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Never Miss an Opportunity

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.Read More


Orthodox Women Push Limits of Modesty

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?Read More


Echoes of Jewish Back-to-Land Movement Under Utah's Big Sky

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.Read More


Healing the Wounds of 9/11

By Ezra Glinter and Nate Lavey

In his new exhibit, Tobi Kahn tries to address the momentous trauma of 9/11.Read More


Compelling Images of Jewish and Israeli Dance

By Nate Lavey

Judith Brin Ingber shares some of the most compelling images from her new book on Jewish and Israeli dance.Read More


Living Apart in Crown Heights

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.Read More


Summer Camps for Jewish Seniors Live On

By Gianna Palmer

They kayak. They paint. They even do ‘The Electric Slide.’ Welcome to Jewish senior summer camp, 2K11 style.Read More


Young Mom Chooses Breast Surgery To Secure Family's Future

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.’Read More


Sholem Aleichem in America

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.Read More


The Trial

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.Read More






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