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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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Forward 50 2018 David Lubell
A Welcoming Jewish American I write this from Pittsburgh, from what is literally Mister Rogers’s neighborhood, a neighborhood now surrounded by grief and sadness after the murder of 11 members of the Jewish community. Just prior to invading the sacred space of the synagogue, the murderer posted a hateful rant against Jews, against refugees, against…
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Forward 50 2018 Debra Katz
Fierce Defender In The Face Of #MeToo As Christine Blasey Ford bravely testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September, sharing her allegation of sexual assault against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, there was another strong woman by her side: Debra Katz. Representing Ford was a natural fit for Katz, 60, a civil rights lawyer…
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Forward 50 2018 Julia Salazar
Contested Identity, Uncontested Election Julia Salazar sprang to public attention when she surprisingly defeated incumbent Martin Dilan in the Democratic primary for a New York State Senate seat. A young woman with South American roots coming from the left of the party to shock a centrist, Salazar was hailed as a Jewish Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She…
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Forward 50 2018 Jeffrey Cohen
In The Face Of Tragedy, Act With Humanity The day after the Pittsburgh massacre, Dr. Jeffrey Cohen went to see the man who had killed his friends. Cohen, 63, is a member of the Tree of Life synagogue, and is president of Allegheny General Hospital, where Robert Bowers, the shooter, was taken for treatment. Two…
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