worst-ever economic tailspin. Plus editor-in-chief Jane Eisner and Elissa Strauss talk about how women balance work and family.
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Staffers discuss a pension giant’s decision to sell stock in Caterpillar, and how the issue of Israel played out in this week’s primary elections in New York.
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Forward staffers discuss Americans’ reaction to Israel’s anti-immigrant crackdown, the tricky question of ‘voluntary’ poverty and new releases from Woody Allen and Lipa Schmeltzer.
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This week staffers discuss why Israel should cancel Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit; Orthodox women rendered infertile because of Jewish law; a new survey of New York Jews.
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Staffers discuss how Tunisian Jews are faring after the Arab Spring revolution, why Mayor Bloomberg is right to ban sugary drinks and the gruesome problems of Jewish cemeteries.
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By Nathan Guttman
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Jews face special security risks and defends a controversial grant program in a meeting with Forward staff.
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When Hank Greenberg Met Jackie Robinson
Columbia Seeks To End 'Whites Only' Fellowship
Reconsider Decision on Rabbis and Intermarriage
Ultra-Orthodox Men Ditch All-Black Attire as Fashion Trumps Tradition
Israel's Shas, Right-Wing Kingmaker Party, Takes Sharp Turn to Left
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