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Opinion Letter: The Simon Wiesenthal Center Did Speak Out Against Trump’s Family Separation Policy
It is very unfortunate that four prominent individuals in Los Angeles wrote a blistering critique of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles,” entitled, Why Were Some LA Jewish Organizations Silent During Trump’s Immigration Crisis?, without including all of the facts. The authors chose to focus on selective statements issued…
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The Schmooze ‘The Cakemaker,’ ‘GLOW’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Dear reader, if the idea of rest and relaxation sounds, at this depressing moment in 2018, like a charming myth from your youth, you’re not alone. If you can make the time to attend one of this weekend’s marches in support of reuniting families separated at the border, you’ll be doing a mitzvah. Ditto if…
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The Schmooze A Rare Holocaust Opera, ‘Spiral’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
While the week has been full of difficult and strange news, there’s been a bright spot for the Forward amongst it all: We walked away with 12 of this year’s Rockowers, the annual journalism awards of the American Jewish Press Association. If you want to revisit some of our most important recent work, those award-winning…
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Culture Is There Such A Thing As Evil — And Is Trump It?
Is Donald J. Trump a liar? Yes, at this point it seems safe to say that he regularly tells intentional untruths. So, is Donald Trump evil? The idea of evil makes me uncomfortable. It makes a tribal, politically-loaded and socially-constructed category into a universal one. It demonizes difference. It treats psychopathology theologically. And, if we…
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Fast Forward Scientists Concerned About Radioactive Pollution At Los Angeles Jewish Camp
Four nationally known scientists are recommending new testing at a popular Los Angeles-area Jewish camp to determine if contaminants at a nearby former nuclear testing site have posed health risks to past and current campers, NBC Los Angeles reported. The scientists independently reached that conclusion after reviewing various reports of past testing at Camp Alonim…
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The Schmooze ‘Sex And The City’ At 20, Seymour Hersh’s ‘Reporter’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Ah, the first week of June: Roses are out, yet New Yorkers inexplicably still need to wear jackets to leave their apartments; the Tony Awards are nearly upon us; the NBA Finals are disappointingly turning into the rout we all miserably anticipated; summer, it appears, is only half-enthusiastic about making an appearance in 2018. Tough…
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Fast Forward Jewish Voters Key To Flipping Southern California Seat, Winning Democrat Says
Jewish voters were instrumental in the California primaries and can help Democrats win in November, Democratic congressional candidate Mike Levin said after his second-place finish on Tuesday allowed him to advance to the general election. Levin, who is running to replace retiring Republican Rep. Darrell Issa in southern Orange County, is now matched up against…
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Culture Did Michael Pollan Kill God?
Michael Pollan had enlightenment envy. Unlike most patients in clinical trials of psilocybin, when Pollan ate a magic mushroom, he wasn’t terrified by a terminal illness, he wasn’t suffering from alcoholism or depression and he hadn’t been diagnosed with a personality disorder. But he “envied the radical new perspectives” of the people in psychedelic therapy…
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