Kvetch and Kvell

Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
Kvetch:
• The Berenstain Bears Get Biblical
• Paladino’s Apology Sticks in Rabbi Levin’s Throat
• Protesters of Extreme Gender Segregation Report Personal Threats
Kvell:
• U.S. Businessmen May Launch Israeli Baseball League
• Thoroughly Modern Mikveh?
• The Fruit of ‘Franzenfreude’
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.
, editor-in-chief