Steven Davidson
By Steven Davidson
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The Schmooze What It’s Like To Be That Jew Who Didn’t Do Summer Camp
Every summer growing up, I had the least Jewish experience imaginable. Rather than joining the rest of my Long Island friends at Camp Pontiac or Camp Ramah, I went to the suburbs of Houston, Texas to stay with my Catholic cousins by marriage. I’d enter their house to find New Testament proverbs on walls and…
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Opinion Most Jews React To Netanyahu’s Western Wall Decision With Outrage
Seventeen months after a historic deal was reached that would allow egalitarian and non-Orthodox prayer spaces at the Western Wall, Israel’s governing cabinet suspended the agreement, bowing to pressure from Haredi parties in the government who wish to maintain the status quo. Reaction throughout the Jewish world has been swift and loud. Diaspora Jews, particularly…
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Opinion This Week In Anti-Semitism: Graffiti Never Seems To Go Away
The Forward regularly monitors the surge of anti-Semitism across the country and around 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. Students and Jewish community members at San Francisco State University filed…
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Fast Forward Israeli Politicians Attempt Their Version Of Carpool Karaoke And It’s…. Interesting
To commemorate the Knesset’s Israeli Music Appreciation Day, four Israeli politicians filmed their own take of James Corden’s “Carpool Karoake.” Singing along (badly) to Hedva Amrani’s Israeli hit “In One Heart,” Knesset members Yaakov Perry, Zuheir Bahlul and Ilan Gilon joined Labour MK Merav Michaeli for one very… awkward? Amusing? Earsplitting? rendition that includes plenty…
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Opinion David Lubell: A Mensch For Refugees And Immigrants
It makes a lot of sense that David Lubell is such a nice guy. His life’s work, after all, is to encourage people to be nice to one another. His success in this endeavor has led him to be named the 2017 recipient of the prestigious Charles Bronfman Prize, which “recognizes young humanitarians whose work…
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The Schmooze 5 Father’s Day Gifts That Your Jewish Dad Will Love
I prefer to express my appreciation of loved ones in ways other than participating in the commercialization of holidays and, by extension, displays of affection. But most people aren’t socialist blowhards, so if you have yet to get something for Father’s Day, here’s five gifts that might make your Jewish dad happy. 1. Great Jews…
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Opinion This Week In Anti-Semitism: EU Official On Trial For Assault And Slurs
The Forward regularly monitors the surge of anti-Semitism across the country and around 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. During the British elections, a man was arrested for harassing a…
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Opinion Israel-Palestine Partisan Rhetoric Is Like Mad Libs
Comment boards for any article pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can prove perilous. No matter who is badmouthing who as a bloodthirsty, racist terrorist, the partisans on both sides, while repeating tired lines ad nauseam, ironically employ the same exact rhetoric — with the exception of a few words and phrases. It’s a lot like…
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