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Opinion 6 Ways Michael Bloomberg Can Spend $1M Prize
Earlier this week, a few Russian billionaires gave billionaire New York’s outgoing mayor Michael Bloomberg a $1 million dollar Jewish prize. We have some bright ideas about what he should do with all that cash. The million bucks, chump change for the richest man in New York City, came along with the Genesis Prize, bestowed…
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Opinion Editor’s Choice: A Victim’s Story, Jacob Pressman at 94
The Forward is partnering with other Jewish newspapers to offer our readers a peek at some of the best stories from around the country, as selected by the editors at those papers. We will offer a selection of unedited links with brief introductions from the editors of the papers. Between Victim And Perpetrator By Maayan…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Defends Call for Nuclear Strike on Iran as ‘Hyperbole’
Sheldon Adelson admitted calling for the U.S. to carry out a nuclear strike on Iran, but insisted he was using “hyperbole” to point out that harsher action should be taken against the Islamic republic. “Mr. Adelson was using hyperbole to make a point that … actions speak louder than words,” said Ron Reese, the billionaire…
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Opinion Editor’s Choice: The Real-Life ‘Argo’; Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies
The Forward is partnering with other Jewish newspapers to offer our readers a peek at some of the best stories from around the country, as selected by the editors at those papers. We will offer a selection of unedited links with brief introductions from the editors of the papers. From the Jewish Journal. Tony Mendez…
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Opinion Editor’s Choice: Millennials Speak on Pew
The Forward is partnering with other Jewish newspapers to offer our readers a peek at some of the best stories from around the country, as selected by the editors at those papers. We will offer a selection of unedited links with brief introductions from the editors of the papers. From the Jewish Journal of Los…
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Opinion We Are the 94%!
Ever since Pew published its new study of American Jews last week, we’ve been hearing a lot about what Jews aren’t. Jews aren’t as religious as they used to be. They don’t go to synagogue as often. Jews aren’t marrying other Jews or raising their kids Jewish or affiliating with the Conservative movement. Here at…
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Opinion Editor’s Choice: Best From Across the Country
The Forward is partnering with other Jewish newspapers to offer our readers a peek at some of the best stories from around the country, as selected by the editors at those papers. We will offer a selection of unedited links with brief introductions from the editors of the papers. Now that the high holidays are…
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Books Jewish Book Council Names Sami Rohr Prize Finalists
The Jewish Book Council has named the five finalists of this year’s Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, the Forward has learned. Carolyn Hessel, director of the Jewish Book Council, told the Forward that the five finalists are Sarah Bunin Benor for “Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism”; Matti…
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