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Stewart Florsheim posing in front of his family's Stolpersteine.
(Photo/Courtesy Florsheim)
Posted inFirst Person

Why I said ‘yes’ to a memorial stone for my family in Germany

Stewart Florsheim by Stewart Florsheim June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
A nurse works with a Covid patient in Fullerton, Dec. 25, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Francine Orr-Los Angeles Times-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Everybody comes to the hospital. With our Jewish healing center closing, who will be there for you when it’s your turn?

Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher by Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher June 16, 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.
Posted inFirst Person

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)
Posted inFirst Person

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
A shot of two of the children’s tattoos in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Posted inTV & Film

‘Stranger Things’ fans deny their tattoos evoke the Holocaust — but it’s a growing trend.

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward June 9, 2022June 9, 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 man walking on cracked land scorched by heat waves in Mumbai, India, May 15, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Satish Bate-Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish environmental thought is not ready for the climate crisis. But our tradition is.

David Zvi Kalman by David Zvi Kalman and JTA June 8, 2022
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar attend a ceremony marking the handover of items in the Schneerson library to a Chabad-run museum in Moscow, June 13, 2013. (Photo/JTA-Yuri Kadobnov-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Chabad vs. Russia; Swastika vs. hakenkreuz; Forgotten bakeries; etc.

by J. Readers June 7, 2022
Israeli soldiers guarding a barrier. (Photo/Forward-iStock)
Posted inOpinion

It’s time to talk seriously about a Confederation of Israel and Palestine

Jodi Rudoren by Jodi Rudoren and Forward June 6, 2022June 6, 2022
Rabbi Sally Priesand at her 1972 ordination (Photo/File)
Posted inLocal Voice

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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