Mad Katherine
Rep. Katherine Harris is working to salvage her bid for the GOP Senate nomination in Florida after controversial comments about church-state separation and the need to elect Christians. She even has her campaign manager noting that he is the grandchild of Holocaust survivors (maybe his grandparents knew Mel Gibson flack Alan Nierob’s parents).
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.
