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Forward 50 2015
Nicole Eisenman
When Nicole Eisenman, 50, learned she was a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, she said she was shocked. But the honor didn’t come as a surprise to those who know her work as a painter, sculptor, printer and draftswoman. Eisenman is a painter who uses narrative elements to reimagine and explore gender and familial roles….
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Forward 50 2015 Hari Nef
In May, 23-year-old Hari Nef made history when she became one of a handful of transgender women to be signed by a major modeling agency. But joining IMG Models is just the latest step in Nef’s ascent into the high-fashion big leagues. Prior to her graduation from Columbia University this year, she had already starred…
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Forward 50 2015 Yehuda Sichel
Michael Solomonov gets the (well-deserved) glory for the mini empire of CookNSolo Philadelphia eateries (Zahav, Dizengoff, etc.) that he runs with partner Steven Cook. But outside the spotlight, the Solomonov acolyte Yehuda Sichel is turning out foods of the Jewish Diaspora at Abe Fisher, which CookNSolo opened in September 2014. Sichel, who went to culinary…
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Forward 50 2015 Dianne Feinstein
At 82, Dianne Feinstein is the oldest serving member in the U.S. Senate, but she is showing no sign of slowing down. After forcefully taking on the CIA for its practice of torture and for holding up a congressional attempt to investigate the clandestine service, Feinstein, a security-focused Democrat from California who serves as the…
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Forward 50 2015 Sarah Maslin Nir
Sarah Maslin Nir, 32, got her start at The New York Times in 2009 after she stayed up for 24 hours straight to cold pitch one of the editors. She sent him almost a dozen stories in one night and the next morning received word that two had been accepted. In May Nir published the…
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Forward 50 2015 Sheldon Adelson
America’s 18th richest person decided this year to oppose the campaign to boycott Israel. And Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate, did it in typical style — with mountains of cash. Adelson’s anti-BDS initiative, launched in a closed-door meeting at his Venetian hotel, took community activists by surprise. Some felt sidelined and others complained…
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Forward 50 2015 Dustin Fleischer
Twenty-six-year-old box-er Dustin Fleischer walks into every match wearing tiger-striped trunks blazoned with a gold Star of David. Known as “The White Tiger,” Fleischer, the grandson of Holocaust survivor Bernard Fleischer, has wholeheartedly incorporated his grandfather’s story into his own career. Speaking to The Jerusalem Post in September, Fleischer said, “My quest is to become…
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Forward 50 2015 Shoshana Roberts
One hundred and eight. That’s how many catcalls 25-year-old Shoshana Roberts received during a 10-hour walk around New York City. Forty-one million. That’s how many views her video documenting said catcalls garnered after it went up on YouTube. Roberts, a Jewish actress who has been sexually assaulted in the past, made the two-minute hidden-camera video…
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Forward 50 2015 Haim Saban
The Israeli-American entertainment mogul’s political loyalty was put to a test this year. Haim Saban, a top financial backer and personal friend of Hillary Clinton, and a hawkish supporter of Israel, was faced with a dilemma posed by the proposed Iranian nuclear deal: Clinton was for it; Israel was against it, as was AIPAC, the…
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Forward 50 2015 Bernie Sanders
The only serious challenger to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination has a Brooklyn Jewish accent that makes even the most comfortably assimilated Jews ask: “Hold on, that guy is running for president? Of the United States?” Bernie Sanders, who pronounces fewer r’s than Uncle Leo on “Seinfeld,” is polling surprisingly well after nearly…
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Forward 50 2015 Tom Frieden
For six months up to April 2015, Tom Frieden, 55, felt the weight of America’s panic. As the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Frieden was the government’s principal contact in stopping the Ebola virus epidemic in America. Starting in 2013, Ebola had ravaged West Africa, killing thousands. Proving difficult to quarantine,…
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