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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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Culture Let’s talk about Unorthodox
The conversation on the Netflix series “Unorthodox” has been non-stop, even outside the Jewish community. Inside it, the discussion has been even more fiery, as the show is as controversial as it is popular; many take issue with the way it portrays the Jewish community, particularly its accuracies and inaccuracies regarding its portrayal of women…
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Culture The Forward’s Youth Writing Contest deadline has been extended
The Forward’s Youth Writing Contest has already is inspiring middle and high school students across the country to reflect on the topic of freedom. Competing for a $180 prize in three age categories, our contestants have written short stories, poems and essays, some of which we have already published here. But, given that we are…
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Community From Jewish pride to self-doubt, teenage writers sound off on the rise in anti-Semitism
A young woman experiences the fear her ancestors must have felt for the first time. Another wonders if she should even talk about Israel around her friends anymore. A third feels the urge to fight back against anti-Semitism, but isn’t sure how. These are just a few ways that teenage girls participating in the Jewish…
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