Letter From Jerusalem
By Nofrat Frenkel
Fifth-year medical student Nofrat Frenkel was recently arrested for wearing a talit at the Kotel. Authorities said she was “performing a religious act that offends the feelings of others.” In this essay, Frenkel writes about her arrest.Read More
Darwin and Gods — for Kids
By Beth Schwartzapfel
A new book by Deborah Heiligman, left, introduces young adult readers to Charles Darwin as the husband of Emma Darwin — a woman who spent her adult life worrying that her husband was going to burn in hell for eternity.Read More
Pannonica
By Dan Friedman
Music, namely hearing Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight,” caused Nina Rothschild to abandon her family to embrace the world of New York bebop. A new documentary provides testimony to Rothschild’s influence.Read More
Questions Linger About Egyptian Breast Cancer Conference
By Beth Schwartzapfel
When two Israeli advocates were disinvited to a breast cancer conference in Egypt, the Susan G. Komen Foundation — whose namesake is a Jewish woman — said it was a misunderstanding. The Israelis say Komen could have done more, sooner.Read More
G.A.’s Savior Is the Russian Oligarch ‘Who Got Away’
By Gal Beckerman
Leonid Nevzlin, a Russian oil oligarch who was convicted in absentia last year in a Moscow courtroom to life in prison for ordering the murder of five people, has succeeded in rebranding himself as a Jewish philanthropist.Read More
Heralding Vienna's Jewish Revival?
By Karen Propp
Celebrations and a new book mark the 100th anniversary of Hakoah, Vienna’s famed Jewish sports club — founded in adversity, confiscated by the Nazis in 1938 and now vibrant once again.Read More
The Forward 50
View the Forward’s annual list of the people who are making a difference in the American Jewish community, and watch a video that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Forward 50.Read More
Rubashkin’s Crimes
For the Jewish community, the response to the conviction of Sholom Rubashkin, former vice president of the now-defunct Agriprocessors kosher meat company, on 86 counts of felony fraud should be a of extreme embarrassment over yet another example — did we need any more this year? — of a Jewish businessman gone bad.Read More
