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Being ‘White’ Was Fun While It Lasted
Editorial Well, we had a great run there. It was probably too good to last forever – downright ahistorical, when you come right down to it. But someday in the future, as we huddle together for safety, we’ll tell our children tales of that brief shining moment when we Jews were white. I like to…
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Why She Had To Crowdfund Her Baby, With Help From Bubbe
Amanda Naor has spent her life around children. Early in her career she worked as an infant caregiver. She met her husband, Spenser, while leading a production of “Peter Pan” at a children’s theater in Los Angeles. They took turns playing Smee. But when it came time to have a child of their own, Naor…
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Israeli Father Of 4 Killed In West Bank Stabbing
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli father of four was fatally stabbed in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Israeli security forces are searching the area for the Palestinian assailant in the Monday afternoon attack, the Israel Defense Forces spokesman said. An IDF officer who identified the attacker began to pursue him in his vehicle and…
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She’s 9, And Already RBG’s Biggest Fan
Carly Rae Brown tuned into the livestream early, making sure she didn’t miss a minute of her role model, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, interviewed by the Forward’s Jane Eisner Thursday evening, February 1. Sitting in front of her mother’s laptop computer, the 9-year-old fourth grader from Evansville, Indiana, watched anxiously. Answering a…
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Saddened Rabbis Learn They Could Have Gone To Loved Ones’ Interfaith Weddings
The year after Rabbi Jason Miller graduated from rabbinical school, he skipped the wedding of his first cousin, who was marrying a non-Jew. He regretted it immediately. “It caused a significant fissure in our relationship,” Miller told the Forward. At the time, Miller thought he was abiding by an ironclad rule that bound all rabbis…
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At L.A.’s Jewish Newspaper, New Editor Hires Commentators, Freelancers, Family
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles is one of the country’s biggest Jewish publications, with 50,000 subscribers. It covers the ins and outs of heavily Jewish Hollywood. And it publishes big-name journalists like Ben Shapiro, whose podcast is consumed by a million people every day. Since October 1, 2017, however, more than a third…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Staying On The Bench, As Long As She Has ‘Full Steam’
A sigh of relief was heard Thursday night across a packed synagogue sanctuary in Washington as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reassured concerned liberals that she is not retiring from the bench. “Many people have asked me when are you going to step down,” she acknowledged, as a member of the audience shouted out “never.” Ginsburg,…
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Who Is Adam Schiff?
Rep. Adam Schiff represents California’s 28th congressional district, which includes much of Los Angeles County. Schiff, 57, was first elected to Congress in 2000 and is now the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff’s meticulous and detail-oriented style, combined with his soft-spoken manner, has made him one of the most effective legislators involved…
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What Is Atomwaffen Division, The Nazi Group Tied To The Murder Of Blaze Bernstein?
Samuel Lincoln Woodward, the teenager who was recently charged with the brutal murder of the 19-year-old Jewish student Blaze Bernstein, was an avowed member of a growing American Nazi organization — a group that has quickly shot to the forefront of the white supremacist movement with its dark promises of violence and an impending race…
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Orthodox Group Won’t Boot Synagogues With Female Clergy — Yet
After nearly a year of deliberation, the leading Modern Orthodox umbrella group decided Tuesday night that it won’t expel its member synagogues that employ female clergy. Instead, the organization, called the Orthodox Union, said it will continue to “urge” the four synagogues to “modify their practices” and will revisit the question in early 2021. The…
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After A Teen Tour Turned Into An Abuse Nightmare, Waiting On An Apology
Jimmy Cohen was a legend to the 47 Jewish teenagers who rode a big tour bus across the United States together in the summer of 1997. The bus trip, officially Bus B of USY on Wheels, Conservative Judaism’s official teen tour, was a six-week-long excuse for the 16-year-olds to hang out, make friends, make out,…
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