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November 27: Manhattan: Jews In The Modern World
Explore the big questions of modern Jewish life and their impact on Judaism with Forward editor-In-chief Jane Eisner, as she moderates a panel with two of the American Jewish community’s most prominent leaders and thinkers. In “Jews In The Modern World: Looking Back, Looking Forward,” Rabbi Shai Held and Rabbi David Ellenson will discuss topics…
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November 15: Manhattan: ‘Across The Divide’ — Getting Candid About Israel
It’s time to speak candidly — and listen openly — about Israel. Join Forward Opinion Editor Batya Ungar-Sargon in Part 1 of “Across the Divide,” a series designed to discuss Israel from a political, denominational and generational view. On the panel, 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Streicker Center at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan, she’ll…
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November 14: Boston: Unpacking The Midterms As Jews In Trump’s America
Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner is here to help unpack the midterm elections. On November 14, she will join the JCC of Greater Boston’s Jonathan Samen Hot Buttons Cool Conversations series, analyzing the election outcome and delving into the current political landscape — including being a Jew in Trump’s America. Jonathan Weisman, deputy Washington editor of…
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November 7: Manhattan: ‘In Her Footsteps’
A new film discovers the true meaning of belonging. Forward executive editor Dan Friedman will moderate a Q&A following the November 7 screening of “In Her Footsteps,” the story of director Rana Abu Fraiha’s family’s journey, from their Bedouin village to Omer, a nearby Jewish town. They lived in Omer for 20 years, yet they…
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November 5: Manhattan: ‘Looking For Zion’
The Other Israel Film Festival continues with a look back at Zionism in the 1930s. Join Forward editor-at-large J.J. Goldberg for the U.S. premiere of “Looking For Zion,” a documentary directed by Tamara Erde. Inspired by photographs taken by her Zionist grandfather, she finds herself on a journey, discovering the decisions and reasons behind his…
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November 4: Westchester: ‘Pittsburgh and America’
Please join essayist and opinion editor of the Forward Batya Ungar-Sargon for an open conversation about the implications of last week’s tragic attack in Pittsburgh and what it means for the American Jewish Community. Her most recent pieces include, “What the Pittsburgh Massacre Taught Me about Jews in the age of Trump” and “Donald Trump,…
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Film & TV ‘The Big Lebowski’ Cast Reunite To Talk All Things ‘Dude’
It looks like “The Big Lebowski” can count its three stars among its legion of fans. In a Today Show interview conducted by self-identified Lebowski “cultist” Harry Smith, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi reunited to wax nostalgic over their time shooting the 1998 Coen Brothers’ classic. 20 years later, they’re still delighting in…
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In Tel Aviv, Weaving A Better Future For African Refugees
“We don’t have rules. We want the women to feel at home here. If someone comes every day or if they haven’t been for a year, it doesn’t matter,” says Sister Azezet Kidane, co-director of Kuchinate, an African refugee women’s collective in Tel Aviv. The women at Kuchinate, which means “crochet” in Tigrinya (the language…
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November 2: Manhattan: Shabbat Dinner And Film Screening
Join Forward opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon at the Film Fest: 20s + 30s Shabbat Dinner on November 2 at the Marlene Meyerson JCC in Manhattan. Hosted by Other Israel Film Festival, New Israel Fund’s New Generations, OneTable and other young leadership groups, the event, which will run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., will feature kosher…
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Sharks Defending Britain From Nazis? How ‘Fake News’ Helped Foil Hitler
Could Fake News ever be a good thing? While there are fair objections to the state of partisan journalism today, and some lament the warmongering yellow journalism of the past, a new book suggests that a misinformation campaign launched by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was a pivotal part of British Intelligence’s plan to thwart the…
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The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Strictly Scrutinized
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life By Jane Sherron De Hart Alfred A. Knopf, 752 pages, $35 Among the virtues of Jane Sherron De Hart’s magisterial and timely biography of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is that it prompts reflection on what it takes — for a woman in particular — to reach the…
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