Beth Harpaz is the Forward’s senior copy editor. Follow her @literarydj or email harpaz@forward.com.
Beth Harpaz is the Forward’s senior copy editor. Follow her @literarydj or email harpaz@forward.com.
Beth HarpazSenior Copy Editor
By Beth Harpaz
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Culture Allen Ginsberg, Siegfried Sassoon in collection of letters about LGBTQ love and friendship
A new book called “The Love That Dares” offers a collection of letters and poems exploring LGBTQ love and friendship. Some of those whose words are quoted are famous, some are not so famous. Some had secret relationships while others refused to hide. Among the three dozen individuals included are three with Jewish heritage: the…
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News ‘Abortion access is a Jewish value’: Reaction to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade. The decision ended constitutional protections for the right to an abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. Abortion opponents have fought for decades to outlaw the procedure. Abortion will now likely be banned in about half of the states. Here is a sampling…
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News New York Gov. Hochul gives Unilever final warning before divesting over Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has given Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, a final chance to clarify its position before making a final determination on divesting state funds from the company because of the ice-cream maker’s decision last year to end sales in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. But a group of pro-Israel…
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Opinion My dad stormed Normandy on D-Day — and relived the fight against Nazis every night
My father was a paratrooper in World War II, part of the 101st Airborne’s famed parachute division. He jumped from the fifth plane out of England a few minutes after midnight on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants and an eighth grade dropout who worked in the Garment District,…
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