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Dan Friedman

Dan Friedman is the former executive editor of the Forward.

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Posted inSports

At the dawn of the World Cup, the story of the Jews who helped bring soccer to America

by Dan Friedman June 11, 2026June 11, 2026

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. When the North American FIFA World Cup starts in […]

Sefaria’s AI-generated webpages are marked with a circle AI stamp in the top-right corner. (Screenshot via YouTube/Sefaria)
Posted inThe Perils & Promise of AI

Jewish institutions slowly incorporate AI but risk falling behind

by Dan Friedman June 18, 2025June 19, 2025
An AI illustration of Sigmund Freud, seated in an armchair, talking to a humanoid robot who is laying on a couch.
Posted inThe Perils & Promise of AI

As AI charges ahead, Jewish thinkers are falling behind

by Dan Friedman March 21, 2025June 18, 2025
This image was generated by ImageFX based on prompt by J. culture editor Maya Mirsky.
Posted inThe Perils & Promise of AI

Where is AI taking us: The path to Eden, or the road to Armageddon?

by Dan Friedman March 7, 2025January 7, 2026
(From left) Daniel Thrasher, Michaela Watkins, Carol Kane, Henry Hall and Dan Bakkedahl in “Dinner with the Parents,” an American riff on the British Shabbat sitcom “Friday Night Dinner.” (Photo/Olly Courtney-CBS)
Posted inTV

‘Dinner with the Parents’: A Jewish sitcom from Britain gets remade in American suburbia

by Dan Friedman April 19, 2024April 19, 2024
"Let It Be Morning" is based on a 2006 novel by Palestinian writer Sayed Kashua.
Posted inCulture

S.F. Jewish Film Fest: In ‘Let It Be Morning,’ a Palestinian village on the verge of change

by Dan Friedman and Forward July 25, 2022March 17, 2023
(Photo/Courtesy M&H)
Posted inJewish Life

At long last, premium Israeli whisky is here — was it worth the wait?

by Dan Friedman and Forward January 10, 2022January 10, 2022
Jeremy Corbyn leads the British Labour Party. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-Thierry Monasse)
Posted inUncategorized

It’s not just anti-Semitism: Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit problem is also a disaster for Jews

by Dan Friedman February 22, 2019February 25, 2019

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