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Jewish Women International at a protest for abortion rights in 2016. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Jewish Women International)

Jewish women are on the frontlines of the fight for abortion rights. We can’t give up hope now.

by Meredith Jacobs and Forward May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

Activists from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and the National Council of Jewish Women attend a demonstration outside the Supreme Court in early 2020. (Courtesy Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism)

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Jewish leaders pledge ‘fight’ on abortion following Supreme Court report

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward May 3, 2022May 3, 2022

Boris Melamed, the president of the Los Angeles Association of Veterans of World War II, stands near his West Hollywood apartment. (Photo/Forward-Olga Grigoryants)

How to avoid conflict on Victory Day? Take away the microphone.

by Olga Grigoryants and Forward April 27, 2022

A.J. Jacobs shows off "Jacob's Ladder," a custom puzzle that would take until the end of the known universe to complete. (Screenshot/Forward-Zoom)

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A.J. Jacobs on Jews, puzzles and how Sondheim changed American crosswords forever

by PJ Grisar and Forward April 22, 2022

Cantor Nathan Lam during his first service at Temple of the Arts, March 25, 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Celebrity L.A. cantor Nathan Lam finds a soft landing after sexual misconduct allegations

by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward April 22, 2022September 18, 2023

in a screenshot from Russian Doll, a woman with red hair peeks out of a subway car door

In ‘Russian Doll,’ inherited Holocaust trauma spills through generations — via time travel

by Mira Fox and Forward April 21, 2022April 22, 2022

Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles (Photo/Wikimedia-Visitor7 CC BY-SA 3.0)

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California ruling deemed step forward for Jewish women stuck in abusive marriages

by Louis Keene and Forward April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

Part of the Passover Papyrus, written in Aramaic. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin)

‘No beer on Passover, OK?’ —Jerusalem to Jewish soldiers in Egypt, 419 BCE

by Dr. Henry Abramson and Forward April 20, 2022April 21, 2022

A Passover seder in 2019. (Photo/JTA-Creative Touch Imagine Ltd/Nurphoto)

As in-person Seders return, some vulnerable Jews are being left behind

by Stav Ziv and Forward April 14, 2022

Noa Tishby speaks about her book, "Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth." (Photo/Forward-Rich Fury-Getty Images For Wolman Wealth Management)

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Noa Tishby, Israel’s new antisemitism envoy, says anti-Zionism is antisemitism ‘100%’

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward April 13, 2022April 13, 2022