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By Forward Staff
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Sarah Hofstetter
The Orthodox Marketing CEO With a Heart of Gold Sarah Hofstetter, 42, is CEO of 360i, an ad agency whose clients include Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Capital One. She’s also an Orthodox, Sabbath-observant mother of two — a feat in an industry known for providing clients with 24/7 attention. In addition to juggling work, kids and…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Gloria Allred
In October, as women stepped forward to accuse then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of sexual assault, odds were that they’d announce their accusations with one woman by their side: Gloria Allred. Allred, 75, a powerhouse attorney who specializes in cases of women’s rights, famously represented Norma McCorvey, to get McCorvey publicly known as the real…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Eric Schneiderman
The New York AG Was a Vocal Trump Attacker New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, 61, learned earlier than most what Donald Trump and his allies were capable of. In August 2013, Schneiderman’s office sued Trump University, the GOP candidate’s now-defunct real estate seminar, for $40 million, claiming it had defrauded its students. The…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Gali Cooks
Building a New Generation of Leaders America’s large Jewish organizations are facing a challenge. In the next decade, most of their senior leaders will retire, and no one is sure where the next generation will come from. That’s where Gali Cooks, the head of Leading Edge, has stepped into the breach. Leading Edge’s mission is…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Alexandra Brodsky
Title IX Warrior Alexandra Brodsky began 2016 as a law student. She will end it with a degree from Yale, as a leading feminist activist, and one of the most respected voices on the hot-button issue of “rape culture.” She’s a senior editor at Feministing.com and a co-founder of Know Your IX, a not-for-profit that…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Charles Schumer
The Most Important Democrat on Capitol Hill The electoral earthquake that derailed the political establishment on Election Day did not deliver to Sen. Chuck Schumer what he so desperately wanted — a Democratically controlled U.S. Senate. But Donald Trump’s triumph does leave Schumer in line to be the most important Democrat on Capitol Hill, perhaps…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Rachel Gilmer
The Jewish Heart of #BlackLivesMatter The Jewish establishment struggled this year to come to terms with Black Lives Matter. Rachel Gilmer, a 28-year-old African American who was raised Jewish, both embodies the #BLM movement and was responsible for some of the Israel-related intersectionality that gave the establishment pause. The tensions came to a head with…
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A Year of Curses and Many Blessings Judy Sheindlin
Judge Judy Still Tops After 20 Years Born Judith Susan Blum and known to the world as Judge Judy, Judith Sheindlin is an icon. Her television courtroom show, where she dispenses tough love with no nonsense, has made her ubiquitous and wealthy. 2016 marks the twentieth anniversary of the Emmy-Award winning show’s premiere. In that…
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