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Forward 50 2013
Nick Lemann
Journalism has undergone a turbulent few years. With business models imploding, foundational ideas in question and the advent of digital publishing, every corner turned has brought a crisis. Nicholas Lemann, 59, who stepped down this year from his decade-long post as dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, has attempted to meet these challenges…
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Forward 50 2013 Amar’e Stoudemire
While many NBA players choose to spend their summers vacationing on luxury beaches, New York Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire, 30, used his off time to strengthen his connection to Judaism. In July, Stoudemire — who was in Israel serving as the coach for the Canadian men’s basketball team participating in the Maccabiah Games — applied…
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Forward 50 2013 Jenji Kohan
“Orange Is the New Black” is this year’s new paradigm-shifting television show. The daring comedy-drama about a well-to-do woman from New York who serves a year in a minimum security prison has been a critical hit. Though not eligible for a 2013 Emmy, it is the most successful series to have streamed on Netflix. And…
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Forward 50 2013 Idit Klein
In less than two decades, Keshet has evolved from a small grassroots group in Boston advocating the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Jewish life to a nationwide organization that, today, operates on a $1.7 million budget and has educators in over 200 Jewish communities across the country. Much of this success…
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Forward 50 2013 Veronique Pozner
In the wake of the Newtown, Conn. shooting, one mother, Veronique Pozner, became a voice for gun control and an emissary of grief for a nation trying to comprehend the scope of the tragedy. Pozner’s 6-year-old son, Noah, was the youngest victim of Adam Lanza’s December 14, 2012 rampage, which took the lives of 19…
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Forward 50 2013 Mandy Patinkin
On the hit series “Homeland,” Mandy Patinkin plays CIA Division Chief Saul Berenson, a father figure with a strong sense of ethics. The role has catapulted Patinkin back into the national spotlight, but it’s only the latest step in a career that has made the 60-year-old performer, who got his start singing in his temple…
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Forward 50 2013 Letty Cottin Pogrebin
A co-founder of Ms. Magazine, Letty Cottin Pogrebin has a 40-plus year reputation as an advocate for women. This year, she took a page from the feminist movement’s playbook to crusade on behalf of another marginalized group: the sick. Pogrebin’s 10th book, “How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick,” is, in her…
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Forward 50 2013 David Coleman
David Coleman, president of the College Board, finds himself at the heart of the latest culture wars, entangled in the struggle between conservatives and liberals over the role of government in education reform. Coleman, 43, is widely referred to as the architect of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a set of academic goals that…
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Forward 50 2013 Alan Van Capelle
“I speak to you as an American Jew,” stated Alan van Capelle as he addressed a crowd of thousands standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the event marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. His representation of the Jewish community at this historic event was a clear sign of van…
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Forward 50 2013 Ben Smith
There is one question on the mind of media folks these days: What works online? And at the moment, the website that seems to have the answer is BuzzFeed. Its editor, Ben Smith, 37, is at the center of an experiment that tries to fuse the most entertaining and viral elements of the digital age…
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Forward 50 2013 Arieh Warshel
Spearheading the Jewish invasion of Sweden this year was Arieh Warshel, 72, the Israeli-American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus for “the development of multi-scale models for complex chemical systems.” This translates roughly to creating computer programs that simulate complex chemical processes — mirroring real life, but…
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