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September 21, 2020
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Life
American Judaism is ready for disruption - and Covid has accelerated the need for it.
Elliot Cosgrove
Life
American Judaism is ready for disruption - and Covid has accelerated the need for it.
Elliot CosgroveSeptember 21, 2020Covid has been a disruptor and accelerator for American Jewry laying bare questions that have been around for some time.
Fast Forward
RBG: First Jew, first woman to lie in state at Capitol
Ron KampeasSeptember 21, 2020The only other woman who lay “in honor” at the Capitol was Rosa Parks — but she did not lie “in state” because she was not a veteran or stateswoman.
Scribe: Community voices
Jewish educators need to embrace distance learning. That starts with mourning what’s lost.
Noam Weissman
Scribe: Community voices
Jewish educators need to embrace distance learning. That starts with mourning what’s lost.
Noam WeissmanSeptember 21, 2020If we allow ourselves to grieve, embrace the neutral zone, and reimagine our work together, we will be well positioned to create a bright future
Fast Forward
It’s a girl for Jewish Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
Marcy OsterSeptember 21, 2020“For us, her birth leading into Rosh Hashanah symbolizes new beginnings and hope in the midst of tough days,” the Jewish mayor tweeted.
Fast Forward
Arizona’s special senate race could keep Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat empty
Molly BoigonSeptember 21, 2020A Democratic win could shrink the Republican Senate majority, slashing the number of necessary GOP defectors from four to three.
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Opinion
A rushed confirmation would be a travesty. Ruth Bader Ginsburg taught us how to fight it.
Ari Hoffman
Opinion
A rushed confirmation would be a travesty. Ruth Bader Ginsburg taught us how to fight it.
Ari HoffmanSeptember 21, 2020Replacing Ginsburg before the election would be a travesty. Not figuring out how to carry on her legacy would be a tragedy.
Culture
‘Schitt’s Creek’ and all things Jewish from a very socially-distanced Emmys
PJ GrisarSeptember 21, 2020“Schitt’s Creek” made Emmys history after nine wins and a historic 15 nominations. What else was Jewy about last night? Tons.
Fast Forward
Mandy Patinkin blows shofar in TV tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish
Marcy Oster
Fast Forward
Mandy Patinkin blows shofar in TV tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish
Marcy OsterSeptember 21, 2020“So now her wish will be heard,” the actor said after his blast during an MSNBC interview, “and let it be heard throughout the land.”
Scribe: Community voices
As a gay American, a vote for Trump is a vote against my humanity
Jason Feldman
Scribe: Community voices
As a gay American, a vote for Trump is a vote against my humanity
Jason FeldmanSeptember 21, 2020I identify as a gay and Jewish American. My rights are in limbo and the next administration will undoubtedly decide my future.
Scribe: Community voices
Welcome to the lonely pew
September 21, 2020Converts are familiar with being alone on the high holidays; this year, everyone is getting a taste.
Scribe: Community voices
Scribe | Ruth Bader Ginsburg showed us young Jews how to be unapologetically Jewish.
Rachel Bernstein
Scribe: Community voices
Scribe | Ruth Bader Ginsburg showed us young Jews how to be unapologetically Jewish.
Rachel BernsteinSeptember 21, 2020Jewish, deeply interested in education and culture, and a woman with an incredibly Jewish name to boot.
Fast Forward
New York will erect statue in Brooklyn to honor RBG
Marcy OsterSeptember 21, 2020The late Supreme Court justice “started her incredible journey right here in Brooklyn,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in announcing the planning.
Culture
In Nessa Rapoport’s ‘Evening,’ the sun sets on a complicated sisterhood
Irene ConnellySeptember 21, 2020A week of shiva forces the novel’s protagonist to confront the unsettling fact that the central bond in her life has been one of conflict.
News
‘A modern prophet:’ How rabbis reacted to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death
Irene ConnellySeptember 20, 2020The justice’s passing just before Rosh Hashanah posed a dilemma for rabbis: Should they address the news? And how?
Scribe: Community voices
May Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s memory be ‘for a blessing.’ What, exactly, does that mean?
Molly Conway
Scribe: Community voices
May Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s memory be ‘for a blessing.’ What, exactly, does that mean?
Molly ConwaySeptember 20, 2020How Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s memory can be ‘for a blessing’
Obituaries
ICYMI: Catch up with the Forward’s coverage of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death
Forward StaffSeptember 20, 2020If you’ve been offline for Rosh Hashanah, you can catch up on the Forward’s coverage of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death here.
Scribe: Community voices
High Holiday lessons from Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Yoshi ZweibackSeptember 20, 2020 LOS ANGELESHigh Holiday lessons from Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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