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My aunt’s favorite pen pal — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Lois Severin never spoke on the phone. They were only together a handful of times. But their 17-year correspondence fills a box in my Aunt Lois’ St. Louis home. It started in the early 1950s. Marty Ginsburg and Lois’ husband, my Uncle Phil, met at Cornell University. They were fraternity brothers….
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How Walter Winchell created this mess we’re in
Much to the dismay of his many critics, Walter Winchell, wouldn’t — and still won’t — go away. An innovator of the gossip column and early radio idol, his style was unmistakable. He was the grandson of a cantor and he introduced a novel, niggun-like rhythm to the airwaves, while in print, his non sequitur…
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WATCH NOW: December 16: An interview with Rep. Max Rose on his plans to run for Mayor of NYC
Watch the recording here. In 2018, Rose, a Jewish Democrat who was wounded in Afghanistan, stunned the nation by ousting a Republican incumbent in their Staten Island district. This November, he lost the seat as the district returned to its Republican roots. And he’s just thrown his hat into the crowded race for Mayor of…
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WATCH NOW: December 15: Why can’t we solve homelessness now?
Watch the recording. Watch four L.A. leaders in homeless advocacy, services and urban design in an in-depth discussion with Forward National Editor Rob Eshman on solving LA’s most intractable problem now. What are new effective ideas for tackling homelessness? How will COVID-19 present challenges and opportunities for solving homelessness? What role can government, private enterprise,…
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How ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ changed Mariah Carey’s life
Mariah Carey’s new memoir is called “The Meaning of Mariah Carey” (Andy Cohen Books/Henry Holt). Whether or not a reader comes away with a deeper understanding of what Mariah Carey “means” probably depends upon the reader and his or her definition of “meaning.” Any reader, on the other hand, cannot help but grab onto some…
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WATCH NOW: December 9: The Jewish Democratic Vote in 2020
Watch the recording here. The 2020 election results challenged the idea that Florida is a swing state, with Donald Trump winning the state for the second time. Join U.S. Representative Ted Deutch of Florida’s 22nd District for an in-depth discussion with Forward National Editor Rob Eshman on what it means for the future of Democrats…
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The Jewish and Jew-ish nominees for a strange 2020 Tonys
The 2020 Tony Awards, like weddings, vacations, work commutes and so much of the other stuff of life, went missing this summer. But, the show must go on — however belatedly. The nominees for this year’s ceremony were announced Thursday and like so much else in this strange new normal, they are incomplete but also…
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Meet the last surviving Jewish member of ‘The Chicago 7’
At 81, Lee Weiner, the last surviving Jewish defendant among the Chicago Seven, published a memoir, “Conspiracy To Riot” before the October 16 release of the Netflix film “Trial of the Chicago 7” written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Over a half-century ago, Weiner, a Chicago native, was charged with…
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‘Sister!’: From the tenements to city council, how the Forward pushed for the women’s vote
This is the fourth installment of a special series exploring The Forward’s election coverage throughout its 123-year history. Click here to sign up to receive it through our email newsletter, and find our earlier installments here. October, 1918: As the Spanish Flu pandemic ravaged the United States and the midterm elections approached, The Forward attempted…
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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ finds triumph in a moment of national shame
In a recent interview with Variety, Aaron Sorkin revealed how he’d script a speculative end to the Trump presidency. After the election, Sorkin predicted, in the face of a clear win for Biden, Trump will try to claim the Democrats cheated. But then a reckoning arrives. “For the first time, his Republican enablers march up…
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The scariest part of ‘The Vow’ is that it makes a cult look consensual
“There’s a Jewish word, mishpucha, which means family. As soon as I met Lauren, I knew she was mishpucha,” Sarah Edmondson says of Lauren Salzman, the woman who would eventually coerce her to brand her pelvis in an excruciating initiation rite into a secretive enclave billing itself as a women’s empowerment group. It’s a particularly…
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