By Eli Valley
Forward Artist in Residence Eli Valley creates a horrifying Halloween comic strip. The ghoulish graphic and visceral video challenge some notions about Israeli policy.
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By Paul Berger
Young Orthodox Jewish women are pushing the boundaries of tznius, or modest dress, with an exposed collar bone here, a shorter skirt there. But how sexy is too sexy?
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By Naomi Zeveloff
A century ago, Jews set up a farming colony in central Utah in hopes of escaping from tenement life. Little remains except for a few headstones, and the memories of descendants.
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By Ezra Glinter and Nate Lavey
In his new exhibit, Tobi Kahn tries to address the momentous trauma of 9/11.
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By Nate Lavey
Judith Brin Ingber shares some of the most compelling images from her new book on Jewish and Israeli dance.
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By Nate Lavey
Twenty years after the riots, we walk the vibrant streets of Crown Heights. Activists and ordinary folks talk about what’s changed and the continuing racial divisions.
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By Gianna Palmer
They kayak. They paint. They even do ‘The Electric Slide.’ Welcome to Jewish senior summer camp, 2K11 style.
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By Aaron Yellin
The BRCA1 gene mutation meant Jill Steinberg faced likely breast cancer. To secure her family’s future, the young mom called radical surgery a ‘no-brainer.’
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By Ezra Glinter and Nate Lavey
The Forward meets with the director of a new documentary about the life of Sholem Aleichem to talk about the famed Yiddish writer’s difficult experience in America.
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By Eli Valley
In his first work as the Forward’s artist-in-residence, Eli Valley draws a mash-up comic that combines narrative from Franz Kafka’s novel “The Trial” and dialogue from the recent Knesset hearings on J Street.
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