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The Jewiest (and least Jewish) Muppets
Some Muppets don’t even have lower bodies. But they might all have faith traditions. Last night, Twitter’s favorite rabbi, Danya Ruttenberg, invited the internet to speculate on the religious affiliations of every Muppet ever. Ok, let’s do this. Religious affiliation of every single Muppet. I’ll start. Statler and Waldorf are Jews, obviously, as is Fozzie…
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Trump likes Henry Ford’s “bloodline.” So did Charles Lindbergh
There are a lot of things Donald Trump could praise the Ford Motor Company for. At its inception, the automobile manufacturer made cars accessible and reduced the strain on laborers through the assembly line process, and, just recently, the corporation began producing ventilators and face shields to support hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. That last…
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The face of freedom is 18 years old
Editor’s Note: The Forward is featuring essays, poems and short stories written for our Young Writers Contest. Today’s entry was written by Maayan Sarna, a sophomore at SAR in the Bronx. You can find more work from our young writers here. The face of freedom is eighteen years old and she is standing outside her…
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Freedom, a poem
Editor’s Note: The Forward is featuring essays, poems and short stories written for our Young Writers Contest. Today’s entry was written by Covenant Olorunyomi, is a 17-year-old student from Baptist High School in Lokoja, Nigeria. You can find more work from our young writers here. My world has never been limited to the four walls…
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What it means to be free
I knew I was in trouble when I spotted the crimson marks slashing through my answers. I turned the quiz over tentatively. A big fat 80, my lowest grade to date. My friends gathered around each other, whispering about their grades, and I couldn’t even admit mine. Tears fell on my paper, blurring my answers….
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What freedom means to both of us
Editor’s Note: The Forward is featuring essays, poems and short stories written for our Young Writers Contest. Today’s entry was written by Noa and Netta Dobzinski, 13-year-old students from the Ellis School in Pittsburgh. You can find more work from our young writers here. Freedom. Most people think about big freedoms when they hear this…
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A reflection on Rona
Editor’s Note: The Forward is featuring essays, poems and short stories written for our Young Writers Contest. Today’s entry was written by Asher Wexler, a 17-year-old student at the Research Triangle High School in Durham, N.C. You can find more work from our young writers here. I knew a thing or two about freedom, so…
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Sea split freedom — a poem
Editor’s Note: The Forward is featuring essays, poems and short stories written for our Young Writers Contest. Today’s entry was written by Julia Schroers, a 14-year-old student from Guilford, CT. You can find more work from our young writers here In order to be free, your cold brass shackles must fall to the earth, releasing…
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She followed her star
Editor’s Note: The Forward is featuring essays, poems and short stories written for our Young Writers Contest. Today’s entry was written by Lara Fraenkel, an 11-year-old student at École Buissonière in Montreal, Canada. You can find more work from our young writers here A young girl stared out a window. Her wavy brown curls were…
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To be free is to be open to new possibilities
Editor’s Note: The Forward is featuring essays, poems and short stories written for our Young Writers Contest. Today’s entry was written by Emily Hyett, a ten-year-old student from North Hampton, New Hampshire. You can find more work from our young writers here. What is freedom? Is it a young child biking down the streets of…
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Freedom is a rainbow
Editor’s Note: The Forward is featuring essays, poems and short stories written for our Young Writers Contest. Today’s entry was written by Ella Sadka, a 12-year-old student from the Ann and Nate Levine Academy in Dallas. You can find more work from our young writers here. Freedom is a Rainbow Freedom is a rainbow Where…
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