Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt was the Life/Features editor at the Forward. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, and Tablet, among others.
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
By Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
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The Schmooze ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Director Reed Morano To Direct Anne Frank Film
Reed Moran, director of Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, is in talks with Fox Searchlight to direct the Anne Frank drama ‘Keeper of the Diary’, TheWrap reported. Keeper of the Diary follows Otto Frank’s journey to find a publisher for his daughter Anne’s diary, which she wrote while in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the…
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Fast Forward Russian Deadly Mall Fire Sparks Blood Libels Against The Jews
It didn’t take long for the anti-Semitic accusations to emerge after a movie theater in the Siberian city of Kemerovo caught fire on Sunday, killing 64 people (41 of them children). Russian social media today has been swirling with blood libels, pointing to the Jews for orchestrating the fire on the eve of Passover. “There…
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Life The Very Forward Guide To Hosting A Passover Seder
The countdown to Passover is coming hard and fast — and we’ve done the legwork for you, with our ‘very Forward’ round-up of what to cook, drink and say this Passover. Whether you’re a host or a (potluck) guest, we’ve got your back. Here’s what to cook. Sick of the same matzo ball soup, year…
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The Schmooze If Donald Trump Were To Lead A Passover Seder
“I’d only ever been to one Passover. Back in 1984, when my best Jew lawyer, Roy Cohn, finally convinced me to accept one of his invitations to a Seder at his penthouse in Manhattan. Frankly, there’s only one word to describe that night. Boring. Even with Madonna as my date, and I’m talking still-hot, pre-pregnant,…
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The Schmooze How My Maternity Leave Woke Me Up To My Screen Addiction
As an observant Jew, I unplug every week for 25 hours straight — my phone is shut down, no notifications, no news, no alerts. For 25 hours straight, I don’t even think about what might be going on ‘online’, in the virtual world. For 25 hours, I stick to the real world instead. But I…
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Life For Israeli Women, Political Representation Doesn’t Mean Political Power
The National Council of Jewish Women and the Dafna Fund released a report about the state of women’s empowerment in Israel today, in honor of International Women’s Day. The report, conducted by Hebrew University’s Dr. Nancy Strichman, was based on a participatory action research process, engaging over 300 women activists, organizational representatives, funders, journalists and…
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Life Since When Have $500 Mishloach Manot Baskets Become Normal?
The moment that the Purim ads start appearing in the religious magazines, I begin to hyperventilate: How to design the perfect cellophane-wrapped gift packages of treats, the traditional mishloach manot we deliver to one another on the morning of the holiday? How many — who makes the cut for that all-important list? And what about…
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Life Israel Appoints First Female Ultra-Orthodox Judge
She’s breaking the glass ceiling — all the way from the ultra-Orthodox enclave of Bnei Brak. Israel’s Judicial Selection Committee, overseen by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, has elected Chavi Toker to head the Jerusalem Magistrate Court on Thursday — making Toker Israel’s first female Haredi judge. Toker, 41, was born in England and grew up…
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