Rob Eshman is a senior columnist for the Forward. Follow him on Instagram @foodaism and Twitter @foodaism or email eshman@forward.com.
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By Rob Eshman
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Opinion Why did a former Oath Keeper leave over Holocaust denialism? Because of his Jewish family.
Jason Van Tatenhove toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum the day before his testimony to the Jan. 6 committee
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Opinion The US government shouldn’t be done looking into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death
The US investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death won’t silence Israel’s critics — or defenders
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Recipes Home-smoked wild salmon
Turn a fresh piece of fish into a sweet, salty glossy slab fit for the best bagel
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Food This summer, may all your lox be wild lox
In many places, farmed salmon is a slow-motion environmental train wreck. This summer, think wild.
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Opinion The San Antonio migrant deaths should remind Jews: We were once smuggled in, too
‘Plenty of people killed, nobody knows about it, but God and the water’
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Opinion The Jewish stake in Jan. 6 is bigger than you think
In a world when common sense gun laws and Roe v. Wade are overturned, do facts still matter?
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Opinion What would happen if Black Americans received reparations? The Jewish experience provides some answers
The best time to talk about reparations was right after slavery’s end. The second-best time is now
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Opinion Here’s how to replace the great replacement theory
The story that inspired the Buffalo shooter needs a rewrite
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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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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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