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Culture June 14: Live Q&A with ‘Dayan: The First Family TV Series’ director
The Forward is excited to partner with the JCC’s Israel Film Center for their virtual festival, featuring a fascinating lineup of films! ‘Dayan: The First Family TV Series’, a series that follows five generations of the Dayan family — “The Israeli Kennedys,” runs from June 7 through June 14. Catch the virtual screening and then…
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Culture WATCH NOW June 19: A Jewish conversation about Juneteenth
Watch here. Rabbi Sandra Lawson, a chaplain at Elon University in North Carolina, and Tema Smith, a contributing columnist at The Forward, will talk with Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren, about the holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States, and how Jews are — and should and could be — marking it this…
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Culture WATCH NOW: June 17: Will Israel really annex the West Bank (and what happens next)?
Watch here. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to extend Israeli sovereignty over much of the occupied West Bank as soon as July 1, despite misgivings of the Trump administration. Is this the death of the two-state solution? Of Israel as a Jewish democracy? Of Palestinian national aspirations? David Makovsky, head of the Israel-Arab relations…
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Culture WATCH NOW: June 10: Meet The Winners of Our Young Writers Contest
Watch here. What’s it like to go to school in a time of curfews, Zoom classes and social isolation? Trapped inside, how do you manage to find freedom? Forward senior editor Adam Langer talks to the winners of our writing contest about being young, isolated and hopeful in 2020. This is part of our new…
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Culture WATCH NOW: May 27: After Corona: How our Jewish world will change
Watch the recording here. Does virtual engagement make our communities more inclusive or more polarized? Will day-school and camp survive? Will observance finally become more affordable? Join our editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren; Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick; parenting expert Bethany Mandel; Forward contributing columnist Alex Zeldin; spiritual leader of Lab/Shul NYC, Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie; Executive Director of the…
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Culture WATCH NOW: The Future of the Jewish People…and Cocktails
Watch here. Join Jay Sanderson, President & CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, and Rob Eshman, National Editor of The Forward, for cooking, cocktails and discussion. Both foodies will make a sensational Shavuot dish and special dairy-based cocktail while talking food, the Jewish response to Covid-19, and the post-Covid Jewish future. This…
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Culture WATCH NOW: Yihye Tov: A conversation/concert with David Broza
Watch here. Written with Yonatan Geffen in 1977, Broza’s anthem “Yihye Tov” (Things Will Be Better) has never been more resonant. Jodi Rudoren, Forward editor-in-chief, talks with the famed Israeli singer-songwriter about his life in quarantine in New York City; his just-released instrumental album of Spanish guitar, En Casa Limón; and the prospect of Tu…
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Culture WATCH NOW: Rob Eshman on ‘Inside the Rabbi’s Study’
National Editor, Rob Eshman joins an episode of Valley Beth Shalom’s ‘Inside the Rabbi’s Study’, an exclusive interview series with prominent clergy and educators in the LA Jewish community. Rabbi Ed Feinstein and Eshman discuss his new role and how he’s expanding The Forward’s national and international presence. Watch the interview here.
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