Video: Forward 50 Panel
Each year, the Forward 50 honors the men and women who are most instrumental in shaping the American Jewish story. Forward editor Jane Eisner recently led a panel discussion at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington D.C. with activist and president of the American Jewish World Service Ruth Messinger, The Weekly Standard’s editor Bill Kristol and Orthodox boxing champion Dmitry Salita.
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