Nora Berman is the former deputy opinion editor for the Forward. She is based in Atlanta.
Nora BermanDeputy Opinion Editor
By Nora Berman
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Opinion How many Jews have to die for our allies to acknowledge the antisemitism Jews face?
If the circumstances weren’t so terrifying, the mental gymnastics of the last few days could almost be considered comedic. FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno described the nearly 11-hour hostage crisis that had unfolded at Congregation Beth Israel, a Reform synagogue in Colleyville, Tex. as “not specifically related to the Jewish community.” Even President…
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Opinion The Met is erasing the Sackler name. Tel Aviv University’s medical school should be next
In a joint statement, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Sackler family today announced that the museum will no longer bear the name of the disgraced pharmaceutical billionaires who helped fuel the opioid crisis for financial gain. Yemach shemo, as we say in Jewish tradition — may their name, and all the pain that…
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Opinion WATCH: Can you do better than comedian Alex Edelman at ‘Yiddish or Gibberish’?
On November 20th, comedian Alex Edelman paid a visit to the Forward’s Manhattan offices. We tested him on his Yiddish knowledge, learned about his unique bar mitzvah, and Alex teased his new solo show “Just For Us.”
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Opinion Alex Edelman crashed a white supremacist meeting. It left him grappling with his own Jewish identity
Behind the scenes of 'Just for Us'
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Opinion A rabbi helped me understand the stigma addiction carries. ‘Dopesick’ makes his lessons even more essential
Waves of agony repeatedly knocked the breath out of me, as pressure built behind my eyes, producing visual auras that blurred my sight and made me nauseous. The pain was so unique, so all-encompassing, that I lost all rational capabilities, screaming and kicking as if possessed. My first such debilitating experience occurred when I was…
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Opinion New Hulu series ‘Dopesick’ reveals the evils of the Sackler family, but hides the real fight
I’ve lost too many people to opioids to be surprised by anything I saw in “Dopesick.” The eight episode miniseries by Hulu, premiering Oct. 13, dramatizes the criminally deceptive marketing behind OxyContin, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family and what led to a substance abuse crisis affecting millions of Americans. It is loosely based on…
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Opinion I’m a leftist. Progressives’ move to strip Iron Dome from spending bill smacks of ignorance
The first time I sprinted to a bomb shelter, it was a stairwell in a rental-car agency in Tel Aviv, Israel. The siren blared as my then-Burning Man fling (now husband) and I were finalizing the paperwork. He grabbed my hand and shoved me into the stairwell along with several employees. Ten seconds later, there…
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Opinion YU’s institutional silence harms all students — and I know change is possible
In many ways, I was an outsider at my elite boarding school: I was a Democrat, I was Jewish, and the wealth and conservatism of my peers were unlike anything I’d previously experienced. Yet there was something else that separated me from my classmates, which I kept private: I was bisexual. Our student handbook specifically…
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