What will be the Top Jewish Headlines of 2022? Here are your predictions
Seth Rogen Image by Getty Images
There were some major Jewish headlines in 2021: A Jewish First Gentleman moved into the Vice President’s mansion; Israeli-Palestinian violence claimed hundreds of lives; Benyamin Netanyahu was voted out; the Delta variant kept most synagogue life virtual; Mel Gibson returned — and many more.
So what events will dominate the news cycle in 2022? We asked a handful of Jewish leaders, activists, entertainers and thinkers for their predictions. Here are a few of our favorites:
Messiah doesn’t return, but humanity inches closer to deserving him.
–David Wolpe, Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles
XYZ group(s) blame(s) Jews for climate change and also everything else.
–Elana Spivack, writer, Inverse
Increasingly, Jewish narratives in the arts will be written and represented by Jewish folks of all colors.
–Becca Nix Tham, Chicago comedian
Uproar about non-Jews playing Jewish on-screen enters mainstream discourse, forcing Jewish actors to self-advocate. Finally, Hollywood becomes Jewish!
–Zach Schiffman, writer and comedian
Lost no more: scientists and rabbis authenticate lost ark woman found in her backyard while gardening.
–Maayan Zik, Director of Communication, Kamochah
Seth Rogen leaves entertainment, becomes coolest rabbi.
–Jon Savitt, comedian and writer
New wave of covid sweeping the globe spurs massive unprecedented aliyah to Israel.
–Nechemia Coopersmith, Chief Editor, Aish.com
Through Jewish-Americans’ continued dedication to anti-racism, synagogues and other Jewish spaces become true homes and places of belonging for Jews and people of color across the nation.
–Qian Julie Wang, author, “Beautiful Country: A Memoir”
Moshiach arrives, needs place for Shabbos.
–Shoshana Gottlieb, creator of @jewishmemesonly
The Forward is free to read, but it isn’t free to produce
I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward.
At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse.
Readers like you make it all possible. We’ve started our Passover Fundraising Drive, and we need 1,800 readers like you to step up to support the Forward by April 21. Members of the Forward board are even matching the first 1,000 gifts, up to $70,000.
This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism, because every dollar goes twice as far.
— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO
