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‘The people’s temple,’ where condos now sell for $2 million
For the Forward’s 125th anniversary, our editor went on a pilgrimage to the newspaper’s landmarked headquarters on the Lower East Side
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My generation of parents is ruining sleep-away camp
Hopeless helicopters insist on optimizing their offspring's every experience, anathema to the essence of camp
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The story behind the stories: How our journalists produced award-winning work last year
Our editor-in-chief reflects on the Forward’s record-breaking haul at the Jewish Pulitzers
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‘We don’t live in the abstract’: 3 Jewish women on the fall of Roe v. Wade
Forward editors process the reversal of 50 years of abortion access.
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This week’s Torah portion is all about the importance of independent journalism
The 12 men sent to scout the promised land brought back facts. But the community heard them with biased ears.
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Watching the Sarah Silverman musical with my friend, Susan — her sister
How can something be so sad and so funny at the same time?
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Liz Cheney’s stern expression at the January 6 hearings speaks volumes
An indelible image that calls to mind the photo of Kentaji Brown Jackson's daughter beaming with pride
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It’s time to talk seriously about a Confederation of Israel and Palestine
The current situation is untenable. Here's a solution that might actually work.
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Why we published an article about what the Buffalo shooter’s screed says about Jews
Our editor-in-chief reflects on criticism and acknowledges some missteps.
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With ‘Tefila,’ David Broza blurs the line between prayer and performance
The Israeli singer-songwriter now leads Kabbalat Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.
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Revisiting the 1998 murder of an abortion doctor in the wake of Roe news
'When you have choices, you can be empathetic to a side that wants to take them away.'
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