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We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope Sunday, June 14 @ 2 p.m. ET Join “We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope,” a special concert event that commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 77th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The program will feature musical performances as well as Forward editor-in-chief, Jodi Rudoren's interview with producer Nancy Spielberg, filmmaker Roberta Grossman, and author Sam Kassow about their film “Who Will Write Our History." Join the livestream on Sunday at wearehere.live. |
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Live Q&A with 'Dayan: The First Family TV Series' Director Sunday, June 14 @ 4:30 p.m. ET "Dayan: The First Family TV Series," a series that follows five generations of the Dayan family — “The Israeli Kennedys,” runs from June 7 through June 14. Catch the virtual screening and then join Jodi Rudoren’s live interview with the film’s director, Anat Goren. Purchase tickets here and get 25% off the ticket price with promo code FORWARD20. Following your ticket purchase, you will be sent a link to register for the Q&A. This talk is in partnership with the JCC's Israel Film Center Festival. |
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Will Israel really annex the West Bank (and what happens next)? Wednesday, June 17 @ 11 a.m. ET Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to extend Israeli sovereignty over much of the occupied West Bank as soon as July 1, despite misgivings of the Trump administration. Is this the death of the two-state solution? Of Israel as a Jewish democracy? Of Palestinian national aspirations? David Makovsky, head of the Israel-Arab relations project at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, join Jodi Rudoren and former Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times for this critical discussion. Register here. |
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The Forward Book Club Wednesday, June 17 @ 3 p.m. ET NEW book! Join our virtual book club, led by Rachel Fishman Feddersen, publisher & CEO; Chana Pollack, archivist; and Talya Zax, deputy culture editor. We're kicking off June with James McBride's "It's The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute To His White Mother." Read the modern classic that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a generation. We also ask that you purchase the book from a black-owned bookstore if possible. To join, please email bookclub@forward.com. You can also join our Facebook group to continue the conversation between meetings. |
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A Jewish conversation about Juneteenth Friday, June 19 @ 12 p.m. ET Rabbi Sandra Lawson, a chaplain at Elon University in North Carolina, and Tema Smith, a contributing columnist at The Forward, will talk with Jodi Rudoren, about the holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States, and how Jews are — and should and could be — marking it this year. Register here. |
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Why Are Yiddish Songs So Popular Now? Monday, June 22 @ 2 p.m. ET Join Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Forverts, as she explores the growing interest in Yiddish music, with singers Lorin Sklamberg, Daniel Kahn, Sarah Gordon and folksong maven Itzik Gottesman – and hear them sing the songs that audiences love to hear. Register here. |
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Past Conversations Couldn't make it to one of our virtual talks? Watch the recordings: Meet the Winners of Our Young Writers Contest What’s it like to go to school in a time of curfews, Zoom classes, and social isolation? Trapped inside, how do you manage to find freedom? Forward senior editor Adam Langer talks to the winners of our writing contest about being young, isolated, and hopeful in 2020. After Corona: How our Jewish world will change Watch Jodi Rudoren; Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick; parenting expert Bethany Mandel; Forward contributing columnist Alex Zeldin; spiritual leader of Lab/Shul NYC, Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie; and executive director of the Jewish community relations council of Greater Boston, Jeremy Burton in this critical conversation. |
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