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Culture Forward 50 | Josh and Benny Safdie: The hoop dreamers
We have the Safdies to thank for pushing Adam Sandler outside of his sophomoric comfort zone for a career-best performance as gambling-addicted jeweler Howard Ratner. Their newly released film, “Uncut Gems,” elevates the brothers’ already remarkable, neon- and desperation-drenched oeuvre by taking on a different side of New York: The glitzy, Glatt-certified row of Manhattan’s…
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Culture Rachel Sumekh: The Supreme Swiper
As an undergraduate at UCLA in 2010, Rachel Sumekh and a few friends experimented with donating the excess funds on the meal plans to classmates who needed them. Now 28, Sumekh runs a national nonprofit, Swipe Out Hunger, which enlists students at 100 universities to donate their unused meal points to peers struggling to pay…
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Culture Forward 50 | Catherine Cohen: The comedy chanteuse
Catherine Cohen, 28, leapt onto the comedy scene with musical monologues that pay jazzy, manic homage to anxiety, exhibitionism and her reproductive health. She hosts a weekly revue of young, diverse talent at Club Cumming. A Houston native, Cohen can now be seen beyond the crowded cabaret space, making scene-stealing appearances in HBO’s “High Maintenance”…
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Culture Dr. Margot Kushel: Warrior For The Homeless
Dr. Margot Kushel is one of the nation’s leading researchers into geriatric homelessness, she approaches the topic with her Jewish values in mind. In 2006, Kushel co-wrote the first study on the issue, discovering that the average age of the homeless population in the United States was in the mid-50s. Since then, Kushel, who is…
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Culture Sarah Hurwitz: Speechwriter for Judaism
What are Democrats to do in the Trump era? Sarah Hurwitz, who spent seven years as Michelle Obama’s chief speechwriter after doing the same for President Obama and candidate Hillary Clinton, decided to write for herself. Her book, “Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life — in Judaism,” was published…
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Culture Moishe Ferencz: Supermarket Widower
Moishe Ferencz opened JC Kosher Supermarket on Martin Luther King Drive in 2017 after he and his wife, Mindy, moved from Brooklyn searching for more financial stability and space for their three children. Moishe and Mindy ran a successful business together, putting out hot kugel and cholent for their customers each Thursday and selling at…
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Opinion Have Your Say | Can A Latke Be A Latke Without Potatoes?
Have Your Say is your chance to tell us what you think. Comment below or on Facebook and let us know what you think about the question posed in the headline. We’ll incorporate your answers in a story later in the week! Have your say: Can A Latke Be A Latke Without Potatoes? — The…
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Culture January 26: Los Angeles: Z3 Project Conference
The Forward will represent at the Z3 Project in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 26, where editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren will lead a panel and opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon will be a panelist on another. Z3, located this year at the Stephen Wise Temple, aims to promote Zionism and discuss its changing landscape, as well as…
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