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"This is untrue. And understanding the contours of that warped perception are essential to accurately identifying and pushing back on antisemitism in the United States today."
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"This is untrue. And understanding the contours of that warped perception are essential to accurately identifying and pushing back on antisemitism in the United States today."
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I've been lucky enough to profile/interview some of my favorite writers over the years.
Here's a piece I wrote about @susanorlean.bsky.social for the @forward.com back in 2018, around the release of her dazzling "The Library Book."
Here's a piece I wrote about @susanorlean.bsky.social for the @forward.com back in 2018, around the release of her dazzling "The Library Book."
Susan Orlean On Her Passion For Books And Judaism
Susan Orlean Discusses Her 'Library Book' and her passion for Judaism and journalism.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I've been lucky enough to profile/interview some of my favorite writers over the years.
Here's a piece I wrote about @susanorlean.bsky.social for the @forward.com back in 2018, around the release of her dazzling "The Library Book."
Here's a piece I wrote about @susanorlean.bsky.social for the @forward.com back in 2018, around the release of her dazzling "The Library Book."
"Since dementia affects shorter-term memory more than longer-term memory, it’s not unusual for multilingual people with dementia to begin speaking the language they learned first."
October 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Since dementia affects shorter-term memory more than longer-term memory, it’s not unusual for multilingual people with dementia to begin speaking the language they learned first."
"When we don’t see that truth in regard to civilians in Gaza, we don’t just dehumanize them; we betray the reciprocal principle of divine compassion."
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"When we don’t see that truth in regard to civilians in Gaza, we don’t just dehumanize them; we betray the reciprocal principle of divine compassion."
"On Yom Kippur…I hope that reading Jonah’s story will remind us that we are not the only ones asking to be saved — nor are we the only ones worthy of being saved. Palestinians are worthy of safety, security and peace,” he continues. "They, too, deserve not just God’s compassion, but also our own."
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"On Yom Kippur…I hope that reading Jonah’s story will remind us that we are not the only ones asking to be saved — nor are we the only ones worthy of being saved. Palestinians are worthy of safety, security and peace,” he continues. "They, too, deserve not just God’s compassion, but also our own."
"This year, the biblical text, traditionally read as the haftorah during afternoon services, must challenge us to feel true compassion for Palestinians — and wonder why so many of us have, during the past two years of war, been averse to doing so,” Fruchter writes.
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"This year, the biblical text, traditionally read as the haftorah during afternoon services, must challenge us to feel true compassion for Palestinians — and wonder why so many of us have, during the past two years of war, been averse to doing so,” Fruchter writes.
The virtual event will feature Forward senior political reporter @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social, enterprise reporter @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social, and opinion editor @talyazax.bsky.social, moderated by interim editor-in-chief @juliemmoos.bsky.social.
October 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The virtual event will feature Forward senior political reporter @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social, enterprise reporter @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social, and opinion editor @talyazax.bsky.social, moderated by interim editor-in-chief @juliemmoos.bsky.social.
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Hundreds of Northwestern students can’t register for class because they won’t watch an antisemitism training video. Here’s what’s in it.
Hundreds of Northwestern students who refused to watch the antisemitism training video were barred from registering for classes.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The training video includes these images it describes as modern examples of antisemitism.
September 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The training video includes these images it describes as modern examples of antisemitism.
The video says quotes from ‘anti-Israel activists’ and David Duke of the KKK are ‘the same.’
Orange quotes are from activists and purple are from David Duke.
Orange quotes are from activists and purple are from David Duke.
September 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The video says quotes from ‘anti-Israel activists’ and David Duke of the KKK are ‘the same.’
Orange quotes are from activists and purple are from David Duke.
Orange quotes are from activists and purple are from David Duke.
Early on, the narrator states that “the Jewish people are from the land of Israel,” describing it as historically larger than the modern state of Israel and extending into present-day Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon.
September 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Early on, the narrator states that “the Jewish people are from the land of Israel,” describing it as historically larger than the modern state of Israel and extending into present-day Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon.