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  The Forward Should Not Have Accepted An Ad From Jewish Voice For Peace

  As a reader of the digital version of the Forward, I learned of the Jewish Voice for Peace ad in the June 2nd print edition, supporting imprisoned Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti, through a news release from the Jewish News Service. In a “Note to Our Readers” on The Forward’s editorial page, publisher Rachel Fishman Fedderson…

  By Jared Silverman

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  Rescue Ladino, The Language Of Sephardic Jews

  Ladino, the language of Sephardic Jews, also represents a culture that has survived hundreds of years and is still relevant today. And more people need to know about it. Ladino is a pan-Mediterranean language that crosses geographic, linguistic and cultural boundaries. Otherwise known as Judeo-Spanish, Ladino is the hybrid dialect that Jews from the Iberian…

  By Sarah Aroeste Jun 12, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown Did Not “Scold” ZOA

  The title of your article “Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown Scolds ZOA For Praising Steve Bannon” is absolutely inaccurate and misleading. Senator Brown never “scolded” the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). He made no negative statement about ZOA. At the ZOA luncheon, Brown merely voiced his erroneous opinions that the Trump Administration and Mr. Bannon are…

  By Morton A. Klein Jun 12, 2017 | < 1 min read

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  USCJ Responds to Intermarriage Proposal

  Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s research, analysis and essay on officiating at an interfaith wedding is interesting. It is clear that his proposal comes from a place of thoughtfulness and love of Judaism, the Jewish people and those connected to them. Rabbi Lau-Lavie, like all of us, is struggling with our generation’s most complex problem: how do…

  By Steven C. Wernick Jun 12, 2017 | < 1 min read
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  Looking For Answer To Intermarriage? Try Imagination And Experimentation

  Responding to the 72 percent intermarriage rate among Conservative, Reform and other non-Orthodox-raised Jews; how can rabbis – and more broadly, “The Jewish World” – convey two seemingly contradictory messages? First, we (rabbis, parents, institutions, friends, etc.) want to say that whoever you marry, we want you to be deeply engaged in Jewish life. Not…

  By Steven M. Cohen Jun 9, 2017 | 2 min read
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  Why This Renegade Rabbi Says He Can Marry Jews — And The Jew-ish

  Early in my career as a journalist, a brilliant editor encouraged me and other reporters to look for the stories that “oozed” — the ones that are found just below the surface — because day-to-day news can obscure deeper and more significant trends. Among Orthodox Jews, the oozing story of our day is the emergence…

  By Jane Eisner Jun 9, 2017 | 5 min read
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  After Comey Testimony, GOP Suddenly Goes Soft On Crime

  Every so often you’ll be watching some ordinary public event — a high school play, a hockey game, congressional testimony by a former FBI director — and suddenly something seems off-kilter. At first you think you’ve imagined it, but the feeling won’t go away. Sometimes it remains a mystery. At other times the truth hits…

  By J.J. Goldberg Jun 9, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Shocking Labour ‘Win’ Shakes Up British Jews

  After a tumultuous election night in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party suffered a crushing blow at the hands of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, losing its majority in Parliament. The surprising shift in the British political landscape leaves the country with no clear majority party. While May expressed plans to stay in…

  By Michael Heckle Jun 9, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Israel-Palestine Partisan Rhetoric Is Like Mad Libs

  Comment boards for any article pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can prove perilous. No matter who is badmouthing who as a bloodthirsty, racist terrorist, the partisans on both sides, while repeating tired lines ad nauseam, ironically employ the same exact rhetoric — with the exception of a few words and phrases. It’s a lot like…

  By Steven Davidson Jun 8, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Jewish Commentators Analyze The Comey Hearings

  As the dust settles following James Comey’s highly-anticipated Senate hearing, many commentators are trying to decipher the content of Comey’s testimony and what it foretells about the investigation into the Trump campaign’s links to Russia. Here is what some prominent Jewish writers have said so far. Andrew Rosenthal, New York Times: “‘Lordy, I Hope There…

  By Steven Davidson Jun 8, 2017 | 2 min read
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  During Six-Day War, Israeli Leaders Were Divided About Capturing Old City

  Cabinet ministers driving up to Jerusalem late on the afternoon of June 5, the first day of the Six-Day War, to attend a meeting in the Knesset found their cars incongruously mixed in with an armored column heading for battle. A few miles before Jerusalem, the traffic sorted itself out — the tanks and half-tracks…

  By Abraham Rabinovich Jun 8, 2017 | 7 min read