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Join Forward contributing columnists Joel Swanson and Ari Hoffman for a debate moderated by opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon on an issue that has embroiled the Jewish community of late.
The talk will take place on Tuesday, April 21 at 12 p.m. ET.
Join Forward archivist Chana Pollack and Museum at Eldridge Street archivist and curator Nancy Johnson in this virtual tour through the archive press plates and images that inspired them to create the Museum's current exhibition Pressed: Images from the Jewish Daily Forward.
The virtual tour will take place on Tuesday, April 21 at 2 p.m. ET.
Join Jodi Rudoren and Andres Spokoiny, president of the Jewish Funders Network, for a conversation about the future of community news with Ben Smith, media columnist for The New York Times (and former Forward intern!); Sue Fishkoff, longtime editor of J. The Jewish News of Northern California; and Prof. Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University.
The talk will take place on Wednesday, April 22 at 2 p.m. ET.
The Community Conversations series jointly founded by Jews United for Democracy & Justice and Community Advocates, Inc. presents the first in a virtual series: America at a Crossroads. Join a panel featuring Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Governance Studies Amb. Norman Eisen, moderated by Warren Olney.
The talk will take place on Wednesday, April 22 at 8 p.m. ET.
Netflix’s “Unorthodox” has become a favorite to binge watch as everyone finds themselves at home these days. Join us for a conversation with Eli Rosen who plays Reb Yossele and was the show’s Yiddish translator and consultant; Abby Stein, activist, “Becoming Eve” author, and former Hasidic Rabbi; and Alexa Karolinski, creator and writer of "Unorthodox," about the reality of leaving Hasidic communities and how one woman’s story was adapted and resonated with so many Jews and non-Jews alike.
The talk will take place on Monday, April 27 at 2 p.m. ET.
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