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By Forward Staff
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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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Culture WATCH NOW: Virtual Conversation: Coupling in Quarantine
Watch the recording here. All of a sudden the rules of dating and relationships have changed, and the partner that you were complaining you never got to see is now in your space constantly. Join David Yarus, founder of JSwipe, the largest Jewish dating app; Rayna Greenberg, social influencer and podcast co-host of “Girls Gotta…
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Life If you’re a young reader, we want to hear from you. What are your favorite things right now?
Since shelter-in-place orders took effect across America, we’ve published plenty of personal essays, opinion pieces and news about how adults in society are handling life inside. We’ve written about those who wear pants every day and those eschewing them completely. We’ve heard about the challenges you’ve set yourselves, like reading all of Proust — or…
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Yiddish World Yiddish word of the day: terms of endearment
Yiddish has many ways of expressing affection, especially towards children. Three terms that you’ll learn here all have something unique in common! View more videos on our playlist here: https://youtu.be/JQ2Fuz8Ljbo To receive the Yiddish Word of the Day via email, sign up for the Yiddish in English newsletter here or subscribe to the Forward’s Youtube…
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Yiddish World Learn Yiddish with the Forverts’ Word of the Day videos
Read this article in Yiddish. The Forverts has launched a daily series of short informal video clips called Yiddish Word of the Day. The series, written and narrated by Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter, aims to give non-Yiddish speakers an introduction to familiar Yiddish words and phrases and how they might be used in everyday situations….
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