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Forward Meet Orthodox Judaism’s first openly gay congregational rabbi 6 Oct 2023
Shua Brick, a 29-year-old Orthodox Jewish man, is believed to be the first openly gay congregational rabbi within Orthodox Judaism. Brick struggled with his ...
6 Oct 2023
Forward For a Chinese-Jewish Rosh Hashanah, date cookies that recall the cultural blend of the Silk Road 12 Sep 2023
This article discusses the author's experience of blending Chinese and Jewish traditions for Rosh Hashanah by making Chinese date paste cookies shaped like f...
12 Sep 2023
Forward Picketing alongside Guatemalan workers in a labor dispute with their Hasidic bosses + New Kanye song called “Israel” 8 Sep 2023
Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson writes about her experience leading an antisemitism training for Guatemalan construction workers who are in a labor dispute with ...
8 Sep 2023
Forward A museum snubbed Hollywood's Jewish founders. Its next exhibit hopes to make amends 6 Sep 2023
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles has announced its first permanent exhibit, "Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Cap...
6 Sep 2023
Forward Pressure from Jewish groups helped stop auction of jewels tied to Nazi fortune 1 Sep 2023
Christie's auction house has canceled the sale of part of a jewelry collection owned by billionaire Heidi Horten, who inherited her husband's fortune made fr...
1 Sep 2023
Forward Going to your first Orthodox shiva? Here's what you need to know 31 Aug 2023
This article provides a guide for attending an Orthodox shiva. It explains that Orthodox shiva practices tend to be more somber compared to non-Orthodox prac...
31 Aug 2023
Forward 'Isn't it rich' — Sondheim, Buñuel, and the discreet charm of the bourgeois audience they couldn't live without 31 Aug 2023
The article explores the connections between the works of dissident surrealist filmmaker Luis Buuel, renowned musical composer Stephen Sondheim, and their sh...
31 Aug 2023
Forward Can a Jewish philosopher held prisoner of war by the Nazis help explain the power of Trump's mug shot? 28 Aug 2023
This article explores the meaning and interpretation of Donald Trump's mug shot and discusses the philosophical perspective of Emmanuel Levinas, a Jewish phi...
28 Aug 2023
Forward They fell in love at Tbilisi's Hillel. Now they’re dumping it. 25 Aug 2023
A couple, Misha Grishashvili and Keti Chikviladze, who fell in love at Tbilisi's Hillel, have left the organization due to pressure from Tbilisi's Orthodox e...
25 Aug 2023
Forward ‘Are we going to be a moral country?’ A reporter reflects upon returning from Israel 18 Aug 2023
The reporter reflects on their experience attending protests in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, noting that the Arab speakers received less enthusiastic responses fr...
18 Aug 2023