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Good morning! We’re spending the rest of this week at an editorial summit to think about how we

can keep improving your experience as Forward readers. Instead of Forwarding the News and our usual afternoon newsletter, we'll be sending out a single daily newsletter every morning. We’ll be back to our ordinary schedule next week. Questions? Email editorial@forward.com. 

Opinion

The unrest in Israel is not over the judicial overhaul — it’s an identity crisis

By Gedalia Guttentag

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Culture

How Jewishness inspired Sinead O’Connor

By Seth Rogovoy

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Opinion

Israel needs the US now more than ever

By Yohanan Plesner

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FAST FORWARDS

Brief items of the News and the Schmooze

Opponents of Israel’s judicial overhaul see parallels in Tisha B’Av, this week’s Jewish day of mourning

Israel’s Supreme Court will hear challenge to law limiting its power, potentially teeing up constitutional crisis

RFK Jr. on the people to blame for COVID: ‘We know who they were and they weren’t Jewish’

Comedian Alex Edelman is ‘very dismayed’ by Israel’s vote to cut judicial power

Forward Conversations

Israel@75: How did we get here? | A conversation with Etgar Keret

Etgar Keret, an influential Israeli writer and an outspoken member of the protest movement, joined our editor in chief, Jodi Rudoren, and opinion editor, Laura E. Adkins, for a thoughtful and provocative conversation in May.

Culture

Is ‘Barbie’ Jewish? Is ‘Barbie’ Shabbat? Is ‘Barbie’ the Book of Genesis? Four drunk Jews discuss

By Irene Katz Connelly

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Culture

Why are Jews suing to block abortion bans?

By Simi Horwitz

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