Bravery on Tenth Street
This morning a man
his head hanging from
the weak curved stem
of neck feeble wife
beside him her hands
grip a walker a small
shopping bag knotted
to her wrist she leans
slides toward him he
turns his head pain looks
up around alarmed steadies
her she is upright they
walk ten or twelve steps
are suddenly stalled
she begins to drift tremble
he stands a twisted bulwark
his eyes on the pavement how
to get home half a block
away was life this long
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.
