A Gift With Red String Attached
In what The Jerusalem Post called “an unlikely meeting of the minds,” Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres met up with the actor and Kabbalah follower Ashton Kutcher while the two happened to be in Berlin earlier this month — Kutcher, to promote his latest film, “The Guardian,” and Peres, on state business.
When the “Punk’d” star got word that the statesman was in town, he and Kevin Costner, Kutcher’s co-star in the new film, arranged an impromptu get-together in their hotel. Peres spoke to the two about Israeli history, and as a thank you, Kutcher presented him with his personal copy of the Zohar.
Why I became the Forward’s editor-in-chief
You are surely a friend of the Forward if you’re reading this. And so it’s with excitement and awe — of all that the Forward is, was, and will be — that I introduce myself to you as the Forward’s newest editor-in-chief.
And what a time to step into the leadership of this storied Jewish institution! For 129 years, the Forward has shaped and told the American Jewish story. I’m stepping in at an intense time for Jews the world over. We urgently need the Forward’s courageous, unflinching journalism — not only as a source of reliable information, but to provide inspiration, healing and hope.
— Alyssa Katz, editor-in-chief
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