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Lena Dunham’s Piece Was Anti-Semitic. Get Over It.
Instragram By now, you’ve surely heard of the uproar of Lena Dunham’s latest New Yorker piece, titled “Dog or Jewish Boyfriend? A Quiz.” In list form, Dunham asks the reader to judge whether it is her pet dog or her Jewish boyfriend (Jack Antonoff of the rock bands Bleachers and Fun) who “doesn’t tip,” “never…
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Teachers Are Working Parents Too
In September, I’ll begin my tenth year as a Jewish Day School teacher. I have taught Judaic Studies to almost every level from kindergarten through twelfth grade, and I feel lucky to have found a career path that enables me to spend every day engaging with Jewish texts in a rewarding and purposeful way. There’s…
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The Drama of Henrietta Schnitzer
Welcome to Throwback Thursday, a weekly photo feature in which we sift 116 years of Forward history to find snapshots of women’s lives. When Henrietta Shapira attended Joel Entin’s ‘Progressive Dramatic Club,’ whose acclaimed members included beloved acting teacher Lee Strassberg, not only did her acting career change—but her romantic life as well. It was…
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What About Teacher Salaries?
Rachel Rosenthal teaching students and their parents in the Dr. Beth Samuels Drisha High School program I had my first teaching experience as an 8th grader, leading groups at my synagogue. I was immediately in love. The person I became when I was teaching — confident, funny, charming, and able to command the attention of…
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Meet Ruth Porat, Google’s New CFO
Ruth Porat. Photogprah by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (JTA) — To the business press, the symbolism of Ruth Porat’s move from her position as chief financial officer of Morgan Stanley to her newly announced perch as Google’s CFO of the future couldn’t be more obvious — it represents a shift in power from Wall Street to…
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If Men Cleaned For Passover
Illustration by Lior Zaltzman A friend of mine recently suggested that if men nursed babies, there would be no more endless debate among parents about breast versus bottle. Everyone would do what was best for them and their families without guilt, criticism and second guessing. This made me think about other possibilities. What if…
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Stav Shaffir’s ‘Politics of Happiness’
Stav Shaffir at J Street. Screenshot via YouTube. In the wake of the Israeli election and Bibi’s statements on the two state solution, it’s not surprising J Street’s annual conference focused on the fears of what the future will bring and warnings of what will happen if Israel continues on its current path. But it…
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Pulpit Plus One: Putting All His Chips In
llustration by Lior Zaltzman “Pulpit Plus One: The Secret Lives of Rabbis’ Husbands, Partners, and Wives” features the voices and experiences of the partners of pulpit rabbis. In this interview series, “Pulpit Plus One” takes an honest and lively look into the nuances of a complex role. Justin is a 32-year-old adjunct mathematics professor, who…
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Monica Lewinsky Finds Her Voice
I remember poring over the Starr Report in 1998. A special excerpt was published in the Washington Post and as a eighth grader at the time it served as the sex-ed class my school didn’t provide. But what I most remember the most was the vitriol directed toward Monica Lewinsky, less for her actions than…
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Bibi Offers Israel Troubled Sleep — and No Hope
I understand why some Israelis, intending to go vote for Isaac Herzog and the Zionist Union, went in and voted for Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud at the last minute. Tuesday I was wondering, really, how I would vote if I were Israeli – knowing what I know and having lived through what I lived through…
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Philly’s Champion of LGBT Health
The Mazzoni Center aims to “provide quality comprehensive health and wellness services in an LGBT-focused environment.” Photograph Courtesy of Mazzoni Center When Nurit Shein joined Philadelphia’s Mazzoni Center in 1995, she inherited an organization saddled with debt and unsure of its future. Two decades later, the LGBT-oriented health facility is still struggling to cope —…
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