Josh Rolnick
By Josh Rolnick
-
Opinion That Time Hillary Clinton Heard Me — On Everything from BDS to Pre-K
Full disclosure: I’m a Democrat. I volunteered for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 and voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 New York primary. I’ve donated money to Hillary for America. But it wasn’t until last week that I became, in my heart, a Hillary Clinton supporter. Heading into a Cleveland, OH, fundraiser last…
-
Culture What a Day For an Auto-Da-Fé
Am I a Jew?: Lost Tribes, Lapsed Jews, and One Man’s Search For Himself By Theodore Ross Hudson Street Press, 280 pages, $25.95 There are hooks, and then there is the first sentence of Theodore Ross’s new book, “Am I a Jew?” which grabs you by the lapels and makes you instantly uncomfortable and intensely…
-
News Sweating in the Cleveland Schvitz
At first, when your father-in-law tells you he is taking you to the schvitz, you are not quite sure you heard him correctly. “The what?” you say. “The schvitz!” he repeats. “What’s a schvitz?” you ask. “A schvitz is a schvitz!” he says, as if the meaning of the word were contained, matryoshka doll-like, inside…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Rep. Max Miller says driver called him a ‘dirty Jew’ and threatened to kill his family. A local doctor turned himself in.
- 2
News As Israel attacks, what is life like for Jews in Iran?
- 3
Fast Forward Mamdani tells Colbert — and a national audience — why NYC Jews shouldn’t fear him as mayor
- 4
Opinion Bombing Iran, Donald Trump is triggering a tragedy that Thucydides foretold long ago
In Case You Missed It
-
Sports Brooklyn Nets draft Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf players back-to-back, forming first NBA’s first Jewish tandem in decades
-
Yiddish דאָס אײַנפּאַקן אַ טאָרבע פֿאַרן לויפֿן אין שוצקעלער האָט עפּעס דערוועקט אין מירPacking a bag before running to the shelter hit a nerve in me
בני מער האָט שוין מיטגעמאַכט אַ סך מלחמות אין ישׂראל אָבער די איצטיקע איבערלעבונג איז אין גאַנצן אַנדערש.
-
Opinion Pro-Palestinian protesters are suddenly supporting Iran. They might want to talk to some Palestinians
-
Culture How Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani target Jewish voters
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
