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“My wife and I were referred to Rabbi Omer-Man for spiritual guidance after we’d lost our son in a tragic accident. We each had overwhelming personal grief issues, as well as issues as a couple to deal with. We had seen other counselors before Rabbi Omer-Man, but he was the only one who was able to help. He had an incredible ability to sense exactly what we were feeling, and to say and prescribe the exact right things to promote healing. Through his counsel, he also opened us up to a deep form of Jewish spirituality, as he was a scholar of Kabbalah and a master practitioner of Jewish meditation. I got involved with Metivta, the organization he’d founded as a contemplative alternative to institutional Judaism. My gratitude to Rabbi Omer-Man is profound.”
—JOEL STERN (also nominated by nine others)
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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