Marie-Rose Sheinerman is a news intern at the Forward. Contact her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @RoseSheinerman.
Marie-Rose Sheinerman
By Marie-Rose Sheinerman
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News Talking about Israel from the pulpit, many American rabbis tread carefully
The ceasefire announced Thursday evening may make it no easier for American rabbis to talk about Israel in synagogue on Saturday morning. While the end of rocketfire will likely be noted and welcomed by rabbis across denominations, the crisis in the Middle East over the past two weeks has left many American Jewish communities in…
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News Amid crisis, American teens on Israel gap years reflect, parents worry
Jake Miller, 20, an American student on a gap year, attended a Jewish and Arab-led anti-occupation march in Tel Aviv Tuesday night. Just five minutes after he left the demonstration, sirens blared overhead, warning of an incoming missile. Miller and thousands of other American Jewish young adults now in Israel on gap years — breaks…
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News In time for Mother’s Day, families reunite after more than a year apart
Jamie Stelter, the NY1 traffic anchor who wakes up New Yorkers, has a morning routine of her own: At 4 a.m. nearly every day, she exchanges a text message with her mother. They’re both morning people and “very close,” she tells me, so from that text to when she goes to sleep at night, “I…
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Fast Forward In first of its kind, archeologists find an ancient ‘lucky’ oil lamp in Jerusalem
A rare oil lamp, believed by archeologists to have been intended by ancients to bring good fortune, was uncovered in a recent excavation in Jerusalem at the City of David National Park. The lamp was discovered at the foundations of a building which once stood on the famed pilgrimage road of ancient Jerusalem. Ari Levy…
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News ‘Second class citizens’: LGBTQ students allege culture of alienation and fear at Yeshiva University
Molly Meisels, then a senior at Yeshiva University, was greeted in class last fall with an unusual message from a professor: “I don’t care if you’re a ‘he,’ a ‘she,’ or an ‘it.’” Meisels, 22, one of only a few openly LGBTQ undergraduates at the more than 2,000-strong university, recalled feeling taken aback but not…
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Fast Forward Birthright to resume trips for vaccinated or recovered American Jews starting in May
Birthright Israel announced Tuesday it will resume its educational tourism trips starting in May. The organization had paused its programming last March due to the pandemic, marking the only significant hiatus in the group’s two-decade history. Birthright, which provides free-of-charge 10-day trips in Israel for young diaspora Jews partially funded by the Israeli government, will…
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Fast Forward Artificial intelligence unlocks a new secret of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Technology has enabled new insight into ancient documents that have fascinated and often mystified scholars of Jewish and religious history since their discovery around 70 years ago. Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands used artificial intelligence to analyze the longest text of the Dead Sea Scrolls, running at 24 feet long and…
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News New report finds American Jewish community underserves domestic violence survivors
A new report by Jewish Women International (JWI), based on a months-long study, has found that the American Jewish community systemically fails to adequately support survivors of domestic violence. “The Jewish community is failing survivors and their children by not centering their needs,” the report reads. “Survivors value the Jewish community but often feel stigmatized…
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