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Jeffrey Myers
Choosing Peace Before Politics Rabbi Jeffrey Myers was introduced to the world in a photograph of him being rushed away from the Tree of Life synagogue, with a talit over one shoulder, clutching his kippah to his head. He quickly became the face of Jewish Pittsburgh, speaking at length to the media and eventually taking…
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Forward 50 2018 Julie Cohen
For The Love Of RBG With all of the love out there for Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it was only a matter of time before a documentary came along. 2018’s “RBG” gave us a long-awaited cinematic look at RBG’s career that was met with near-universal acclaim — and even gave publicity to RBG’s…
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Forward 50 2018 Joe Weisberg
Mastermind Show Runner Joe Weisberg is the closest thing we have to a Jewish Ian Fleming. Creator of FX’s Emmy-winning spy series, “The Americans,” one of Weisberg’s first jobs out of college was at the Central Intelligence Agency. Weisberg eventually left the Agency to teach special education in Queens. He turned to TV writing in…
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Forward 50 2018 Katle Kanye
Mystery Critic Of Hasidic Education No one knows who he is, but in July, Katle Kanye, the erudite Hasidic blogger with the pseudonym meaning “Just a regular Joe,” published a searing book-length indictment of Hasidic education. And it might actually influence Hasidic public opinion since it’s written in Yiddish, the way Hasidim in America actually…
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Forward 50 2018 Ruchie Freier
Judge, Ambulance Group Founder And Community Leader For Hasidic Women When Ruchie Freier announced her candidacy for civil court judge in Boro Park, she enlisted the most loyal staff she could find: Her six children. Her girls, in long pleated skirts, ran around Brooklyn holding petition forms, seeking signatures: “Could you sign for my mother?…
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Forward 50 2018 Basil Herring
Adding New Voices to the Siddur The standard American Orthodox prayer-book has been long overdue for an upgrade. For far too long, it has been defined by its non-literal translations of liturgy, hagiographical commentary, and male-centric language. So when Basil Herring, a South African-born rabbi and former executive president of the Rabbinical Council of America,…
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Meet The Lonely Ukranian Jew Fighting His Country’s New Fondness For Nazis
Eduard Dolinsky went online about a year and a half ago and saw an image that shook him to his core. A large crowd, some in Nazi uniforms, was parading in the Ukranian city of L’viv to commemorate the establishment of a militia loyal to Hitler. “Division Galicia – the heroes of Ukraine,” the marchers…
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Forward 50 2018 Karlie Kloss
A Model Jewish Activist Whether she wants it or not, supermodel, entrepreneur, activist and coder Karlie Kloss has our blessing. This brand new addition to the tribe converted to Judaism before marrying her partner of six years, Joshua Kushner (you may be familiar with his elder brother, Jared). Kloss, a 26-year-old St. Louis native, rocketed…
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Forward 50 2018 Elaine Luria
Inspired By The Times Seders tend to be noisy, but Elaine Luria’s Seder on an aircraft carrier in the Middle East took the kosher-for-Passover cake. “We’re going through the Haggadah … having our little makeshift Seder there while we’re launching and recovering aircraft that are striking terrorist targets in Afghanistan,” Luria told the Forward about…
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Forward 50 2018 Jared Polis
Gay, Millionaire, Jewish Governor-Elect Of Colorado Breaks The Mold On November 6, Jared Polis, 43, was elected to become Colorado’s first Jewish governor, and the country’s first openly gay governor, when he beat his Republican opponent with 52.3% to Walker Stapleton’s 44%. A Democrat, Polis came to the job from Congress, where he was one…
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Forward 50 2018 Jamie Bernstein
Reflecting On Dad, His Legacy, Eccentricities And How He Lives On Growing up with Leonard Bernstein wasn’t always easy. The conductor and composer was brilliant and loving, but also controlling, inappropriate and so much larger than life that his presence could be suffocating. Jamie Bernstein, 66, his eldest daughter, gave powerful voice to the experience…
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