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At a Yiddish music festival in bucolic Massachusetts, tradition is everything — and nothing

by Irene Katz Connelly and Forward July 14, 2022July 14, 2022
A memorial site near the scene of the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo/Forward-Jim Vondruska-Getty Images)
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This couldn’t happen anywhere: How coverage of the shooting failed Highland Park’s Jews

Elad Nehorai by Elad Nehorai and Forward July 11, 2022
We'll miss you, Sue Fishkoff! (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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You can’t get away that easily, Fishkoff!

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett July 7, 2022July 7, 2022
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Retiring J. editor Sue Fishkoff: ‘It’s been a wonderful ride’

by Sue Fishkoff July 7, 2022July 7, 2022
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I ran for my life from the Highland Park shooting. It will haunt me forever.

by Michael L. Millenson and Forward July 6, 2022
Leah Mordehai takes stock of donations for Ukraine war relief from her school.
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My heart is with Ukraine, and I’m doing what I can to help

Leah Mordehai by Leah Mordehai June 20, 2022June 22, 2022
Stewart Florsheim posing in front of his family's Stolpersteine.
(Photo/Courtesy Florsheim)
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Why I said ‘yes’ to a memorial stone for my family in Germany

Stewart Florsheim by Stewart Florsheim June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
Redding Elementary School principal Maurice Gause (left) and teacher Mai-Tien Nguyen (center) at Redding's fifth-grade graduation, June 1, 2022.
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A glimmer of hope from a diverse group of San Francisco fifth-graders

Meta Pasternak by Meta Pasternak June 15, 2022June 15, 2022
The Hollywood Bowl overflowed with people attending the "Rally for the survival of Israel" in 1967. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)
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I rallied for the survival of Israel in 1967, but now I worry about its future

Jonathan Jacoby by Jonathan Jacoby and Forward June 13, 2022
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The first woman rabbi in the U.S. was ordained 50 years ago — I owe her so much

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg June 3, 2022June 3, 2022

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