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Opinion We Asked 23 Rabbis: What Is The Diaspora Jew’s Role In Israel?
As a part of our Rabbi Roundtable series, we brought together leading rabbis from all corners of the Jewish world to offer their thoughts on the big questions. This week, we asked our rabbis, “What is the Diaspora Jew’s role vis a vis Israel?” Here are their responses: Uri Pilichowski, Orthodox, Yeshivat Migdal Hatorah: I…
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Opinion We Asked 25 Rabbis: What Is One Thing Jews Need To Stop Doing?
As a part of our Rabbi Roundtable series, we brought together leading rabbis from all corners of the Jewish world to offer their thoughts on the big questions. This week, we asked our rabbis, “What is one thing Jews should stop doing?” Here are their responses: Jill Jacobs , Conservative, T’ruah: The Jewish community should…
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Life Swipe Right On Your Dream Job: This Israeli-Made App Is Tinder For Job Search
It’s LinkedIn meets Tinder. New Israeli app Workey, based in Tel Aviv, is an app that connects job-seekers with recruiters, using the same model as a dating app. When you register, a chatbot asks a series of questions about your job and professional aspirations, and asks you to upload your resume or connect the app…
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Opinion Is it ever OK to make Holocaust jokes?
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.
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The Schmooze An Editor’s Note About Bryan Singer
Our source for an aggregated story published about ‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer, was Yahoo News. When they took their story down we removed ours, too, as we could not independently confirm the sources originally cited.
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Forward 50 2017 Gal Gadot
A Real Wonder Woman The Forward 50 has historically only honored American Jews who have made differences in our lives, but in honor of the breakout year of Israeli actress Gal Gadot, we’re making a “wonder”-ful exception. The winner of the 2004 Miss Israel competition, the actress and model made her film debut playing an…
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Forward 50 2017 Sophie Ellman-Golan
The Jewish Activist Who Powered The Women’s March Sophie Ellman-Golan is an activist at the forefront of the fight for social and racial equality. After working at Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention organization, she became the deputy head of communications and outreach for the Women’s March, the nationwide protest movement…
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Forward 50 2017 Kathy Manning
Jewish Educational Trailblazer At a time when many Jewish organizations insist on going it alone, even though they struggle for money and members, what happened last year in the day school community defied the norm: Five well-established, distinct organizations representing diverse religious streams and approaches actually decided to meld into one. Key to this development…
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