Larry Cohler-Esses Larry Cohler-Esses is the Forward’s former assistant managing editor and news editor. Previously, he served as editor-at-large for the Jewish Week, an investigative reporter for the New York Daily News, and as a staff writer for the Jewish Week as well as the Washington Jewish Week. Larry has written extensively on the Arab-Jewish relations both in the United States and the Middle East. Recent Stories Mar 17, 2022 Purim in wartime: Bucharest celebration brings haunting past into present Mar 15, 2022 He is finding shelter for Ukrainian refugees — and their pets Mar 14, 2022 Kharkiv refugee’s story: ‘Our city is totally destroyed’ Aug 19, 2021 Reporting from Afghanistan, I saw just how little we Americans knew