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Why and How We Cover Noah Pozner’s Death
Are Jewish journalists exploiting Noah Pozner’s death because he was the only Jewish child killed in the Newtown school massacre? That’s the provocative question raised in a blog post by Simi Lichtman, the associate editor of New Voices magazine and a Forward contributor. And her answer is: yes. Lichtman wrote that she is “more than…
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Opinion We Bid Adieu to 2012
How do we say goodbye to such a year? When we cheered, we voted, we shed a tear. A race for president, a quest for gold, A hurricane that ravaged young and old. Here at the Forward, our yearly review Of Jews in the news in two-oh-one-two Starts with the man who tried to stack…
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Opinion Q&A: Evan Wolfson on Marriage Equality Movement
A long list of characters helped elevate a pair of marriage-equality cases to the Supreme Court, where they’ll be heard in 2013. But if one person deserves credit for the ascent of the marriage-rights movement, it’s Evan Wolfson. In 2003, when even gay people felt it a fringe cause, Wolfson founded Freedom to Marry as…
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Opinion Lukewarm Response to Anti-Palestinian Letter
Congressional efforts to shut down the Palestinian delegation office in Washington have garnered only tepid support. A letter, co-authored by the outgoing and incoming leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee from both parties and calling on the President to close the PLO office in Washington, has closed on Friday with only 239 signatures. The…
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Opinion When Thinkers Get It Wrong — And Escape Blame
These waning days of December are traditionally a time for journalists to sum up the events of the past year and choose highlights for your consideration. A favorite approach is to pick winners and losers, but given the year we’ve just had, that doesn’t feel right. Sure, Obama won and Romney lost. Then what? Instead,…
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Opinion Noah Pozner’s Last Fondue Dinner
Noah Pozner loved tacos. Now, we’re finding out he liked a particular fondue restaurant, too. As family and friends trade happy memories of Noah, the 6-year-old Jewish boy killed in the Newtown school shooting, his older sister Danielle recalled Noah’s last trip to his favorite restaurant, The Melting Pot. Not content with his own pot…
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Opinion Noah Pozner’s Mom: ‘I’m No Golda Meir’
Insisting she is no politician, the mother of Noah Pozner is speaking out to demand action to prevent another shooting rampage like the one that claimed her son in Newtown, Conn. Veronique Pozner told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that she cannot understand how the Newtown killer was able to get his hands on a automatic weapon…
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Opinion A Message to Forward Readers
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Letters Not Stepping Back
The December 21 front-page story on the American Jewish Committee inexplicably repeated an egregious error that the Forward published one year ago. When first reporting that contributions to the AJC totaled only $10 million in 2009, AJC immediately brought that fallacy to the attention of Forward editors in emails and phone conversations. The correct figure…
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Opinion Lieberman Backs Aid for Sandy Damaged Shuls
In one of his final acts as a lawmaker, Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) will reportedly file a proposed amendment to provide Federal Emergency Management Administration aid to houses of worship that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The American Jewish Committee, which has long opposed federal aid to religious institutions, consistent with the separation of church…
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Opinion John Kerry Brings Passion to State Department
America’s policy toward Israel and the Middle East was front and center in the political debate this election year, from Iran’s nuclear program to Israeli-Arab peacemaking to America’s response to the Arab Spring. And American Jews decided resoundingly — by a 70%–30% margin — that Barack Obama was the right man for the job of…
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