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Killing Of Gaza Nurse Shows How Cheap Our Blood Is to Israel
On June 1, 21-year-old volunteer paramedic Razan al-Najjar was shot dead at the Gaza protests while rescuing injured protestors near the separation fence. Anyone with the smallest modicum of moral decency should be shattered, devastated and overwhelmed by her death, just as they should be devastated by the horrendous improvised projectile that hit a kindergarten…
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Opinion Why Did Jewish Women Traditionally Have Secular Names, But Not Men?
A few months ago, one of my acquaintances asked me why, in traditional Jewish communities, women tend to have secular names and men tend to have Hebrew names. This person is deeply knowledgeable about the Jewish culture and languages spoken by Jews, and she assumed it had something to do with the way that women…
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Opinion Ashkenazi Jews Used To Look Down On Us. Now They Gaslight Us Instead
My great, great grandpa, Solomon Calvo and his friend, Jacob Policar, were the first Sephardic Jews in Seattle, immigrating from the island of Marmara in Turkey. But their welcome in the local Jewish community wasn’t exactly as warm as you’d expect of Jews greeting other Jews. Upon arrival, they were told they couldn’t possibly be…
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Opinion No, Smearing Democratic Candidates as ‘Anti-Israel’ Won’t Sway Voters
Less than six months from this November’s pivotal midterm elections, the astonishing unpopularity of President Trump is creating massive headaches for his allies in districts across the country. Channelling their frustration into political action, energized voters are aiming to unseat Trump’s enablers and bring about sweeping political change in Washington. Faced with this potential “wave”…
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Opinion Have Your Say: Was ABC Wrong Or Right To Axe Roseanne?
Have Your Say is your chance to tell us what you think. Tell us in the comments below or on Facebook and let us know what you think about the question posed in the headline. Vote: Have Your Say: Was @ABC Wrong Or Right To Axe @RoseanneOnABC?https://t.co/nEdhwcmsgH — The Forward (@jdforward) May 31, 2018
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Opinion Roseanne Came For Me About Israel. She Was Racist Then, Too
For much of this week, the actress and rabid Israel-supporter Roseanne Barr has dominated headlines. After making a hugely successful comeback this year with the return of her show “Roseanne” after a decades-long hiatus, ABC cancelled the show and fired Barr after she posted a racist tweet comparing former Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to…
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Opinion Many Jews Are Getting Woke In Age Of Trump. Why Were We Blind For So Long?
Like many Jews I know, I experienced the election of Donald Trump to the highest office in the country as a wake up call. Once a-political, I’ve spent the last two years in a fury of activism. But it hasn’t pleased everyone. In addition to the Trump supporters in my community, I recently got some…
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Opinion Roseanne’s Firing Shows The Power Of PC Policing – And Its Limits
The stormy life of the “Roseanne” revival, plagued by controversies over star Roseanne Barr’s politics, outrageous statements, and penchant for out-there conspiracy theories, has come to an abrupt end. ABC has cancelled the top-rated show’s second season after Barr posted a shockingly racist tweet comparing former Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to an offspring of…
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Opinion Hebrew School Isn’t Supposed To Be ‘Fun’
As a Jewish Soviet immigrant living in a tony New York City suburb, I don’t always fit in. Smalltalk in our WASPy town tends to center around real estate prices, traffic, and sports scores. Even the Jewish moms have impossibly shiny hair and perfect, glossy nails, their toned bodies forever clad in yoga pants. My…
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Opinion My Journey To Find My Mother’s Jewish England — And How It’s Changed
In late April, my sister and I returned to Yorkshire, in the north of England, for a brief visit to explore what we could of our mother’s roots. She died nearly 13 years ago, and for almost a decade prior, Alzheimer’s disease had progressively clouded her ability to recall much about her life. I regret…
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Opinion Testing The Limits Of Religious Liberty
I don’t think an eagle has ever danced in The Pierre before. The opulent five-star hotel on the posh southeast corner of Central Park is known more for its lavish decor and indulgence of man’s hedonistic nature than for its embrace of nature itself. This particular eagle, Pastor Robert Soto of the Lipan Apache Tribe…
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