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  A mother died trying to save her child. Here’s how she will be remembered

  Henya Federman's brother-in-law writes how her influence and legacy will reverberate beyond her death

  By Eli Federman

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  Rihanna’s modest Super Bowl outfit was stunning — and inspiring

  Draped in layers of red, Rihanna powerfully demonstrated the power that comes from revealing less

  By Nora Berman Feb 13, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s secret weapon

  Comedy might be the most Jewish thing about Zelenskyy, and the most effective

  By Rob Eshman Feb 13, 2023 | 4 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  

• Rob Eshman ‘Israel is seen as violent’ — and Israeli chefs, once global culinary icons, are feeling the heat

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  Instead of giving us a contemporary Black Jewish story, Netflix’s ‘You People’ erases Jews of color

  'You People' presents American Jews as a white monolith, ignoring our diverse, multiracial reality

  By Ilana Kaufman Feb 8, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Can a Jewish fan watch the Super Bowl with a clean conscience? The rabbis had thoughts.

  Jewish text grappled with the violent nature of sport, writes a scholar and educator at The Jewish Education Project

  By Rabbi Yaffa Epstein Feb 8, 2023 | 4 min read
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  I teach on a campus without Hillel or Chabad. My Jewish students yearn for connection, not politics

  College campuses without a Hillel or Chabad consistently prioritize Israel over Jewish connection

  By Hannah Lebovits Feb 6, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Antisemitism is not the reason Ilhan Omar lost her committee seat

  If House Republicans were truly concerned about antisemitism, they would be dealing with their own members' remarks

  By Abe Silberstein Feb 2, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Another seminary welcomes students in interfaith relationships. It’s time for the rest of liberal rabbinic schools to follow suit

  Hebrew College is the latest rabbinical school to revoke its policy of banning students in interfaith relationships

  By Edmund Case Feb 1, 2023 | 3 min read
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  I have loved ones in Neve Yaakov. The synagogue attack is a reminder that the road to peace is long

  After a shooter attacked congregants leaving an east Jerusalem synagogue, I spent an agonizing Shabbat wondering if my family was okay

  By Laura Ben-David Jan 31, 2023 | 4 min read
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  If you want to support Israel, boycott its new government

  American Jewish communities must distance themselves from the current government in any way possible

  By David Enoch Jan 31, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Israel’s new far-right government is already chilling innovation and causing brain drain

  Tech companies are already leaving Israel in response to proposed legislation by the new Israeli cabinet

  By Jeremy Levin and Ron Cohen Jan 31, 2023 | 4 min read