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Rob Eshman

Rob Eshman

Rob Eshman is a senior columnist for the Forward. Follow him on Instagram @foodaism and Twitter @foodaism or email [email protected].

Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in "The Bear." (Photo/Matt Dinerstein-FX)
Posted inJewish Life

Yes, kosher fans of ‘The Bear,’ you can make a beef braciole

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward August 18, 2022August 18, 2022
Jason Van Tatenhove, who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, appears for testimony during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on July 12, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Forward-Kevin Dietsch-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Why did a former Oath Keeper leave over Holocaust denialism? Because of his Jewish family.

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward July 15, 2022July 20, 2022
Protesters advocating the overturn of the 2020 presidential election results gather at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Tasos Katopodis-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

What’s Jewish about the Jan. 6 hearings? More than you think.

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward June 27, 2022
At a rally for reparations at the African Burial Ground National Monument, July 23, 2021 in New York City. (Photo/Forward-Michael M. Santiago-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

What would happen if Black Californians received reparations? The Jewish experience provides some answers.

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward June 9, 2022June 9, 2022
A girl cries outside a civic center where grief counseling is offered in Uvalde, Texas. (Photo/JTA-Allison Dinner-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

When it comes to gun control, why can’t the U.S. be more like Israel?

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
A rendering of the planned natural burial area at Sinai Memorial Park in Simi Valley, which will feature drought tolerant landscaping. (Image/Courtesy Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries)
Posted inUncategorized, Opinion

California Jews, enough with your green, grassy cemeteries

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward May 23, 2022
a woman in a face mask stands in an airport with an unidentified man and three luggage carts piled high with luggage
Posted inNews

56 suitcases and a ticket to Warsaw: One Bay Area woman’s Ukraine relief effort

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward March 24, 2022
(Photo/Forward-Rob Eshman)
Posted inOpinion

Why Jews should join L.A.’s street vendors struggle

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward November 8, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom encourages a crowd to vote against the recall effort targeting him, August 2021. (Photo/Forward-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Recall or not, Gavin Newsom needs to atone—and so do his critics

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward September 14, 2021September 14, 2021
Firefighters respond to a fire in Boulder Creek in Santa Cruz County, Aug. 23, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Kent Nishimura-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Five things the Jewish community can do to stop climate change

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward August 12, 2021August 12, 2021

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