Talya Zax is the Forward’s opinion editor. Contact her at zax@forward.com or on Twitter, @TalyaZax.
Talya ZaxOpinion Editor
By Talya Zax
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Forwarding the News Meet Orthodox Judaism’s first openly gay congregational rabbi
Today: Iranian human rights activist wins Nobel Peace Prize, American tourist smashes priceless antiques in Jerusalem, and advice on how to combat isolation in the Jewish community.
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Culture He’s the greatest Jewish storyteller of our generation — isn’t it time for him to win the Nobel Prize?
Yes, it’s time for Ira Glass to step up to the podium in Oslo — and time for the Nobel to modernize
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Forwarding the News All our best Yom Kippur advice + Antisemitic slurs shouted at Penn Hillel
Today: A Jewish photographer recreates an infamous photo taken in Hitler’s bathtub, Florida neo-Nazi previously served time for killing in St. Louis, and the ADL weighs in on new Adidas-Kanye West fracas.
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Forwarding the News All our best advice for the High Holidays, in one place
Good morning, and chag sameach! Today: President Biden reassures Jewish leaders before Rosh Hashanah, a lavish auction of treasures from the Rothschild family, and an Israeli director’s new TV show finds humor in a juvenile detention facility.
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Forwarding the News Picketing alongside Guatemalan workers in a labor dispute with their Hasidic bosses + New Kanye song called “Israel”
Today: Neo-Nazi extradited to Amsterdam, Ohio school board member apologizes for Nazi salute at public meeting, and a call for Jews to return their attention to Darfur.
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Forwarding the News Pressure from Jewish groups helped stop auction of jewels tied to Nazi fortune
Today: Family of Nazi victims who hid Jews to be beatified, Egyptian synagogue that housed the Cairo Geniza reopens, and a dust-up over Israeli food at an LA wine bar.
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Culture ‘Isn’t it rich’ — Sondheim, Buñuel, and the discreet charm of the bourgeois audience they couldn’t live without
Stephen Sondheim's final musical, 'Here We Are,' tackles two of the great surrealist films of the 20th century
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Forwarding the News 60 years since the March on Washington + Swastikas on gun used in Jacksonville hate crime
Kansas City farmers market expels antisemitic vendor, Jewish Tennessee couple moves forward with suit alleging discrimination by adoption agencies, and scrutiny on a whole lot of European politicians over alleged antisemitic histories.
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