Articles written collectively by the Forward’s staff.
Forward Staff
By Forward Staff
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Opinion Your Six Word Gift For Dad
With Father’s Day just around the corner, today is your last day to submit your six word tribute on your Jewish father or grandfather. The Forward’s six-word memoir project is conducted in conjunction with Larry Smith, editor of SMITH Magazine, home of the Six-Word Memoir®. Larry and the Forward staff will pick our 12 favorites…
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Fast Forward Angelina Jolie’s Aunt Dies of Breast Cancer — Had ‘Jewish’ Gene Mutation
Angelina Jolie’s aunt died of breast cancer Sunday, just two weeks after the Hollywood superstar revealed she’s had a double mastectomy to avoid the dreaded disease. Debbie Martin, 61, died Sunday in a San Diego-area hospital, her husband Ron Martin told The Associated Press. Martin had the same BRCA1 gene mutation that Jolie learned she…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Mom’s Nutella Ice Cream Crusade Fails by 2 Votes
A Brooklyn mother’s crusade to keep her daughter’s beloved banana and Nutella-flavored ice cream on the menu at her local parlor fell just short. The Nanatella flavor that Jocelyn Bogdan campaigned for finished in third place, just two votes behind an upstart flavor called Cookie Au Lait in the online poll at Ample Hills Creamery…
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Fast Forward Jewish Teen Scores Date With Supermodel No. 2 After Kate Upton Diss
A Jewish day school student got a supermodel date to his senior prom after all. Jake Davidson scored a night out with willowy Sports Illustrated swimsuit babe Nina Agdal after she agreed to go to his big dance at Milken Community High School in suburban Los Angeles, the Daily News reported. “She’d be a 15…
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The Schmooze Coen Brothers’ Latest Draws Raves at Cannes
I have a lot of faith in the Coen brothers. But when I heard that their next film, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” was going to be about a singer-songwriter in Greenwhich Village during the folk revival, I was a little worried. If there’s a period ripe for nostalgia among beardy folk music types, this one is…
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The Schmooze First Peek at Ari Folman’s New Film
The first trailer is out for Ari Folman’s new film, “The Congress” (see here for background), and though I hate to say it, it’s a little disappointing. I’ve been looking forward to this movie for ages, mainly because it seems like the perfect creative pairing. Folman, in his 2008 film “Waltz With Bashir,” used groundbreaking…
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Fast Forward Lakewood Yeshiva Teacher Yosef Kolko Admits Abusing Boy
A former yeshiva teacher in the Orthodox town of Lakewood, N.J., Yeshiva teacher today admitted sexually abusing a boy after two more victims of his came forward to accuse him, authorities told the Asbury Park Press. Yosef Kolko pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault, attempted aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment, and was…
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Fast Forward ‘Hacktivists’ Occupy Israeli Liquor Website
If you’re trying to buy liquor online in Israel, perhaps hold off for a bit. The website of “The Minister of Drinks,” the largest liquor distributor in Israel, has been hacked by the Sudan Electronic Army. The site now plays an Arabic song about Al-Quds, the Arabic name for Jerusalem. Lyrics for the song declare:…
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