In the Forward’s opinion section, you’ll find analysis and essays from diverse corners of the Jewish world.
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In the Forward’s opinion section, you’ll find analysis and essays from diverse corners of the Jewish world.
To pitch an opinion piece, email our Opinion Editor, Talya Zax.
Israel has become a defining fact of Jewish life for Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews alike
Vice News covered Charlottesville's Unite the Right rally and the rise far-right movements one of their co-founders now fuels
As Israel turns 75, we asked journalists, artists, historians and more to tell us about the most important under-the-radar moments of Israeli history
After Bernie Sanders jumped in as sponsor of the event, American Jewish institutions and lawmakers erupted
We ought not to assume that rejection from the Orthodox community played a role in Herschel's Siegel's tragic death
By shamelessly exploiting Herschel, your article does a terrible disservice to the message it intends to convey
Jewish merchants were instrumental in dismantling Birmingham’s segregation, though their stores long enforced it
The broader Orthodox community must find a way to welcome and embrace LGBTQ+ people. Herschel Siegel was embraced in ours.
Jewish tradition has something to say about towering figures who don’t want to leave the tower
Like many queer Orthodox Jews, 25-year-old Herschel Siegel struggled with teachings that paint LGBTQ identity as an 'abomination'
The nomination (and withdrawal) of May Golan to serve as Israel's consul general in New York has broader lessons for us all
Visiting Israel as its 75th birthday celebrations intersected with a fraught political moment, I felt more engaged than ever before
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