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Opinion Jane Eisner Interviews Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Transcript
On February 1, 2018, Jane Eisner, editor-in-chief of the Forward, interviewed Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg, a legal and cultural icon, is the longest serving Jewish Supreme Court justice, as well as the second woman to ever serve as a justice. She spoke with Eisner for nearly an hour-and-a-half at Adas Israel in Washington, D.C. Lauren…
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Israel News Michael Oren’s Political Transformation Leaves Friends Baffled
“I used to think I knew Michael Oren. This is no one I know, or wish to know.” This January 24 tweet by Tamara Cofman Wittes, a Middle East scholar from the Brookings Institution and a former Obama administration official, may have summed up what many in Washington feel now about the former Israeli ambassador…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks With Jane Eisner, And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Thursday is part of the weekend, right? This week, definitely: On Thursday night, Supreme Court Justice and pop culture icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg will speak with Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner at Washington D.C.’s Adas Israel Congregation. While the event itself is sold out, the Forward will be livestreaming it; learn how to watch it, here….
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News RSVP to an evening with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
On Thursday, February 1 at 7pm EST, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will join Forward Editor-in-Chief, Jane Eisner in a conversation that explores the intersection of law, media and Jewish life. Congregation Adas Israel • Washington, DC Join the webcast—simply RSVP by completing this form. Loading…
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Fast Forward D.C. Will Rename Street By Russian Embassy To Honor Slain Jewish Kremlin Critic
(JTA) — In a move that Russian officials called a provocation, city authorities in Washington D.C. advanced the naming of a street adjacent to the Russian embassy street for a murdered Jewish Kremlin critic. The Council of the District of Columbia on Tuesday unanimously approved plans to create Boris Nemtsov Plaza in honor of the…
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Fast Forward Washington’s New Bible Museum Is Long On Torahs — But Short On Jesus
The new Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is chock full of Torahs and cutting edge technology, but lacks the evangelical touch that many were expecting, the Washington Post reported. The $500 million museum, which opens next month, is funded primarily by the Green family, which owns Hobby Lobby, a conservative Christian group that…
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Fast Forward Bitter Feud Erupts Over Black Women’s March On Yom Kippur
A prominent feminist organization’s decision to join a march for black women scheduled on Yom Kippur has led to bitter infighting and accusations of racism and anti-Semitism between members, Buzzfeed News reported. The National Organization for Women, one of the oldest and largest feminist groups in the country, partnered with Blue Women’s Blueprint, Inc. for…
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Fast Forward ACLU Sues D.C. Metro For PETA, Milo Yiannopoulos Ads
What do Milo Yiannopoulos and the animal rights group PETA have in common? Not much, but both are coming together in a lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority — commonly known as “Metro” — which prohibited them for advertising on the D.C. subway. What’s more, the American Civil Liberties Union is spearheading the…
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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