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What I learned about Israeli politics from Yair Lapid

This is an adaptation of Looking Forward, a weekly newsletter from our editor-in-chief sent on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here for a PDF of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday that you can download and print. “I’m in no hurry,” Yair…

By Jodi Rudoren May 7, 2021 | 4 min read
Opinion
We are all Lag B’Omer pilgrims on Mount Meron

This is an adaptation of Looking Forward, a weekly email from our editor-in-chief sent on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here for a PDF of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday that you can download and print. My daughter nudged me as…

By Jodi Rudoren Apr 30, 2021 | 4 min read
Opinion
Canned beef with juices and other lessons from a year volunteering at the food pantry

This is an adaptation of Looking Forward, a weekly email from our editor-in-chief sent on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here for a PDF of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday that you can download and print. We generally show up late…

By Jodi Rudoren Apr 23, 2021 | 5 min read
Opinion
‘Shabbat is my time for figuring out the world’: a Q/A with Robin Washington, our new Editor-at-Large

This is an adaptation of Looking Forward, a weekly email from our editor-in-chief sent on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here for a PDF of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday that you can download and print. Something different this week: a…

By Jodi Rudoren Apr 16, 2021 | 7 min read
Opinion
Looking Forward: Introducing a new format for our Editor-in-Chief’s weekly newsletter

This is an adaptation of our weekly Shabbat newsletter, sent by our editor-in-chief on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here for a PDF of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday that you can download and print. Shortly after I took this job,…

By Jodi Rudoren Apr 9, 2021 | 3 min read
Opinion
Four Questions about matzo brei, starting with why don’t we eat it year-round

This is an adaptation of our weekly Shabbat newsletter, sent by our editor-in-chief on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here for a PDF of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday that you can download and print. On Sunday morning, as the eighth…

By Jodi Rudoren Apr 2, 2021 | 4 min read
Opinion
Meet the Israeli Reform rabbi who just made history getting elected to Knesset

This is an adaptation of our weekly Shabbat newsletter, sent by our editor-in-chief on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here for a PDF of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday that you can download and print. It’s pretty difficult not to be…

By Jodi Rudoren Mar 25, 2021 | 5 min read
Opinion
This Passover, we are all segments of the orange on our Seder plates

This is an adaptation of our weekly Shabbat newsletter, sent by our editor-in-chief on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here for a PDF of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday that you can download and print. I’m not exactly sure when I…

By Jodi Rudoren Mar 19, 2021 | 5 min read

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