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Eric Trump and Lara Yunaska were married under a crystal-embellished chuppah. Because, you know, Trump.
The problem is whale, seal, shellfish (obviously), even caribou — none of it’s kosher. But in Alaska, Baruch HaShem, there’s always salmon and halibut.” How does a nice Jewish boy from the suburbs of Philadelphia become a tribal judge in rural Alaska?
You're invited to the trial of the century: It's Alan Dershowitz vs. Eliot Spitzer as they try Abraham for endangerment of a minor and attempted murder in connection with the near sacrifice of his son Isaac at The Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El on November 16th. But what about the Bible's other child sacrifices?
Why did we choose to put Barry Freundel on the Forward 50? Editor-in-chief Jane Eisner explains:
“They go on Saturday to synagogue and on Sunday to the Episcopal church or the Presbyterian church. If you think there’s no such thing as being a member of both a Jewish community and a non-Jewish community, think again.”
Were Jan Karski's relatives snubbed by the new Polish Jewish Museum?
"Too many good rabbis are making bad decisions, and too many bad ones are causing tragedies." Jay Michaelson asks: Are we stressing out our rabbis to the breaking point? http://jd.fo/b5sVO
What was Nicki Minaj thinking?
#StevenSotloff should be ineligible for the Forward 50. But Sotloff, who was murdered by Islamic militants, merits special inclusion. To the end, he held fast to his beliefs, both as a journalist and as a Jew. If not for the fanatical ideology of his murderers, Sotloff would still be alive. http://jd.fo/p67E6
"While other Jewish families suffered unimaginable brutality in the Holocaust, my family lived like royalty in the Portuguese paradise known for its wine, Madeira. I know: I sound like an entitled, unsympathetic brat. And what I’m trying to say is, I feel guilty about this. I always have." Can you relate?
"It’s true that according to some adherents of Chabad Lubavitch ‘it is a mitzvah [a divine command] to drink, and drink to excess, on Purim’ (and possibly on other holidays as well)."
"It was then that I realized that Abu Tor wasn’t mixed, but divided: Jews on one side and Palestinians on the other." The Forward's Middle East correspondent takes us on a tour of her new Jerusalem neighborhood, where the daily soundtrack includes Molotov cocktails, sirens, and sex.
"The modern Jewish civilization that produced Freud and Einstein, Roth and Bellow, Dear Abby and Hannah Arendt, Sarah Bernhardt, Estee Lauder, Golda Meir and the Marx Brothers could turn out to be nothing more than a blip in history, a pause in the eternal saga of the Talmud and the ghetto." J. J. .Goldberg spots dire signs of liberal Jewry's demise:
For the first time ever, our #Forward50 list has a majority of women. From Scarlett Johansson to Ruth Bader Ginsberg (and let's not forget great guys like Saul Zabar), here are the Jews who rocked 2014. http://jd.fo/a5rLW
What is the quintessential Jewish food? Kreplach? Herring? Bagels? These Jewish food experts can't decide!

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