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News

ShulCloud is the king of synagogue software. Is that a good thing?

Molly Boigon

News

INTERVIEW: Israeli’s new Labor Party chief Merav Michaeli draws inspiration from Biden/Harris

Jacob Kornbluh

Brief items of the News and the Schmooze

•	HBO Max’s next Israeli show: ‘Possessions,’ a thriller about a French woman caught in a murder case

•	In Israel, teenagers can now get the COVID-19 vaccine

•	This Orthodox rabbi stopped praying for the president when Trump was elected. This week, he’s starting again.

•	Joe Biden’s first Sunday mass as president involves stop at Jewish deli owned by his COVID czar

Culture

How Slovakia’s Oscars contender revived two forgotten Holocaust heroes — an interview with Peter Bebjak

Irene Katz Connelly

Culture

Walter Bernstein — a writer who knew how to choose his battles

Benjamin Ivry

Scribe: Community voices

YMCAs and JCCs are struggling. But communities rely on them.

Joy Levitt

Culture

January 26: The Classic Israeli Dessert You Never Heard Of

Forward Staff