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Keren McGinity
Giving A Jewish Response To #MeToo “There needs to be a Jewish response to the #MeToo movement.” That was the clarion call from Jewish Studies professor Keren McGinity detailing some of the harassment she had personally suffered in the Jewish institutional world. A gender historian who specializes in the changing meanings and experiences of Jewish…
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Forward 50 2018 Becca Heller
The ‘Genius’ Who Gets Legal Help To Refugees As climate change and political brinksmanship increase the numbers of immigrants and refugees, our treatment of them will shape how history views us. If history treats us kindly at all it will be due, in part, to Rebecca “Becca” Heller. When Heller, 36, won the 2015 Charles…
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Forward 50 2018 Dasi Fruchter
A New Voice Within The Orthodox Clergy Growing up, Rabbanit Hadas “Dasi” Fruchter often said she wanted to marry a rabbi. Her dream was to become a Jewish leader and make a home like that of her parents, or Abraham and Sarah — “open on all four sides,” deeply caring and rooted in tradition. In…
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Forward 50 2018 Tiffany Haddish
She Ready! It’s Tiffany Haddish’s world, and we’re just living in it, lucky to laugh along. While the 38-year-old comedian has been ready for years — popping up in guest appearances on comedy shows like “That’s So Raven,” “New Girl” and “Chelsea Lately” — it’s only this year that her fame has caught up with…
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Forward 50 2018 Abby Schachner
Coming Forward Is No Joke It takes a lot of courage to be a performer and comedian. Illustrator and storyteller Abby Schachner may have more than most. In November 2017, Schachner was one of five women to speak to The New York Times about Louis CK’s inappropriate sexual behavior. The choice to come forward about…
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Forward 50 2018 Marc Maron
Next Stop Starring With His Hero, WTF?! Marc Maron, 55, didn’t start out as leading man material. Since 2009 his celebrated podcast “WTF with Marc Maron,” has famously hosted Oscar-winning actors, iconic musicians and even a sitting president — all from the clutter of his garage. But in the past two years Maron has gained…
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Forward 50 2018 Brian Schreiber
Creating A Community Hub In The Face Of Tragedy The heart of the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill is its Jewish Community Center, and so it was no surprise that shortly after the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue four blocks away, the JCC became the hub of community activities. The Center, led by…
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Forward 50 2018 Jacky Rosen
From Shul President To Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen has climbed the leadership ladder quickly. In 2016 she was her Las Vegas-area synagogue’s president, then in 2017 she was elected to Congress, before winning an even bigger national office — being elected senator for Nevada in 2018. She’s the first freshman congresswoman to ever win a…
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Forward 50 2018 Craig Newmark
Defender Of Trustworthy News Craig Newmark assured reporters that he did not make a donation to the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism out of guilt. Newmark, founder of Craigslist — the online service which has claimed a major part of the billion-dollar classified ad business from newspapers — gave the school $20 million in June…
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Forward 50 2018 Howard Schultz
Life Beyond Coffee Before he stepped down as Starbucks’ executive chairman, Howard Schultz announced that the coffee chain would open its restrooms to all visitors, regardless of whether they are paying customers. The policy change was Schultz’s way of acknowledging the controversy that hit in the company in May, when two black men were arrested…
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Forward 50 2018 Max Boot
A Change of Heart Max Boot is one of those rare public intellectuals with firmly held beliefs who is willing to admit that he was wrong. He’s done that a lot in the last year, and garnered enormous attention for it. A Jewish refugee from the Soviet Union who was raised in California and once…
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