Talya Zax
The Forward was a socialist mainstay — until it endorsed FDR. What changed?
How could the Forward, which built its reputation on its staunch Socialist politics, have gotten in bed with the Democrats?
‘Sister!’: From the tenements to city council, how the Forward pushed for the women’s vote
“Sister! Have the women in your home registered? Appoint a committee in your tenement, and go find this out.”
How the Forward, with humor and vehemence, taught its readers to vote
The Forward’s visual approach to the democratic process was brash, imaginative, idiosyncratic and often fun.
Like the Jewish women laureates before her, Louise Glück sees humanity in God
While Glück’s work is rarely wrought with the same kind of urgency as that of her predecessors, its politics, in a Jewish sense, run deep and true.
At vice presidential debate, Pence invokes ‘Jewish grandchildren’ in defense of Trump
It was the most significant invocation of the Jewish political bloc in a debate that largely shied away from issues seen as specific to Jewish voters.
In 2020, voter access is a defining issue — just like it was on the old Lower East Side
In the history of American politics, concerns over voter access are hardly new.
For America, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a new kind of Jew
Because Ginsburg was so absolutely Jewish, she helped form a bond, in the minds of the public, between Judaism and the quest for social justice.
123 years of election coverage: What the vote means to American Jews
America was the land of opportunity. And the emblem of that opportunity was the vote.
What would Ginsburg do? Move forward with hope.
Like Ginsburg, I want to help this country move forward, with the small, single voice that I have.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Jewish and liberal icon, dead at 87
“My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”