Lana Adler
By Lana Adler
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Opinion How To Have Empathy In The Trump Era
As the national atmosphere became increasingly divisive during the presidential election, some begged the question: Where is the empathy for others? The theory was that our ever-expanding national divide was due to a failure among voters to relate to each other not as ethical rivals, “deplorables” or the “crooked elite,” but as partners in the…
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Opinion This Week In Anti-Semitism: Duma Defamation And Heartless Valentines
The Forward plans to regularly monitor the surge of anti-Semitism in many parts of the country and the world. The mission of this column is not to unduly alarm, but rather to raise awareness of a disturbing trend that, from some vantage points, can prove difficult to spot. 1) Republicans Keep On Omitting Jews from…
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Opinion Terms of Endearment: What Should We Call Our Grandmothers?
In a recent essay in the Forward, new grandmother Rukhl Schaechter wrote of her fondness for being called “Bubbe,” the Yiddish term for grandmother. But Schaechter lamented that “the B-word” is now “seen as a vestige of a previous era, causing modern, educated women to run the other way.” Beyond Jewish-specific titles for grandmothers to…
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Opinion Last Week in Anti-Semitism: A Jew-Free Holocaust and White Supremacist Memes
The Forward plans to regularly monitor the surge of anti-Semitism in many parts of the country and the world. The mission of this column is not to unduly alarm, but rather to raise awareness of a disturbing trend that, from some vantage points, can prove difficult to spot. 1.The Trump White House erased Jews from…
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Opinion This Week in Anti-Semitism: Stanford Printers Hacked and British Jews Attacked
The Forward plans to regularly monitor on the surge of anti-Semitism in many parts of the country and the world. The mission of this column is not to unduly alarm, but rather to raise awareness of a disturbing trend that, from some vantage points, can prove difficult to spot. 1) Stanford’s Printers Hacked to Print…
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Opinion Donald Trump is on The Warpath to Standing Rock, and Jews Must Battle Him
Four days into his presidency, Trump signed an executive order to advance construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, despite the fact that The Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the land the pipeline would be built on, denied an easement to the multi-billion dollar gas and propane company behind the project. The Army Corps…
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Fast Forward Walmart Yanks SS Shoulder Patches From Online Store
Remember when Prince Harry dressed as a Nazi at a costume party? Until today, the average American could do the same, for the low price of $13.87 (plus free shipping.) As of this morning, Walmart’s online store offered SS collar tabs, complete with the signature double lightning bolts. The website described the tabs as “for…
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The Schmooze 10 Things About Hari Nef, the Trans Jewish Model Making History
During this year’s Golden Globes, an ad aired that made history. The L’Oreal Paris promo prominently featured 24-year-old model Hari Nef, who became the first transgender person ever to be featured in a primetime campaign. Participating in this historical moment isn’t even the coolest thing about Hari Nef. Here are ten more things about this…
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