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Culture July 7: 16 over 61 awards ceremony
This ceremony will take place on Wednesday, July 7 at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. Register here. Please join us to celebrate the recipients of our inaugural 16 over 61 awards. Jewish tradition is filled with stories of individuals who take transformative journeys late in their lives. Moses, Abraham, Sarah, Miriam, and Naomi…
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Recipes Recipe: Forverts’ “Baba Au Rhum” for Father’s Day
For Father’s Day this year, The Forward presents to you a recipe from the archives that originally appeared in the Forverts in 1979. Longtime Forverts columnist Tsirl Steingart printed this recipe in the Est Gezunterheyt! column under the pseudonym “Sara Berkovitch.” Steingart had a fairly active life prior to settling into the role of Forverts…
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News Your weekend reads: Shira Haas, UFOs and Israel’s new government
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
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News Your weekend reads: the inventor of the cell phone, Holocaust self-help and Israel’s changing government
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
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News Your weekend reads: a ‘Friends’ reunion, a visit to George Floyd Square and an exclusive interview with Scott Stringer
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend! Your Weekend Reads
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Fast Forward Ceasefire holds; Netanyahu says equation has changed; U.S. promises to help rebuild Gaza
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be holding Friday morning, as the sounds of airstrikes and rocket fire were replaced by celebratory gunfire in the coastal enclave. The ceasefire was brokered by Egypt and had no conditions. The Gaza health ministry said Friday that 243 Palestinians had been killed in the 11 days…
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Fast Forward Biden tells Netanyahu he supports ceasefire as fighting continues into a second week
President Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Monday that the United States was working with Egypt and others to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. The call came as the air war between the two parties continued into its second week. Gaza health officials put the…
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Community 16 Over 61: Meet Matthew Baigell
This profile appears as part of “16 Over 61,” a collaboration between the Forward and the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan’s Wechsler Center for Modern Aging. Matthew Baigell, 88, is professor emeritus of art history at Rutgers University. As a scholar and writer, his interests always spanned a huge range of topics. But Judaism, and how…
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