Robert Van Naarden comment (Clairification)
In an article in our May 7 issue, we published a comment by the CEO of Empire Kosher, Robert Van Naarden, in which he expressed his belief that his product was better than any other. We did not understand his words to be intended to imply any comment on the quality of any competitor’s product. If any reader understood the passage as casting aspersions on another product, we regret the misunderstanding.
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-chiefSupport our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
