Marie-Rose Sheinerman is a news intern at the Forward. Contact her at sheinerman@forward.com or follow her on Twitter @RoseSheinerman.
Marie-Rose Sheinerman
By Marie-Rose Sheinerman
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News Why Thursday’s vote on California’s Ethnic Studies curriculum won’t end the fight
For California education activists across the political spectrum, Thursday marks what Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, the chair of the state’s Jewish caucus, recently called the “end of the beginning.” After more than four years of heated controversy, on March 18 the California Department of Education will vote on the fourth and most likely final draft of…
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Culture How to spend your entire $1,400 stimulus check on Passover food
Your $1,400 stimulus check just dropped in your bank account, and with less than two weeks left until the first Seder, you must be wondering: “How can I spend every single dollar that the government gave me… on Passover essentials?” As much as we love the dryly delectable taste of flour and water and the…
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News Meet the Jewish freshmen who started college in quarantine dorms or childhood bedrooms
When Julie Levey, 18, started Princeton in the fall, her roommates were her three younger siblings and parents. Talking about her experience with Jewish life “on campus,” Levey was tempted to stay positive, grateful. She wanted to describe a paradise of Jewish learning, prayer and community, to say it’s been everything she had hoped for…
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News For Passover, this Jewish congressman wants to ‘help free another people’: the Uyghurs
Ted Deutch got his start in politics as a college student at the University of Michigan, fighting for the rights of refuseniks and the liberation of Soviet Jews. Now, he’s leading a bipartisan effort in Congress to expedite the process for Uyghur refugees seeking asylum in the United States. “I think we have an opportunity…
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News Meet the Jewish journalist with an out-of-this-world beat: Miriam Kramer, space reporter
As a kid growing up in Knoxville, Tenn., there was a brief moment after Miriam Kramer saw the Hale-Bopp comet when she decided she wanted to be an astronomer. “I was like, man, that seems like a really cool job: Being able to look at stuff in the sky,” she said. “What an amazing job…
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News In Virginia, an interfaith coalition fights to get non-Christian holidays on school calendars
Rabbi Jessica Wainer joined a task force on religious observance created by the Fairfax County School Board last year. The committee was convened to address food, curriculum, clothing, and other religious accommodations. But as its first goal, the group of Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and other minority religion representatives chose what they thought would be…
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News After year of isolation, fully vaccinated grandparents head to in-person Passover seders
Ruth and Jerry Kirschner haven’t seen four of their grandchildren, ages 7 through 12, since January 2020. “This is the age when you want to see them,” Ruth said. “They’re young. They understand we can’t be with them, but they’re always like, ‘How much longer? How much longer?’” Thanks to the COVID-19 vaccine, the Kirschners…
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News A conversation with Jewish disability rights advocate Judy Heumann
In 1970, Judith “Judy” Heumann became the first wheelchair user to teach in a New York City public school. Seven years later, she led a 28-day sit-in that resulted in the signing of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act — the first federal civil rights law protecting those with disabilities. Since then, Heumann, 73, has…
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