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Communications Forward wins 12 first-place prizes at 41st Annual AJPA Simon Rockower Awards
The Forward won 43 Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism — a new record
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Fast Forward FBI looking into ‘The Mapping Project,’ pro-Palestinian site targeting ‘Zionist leaders’ in Boston
Politicians and Jewish groups have condemned the anonymous website as a roadmap for antisemitic attacks
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Fast Forward Israeli police attack funeral-goers, nearly toppling the coffin of Palestinian journalist
An Israeli police officer died of wounds sustained in separate clashes Friday
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Fast Forward Jeffrey Katzenberg compares Will Smith slap to Ukraine war
At Simon Wiesenthal Center banquet, mogul calls slap 'intolerance on display'
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Fast Forward One-third of recent Russian immigrants to Israel left within one month
Russians who have immigrated to Israel since the start of their country's invasion of Ukraine were given additional perks that ordinary immigrants to Israel do not receive — and many have already left.
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Opinion ‘It changed my life in ways I never expected:’ Readers share stories of personal firsts
Last week marked the 100th anniversary of Judy Kaplan becoming the first American bat mitzvah. In a column noting the occasion, our editor-in-chief, Jodi Rudoren, published a column considering the many female “firsts” women have racked up in the last century — and what comes next. “I’d been thinking that the era of female firsthood…
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Fast Forward Which member of Congress is using his bar mitzvah photo for fundraising?
In what may be that rare political fundraising email that evokes an actual “Awwww,” a California Democrat sent out his bar mitzvah picture along with a pitch for funds. “I’ll admit, it’s easy to chuckle at this photo — the classic 1970s bow tie, the braces, the yarmulke, the looks — but it reminded me…
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Culture April 5: The Forverts at 125: The Expanding Audience and Innovation of Our Storied Yiddish Publication
Special Donor-Only Event We are thrilled to host this special, donor-only event on April 5 at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. On April 5, join the Forward’s Yiddish Editor, Rukhl Schaechter, and her assistant, Rabbi Zachary Golden, to learn about the exciting developments in the world of the Yiddish Forverts. Here at The…
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