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  I Hid From Neo-Nazis In Poland. But They Found Me Online

  On November 11th, 60,000 protesters assembled in Warsaw to commemorate Polish Independence Day. The march was organized in part by two self-described “radical nationalist” youth movements, both of which draw their names from anti-Semitic leagues of the 1920’s and 30’s. The protest featured torches, chants of “Sieg Heil” and “Ku Klux Klan,” and banners reading…

  By Sam Rubin

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  A Trans Woman Was Just Kicked Out Of A Jewish Facebook Group For Women

  Yesterday was Transgender Day of Remembrance. It’s a day to mark the violence against the Transgender community. Unfortunately, in one Jewish Facebook group, it was marked by cruelty instead. Facebook groups have evolved over the last few years from groups of a few dozen people from your high school class to thousands of people with…

  By Elisheva Sokolic Nov 21, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Black Friday And The American Shabbat

  Thanksgiving and Black Friday come every year, in good economic times and bad. Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner explained in 2011 why Americans should not be cajoled into working on a day that’s supposed to be all about family. Macy’s flagship store in New York’s Herald Square and the more than 800 branches around the country…

  By Jane Eisner Nov 21, 2017 | 3 min read

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  We Asked 27 Rabbis: What Is The One Lesson Jews Today Need To Learn From The Talmud?

  As a part of our Rabbi Roundtable series, we brought together leading rabbis from all corners of the Jewish world to offer their thoughts on the big questions. This week, we asked our rabbis, “If there is one lesson Jews today should learn from the Talmud, what is it?” Here are their responses: Avram Mlotek,…

  By Forward Staff Nov 21, 2017 | 11 min read
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  Al Franken Shouldn’t Resign — Yet

  All weekend I read about Al Franken and pondered whether the 2006 groping incident for which he has apologized was severe enough to cause him to resign his U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota. I woke up yesterday morning convinced that this particular punishment did not fit that particular crime. Then, later in the morning, another…

  By Jane Eisner Nov 21, 2017 | 3 min read
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  The Murky Question Of Al Franken’s Sexual Misconduct: Should He Resign?

  Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! Should Al Franken resign? The answer becomes murkier by the moment. A lively and sometimes anguished debate erupted after the Democratic (and very Jewish) senator from Minnesota acknowledged that he groped and belittled…

  By Jane Eisner Nov 20, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Israel Just Decided To Expel African Refugees. So Much For ‘Never Again’

  In 1939, my grandmother left Vienna with her sister, parents and the few belongings they could carry and headed by ship, east to Shanghai. They were among tens of thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing the violence of Naziism who would make the city their home for the next several years. They lived in a single…

  By Russel Neiss Nov 20, 2017 | 3 min read
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  No, The Orthodox Don’t Hate Muslims

  Last year, a Hassidic rabbi and son of Holocaust survivors did something noble. He dedicated his presidential election vote to the American Muslim soldier Captain Humayun Khan — who was killed in combat and about whom his father Khizr spoke movingly at the Democratic National Convention. I’m an Orthodox Jewish Immigrant My vote is private….

  Nov 20, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Should Al Franken Resign?

  Have Your Say is your chance to tell us what you think. Comment below or on Facebook and let us know what you think about the question posed in the headline.

  By Forward Staff Nov 20, 2017 | < 1 min read
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  Progressive Orthodox Rabbis Stand With Reform Leaders Attacked At Kotel

  We are appalled and outraged by the events at the Kotel this week, when Reform rabbis and lay leaders were physically attacked by Kotel security guards. The Reform leaders were engaged in an act of civil disobedience to push for implementation of the Kotel agreement, which the Netanyahu government disavowed after months of negotiation. One…

  By Rabbinic members of Torat Chayim the Progressive Orthodox Rabbinic Association Nov 20, 2017 | < 1 min read
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  Now Is Not The Time To Call Jewish Intellectuals Sexy

  Dear Editor, Regarding your “Sexiest Jewish Intellectual” list: it is beyond an appalling and tone deaf use of column inches to have this list. We are in the throes of a near constant stream of conversations about sexual harassment and assault and calling intellectualism sexy is not cute and is a mystifying objectification of women…

  By Yael Ridberg Nov 20, 2017 | < 1 min read