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Forward 50 2017 Michael Signer
Charlottesville’s Mayor Spoke Out After Hateful Rally A college professor and small-town mayor, Mike Signer never planned to be at the center of a national controversy. But hours after Charlottesville, Virginia, witnessed a deadly attack following hours of neo-Nazi marches, Signer was thrust into the spotlight, faulting the Trump White House for empowering these groups….
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Forward 50 2017 Molly Yeh
Just Your Typical Jewish Chinese Percussionist Food Blogger In North Dakota If you’re going to write a cookbook based on a personal and popular blog, then the expectation — rightly so — is that the book will reflect its author’s point of view and personality. Molly Yeh’s cookbook, “Molly on the Range,” takes her confessional…
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Opinion We asked 22 rabbis: What can the Jewish community do to fight the opioid epidemic?
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 can the Jewish community do to fight the opioid epidemic?” Here are their responses: Benjamin Sendrow, Conservative, Congregation Shaarey Tefilla:…
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Opinion We Asked 22 Rabbis: Are Jews The Inheritors Of Eretz Yisrael?
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, “Are Jews the inheritors of Eretz Yisrael?” Here are their responses: Ayelet Cohen, Conservative, The New Israel Fund, NY: We need…
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Opinion Do Jews have a responsibility to speak out against the Rohingya Genocide?
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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News Editor’s Note About Elie Wiesel Story
On October 22, the Forward mistakenly published a story noting that a woman was publicly alleging, on another website, that she had been sexually harassed by Elie Wiesel in 1989. Our story did not meet our journalistic standards and has been removed. The Forward apologizes for this error. Read more about our decision here.
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Food Welcome To The 2017 Forward Food Choice Awards!
We’ve launched the Forward Food Choice Awards as part of the Forward’s 120th anniversary. Because food is such an integral part of Jewish culture, we’re not only celebrating our birthday, but also the most delicious and innovative contributions to Jewish food this year. The nominees were chosen by Forward staff, but the choice of winners…
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Life Great Barrier Reef Too Far? Check Out Eilat’s Man-Made Reefs, Scientists Recommend
Artificial, man-made reefs can be more attractive to divers than natural coral formations, and can even help mitigate potential reef damage, according to a new study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Eilat’s artificial Tamar reef, according to the study, draws far more divers to it, and diverts traffic from precious natural knolls…
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