Articles written collectively by the Forward’s staff.
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By Forward Staff
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Opinion Should Al Franken Resign?
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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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 Rachel Bloom
Nothing Crazy About TV’s ‘Ex-Girlfriend’ If Disney princesses were historically accurate, they would be anti-Semites. If a Jewish girl sang a song to her boyfriend on Hanukkah, she most certainly would want him to “come kiss her mezuza tonight.” This is the world according to Rachel Bloom. An actress, singer and songwriter, Bloom got her…
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Forward 50 2017 Laura Loomer
‘Alt-Right’ Provocateur Or New-Wave Jewish Journalist? It’s hard to know how exactly to categorize Jewish “alt-right” personality Laura Loomer. Through a series of stunts, articles and social media campaigns, the proudly Jewish Loomer has embraced the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam platform of the fringe right, minus the anti-Semitism. Is she a performance artist? Or perhaps the Jewish…
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