Jane Eisner
National News
- Jews Displaced From Arab Lands Finally Recognized
- A College With 80 Tongues Tries To Speak in One Voice
- Jewish Lobby Sits Out Vote On Armenian Genocide
Community News
- New Restaurant Seal Meets With Approval
- In Dispute Over Using ‘Rabba,’ Supporters Find Reason for Optimism
- Hadassah and Hospital Resolve Rift
International News
- Kudrow Explores Her Roots and Takes Other Friends With Her
- With Prayer and Nursery Rhymes, Religious Leaders Call Attention to Sudan
- Hamas Retaliation for Dubai Hit Seen As Likely to Be Constrained
Israel News
- Bill Making Many Converts Ineligible Under ‘Law of Return’ Faces Backlash
- Promoting Israel As a ‘Cultural Hotbed’ Isn’t Always a Winner
- Jerusalem Pitches Goldstone Report as a Threat to U.S. Military and its Allies
Arts & Culture
- Hot Lands of Clay
- Going Down to Funky Town
- It’s Complicated
- St. Patrick’s Day With the Irish and the Jews
- A Big-Headed Dandy
- An Inquisition for the 21st Century
Fast Forward
- Remember Bitter Herb?
- New E-Haggadah Brings a Fifth Child to the Table
- A Recipe for the Soul
- C-Sections: A Birthing Debate Divides New Moms
- The Tribe That Bites
- Chronicling Obama’s Presidency Via Poetry
The Shmooze
- Miss Congeniality’s Mishegas
- How Curious George Fought the Nazis
- In Israel, Metallica Ticket Prices Stir Backlash
- The Rhyme and Reason of Israeli Hip-Hop
- When Yoga and Mindfulness Meet Torah
- Political Wife Duped by Israeli Press
Forward Forum
- Pesach on My Mind
- We Can’t Afford to Give Up on the United Nations
- Non-Zero Sum: Helping Others And Ourselves
- Only Israelis and Palestinians Can Make Peace
- Dark Clouds Behind Survey’s Silver Lining
- Why Anglo-Israeli Ties Will Survive Dubai
Editorial
Series in Search of a Solution
By Jane Eisner
“For decades, there has been a stalemate: two peoples with legitimate aspirations, each with a painful history that makes compromise elusive. It is easy to point fingers — for Palestinians to point to the displacement brought by Israel’s founding, and for Israelis to point to the constant hostility and attacks throughout its history from within its borders as well as beyond. But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: The only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security.”Read More
Chaim Potok Is No Longer With Us, but His Lessons Remain
By Jane Eisner
On February 17, Chaim Potok, the novelist, scholar, painter and playwright whom I was privileged to call a dear friend, would have turned 80 years old. In the spring of 2002, he and I sat down for a series of interviews in the book-lined library of his home near Philadelphia. My Tuesdays with Chaim, we used to call these weekly sessions.Read More
To Print, or Not To Print?
By Jane Eisner
This week, the Forward reprints an offensive cartoon of Naomi Chazan accompanying a story about attacks on the New Israel Fund, of which she is president.Read More
Stifling Our Artists
By Jane Eisner
The fourth annual Schmooze conference took place at the hip City Winery in Lower Manhattan on January 11 and 12, bringing together Jewish artists and presenters to debate, discuss and, well, schmooze. There was talk of a “sea change” this year, and not just because of the financial meltdown or the growing popularity of Fox News.Read More
Women of the Wall Leader Interrogated by Police
By Jane Eisner
- Ippies and Daveys
- Constitution as Talmud
- The Future of Jewish Philanthropy
- Jewish Women Lag Behind Men in Promotion and Pay
- Finding the Forward 50
- Revisiting the Kate We Wanted to Be
- Prizes and Partners
- Livni Is Learning To Lead Again, This Time As the Loyal Opposition
- Hello and Farewell
- The Cup of Liberation
- Family Tales and Mystery Amid the Markers
- Strong Outreach Contributed to Obama’s Surge Among Jews
- Obama Victory Redraws Political Map
- This Relationship Can Be Saved
- Putting Politics Back Into Service
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