Forward Forum


Why I Filed Title VI Complaint

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin

A professor says she was forced to file a federal civil rights complaint because ‘virulent’ anti-Semitism was rampant at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Read More


Israel's Silent March to War With Iran

By Larry Derfner

There is remarkably little public discussion in Israel about an attack on Iran. People may not talk about it much, but you can be sure they will back a war, Larry Derfner writes.Read More


Poverty in America: A Crisis Ignored

By Leonard Fein

Mitt Romney isn’t alone in not caring much about the poor. Despite the growing shame of poverty in America, few leaders on either side of the aisle talk about it.Read More


Create Tax for Jewish Education

By Leonard Saxe

Leonard Saxe proposes that creating a Jewish scholarship fund, supported by a progressive tax. The tax would be paid by organizations that pay salaries above a set amount.Read More


Follow the Ethical Guidlines

By Moses L. Pava

In the case of Jewish nonprofits, the owner of the organization is the Jewish community, as a whole, or at least that portion of the community that the organization aspires to serve.Read More


Train More Capable Leaders

By David A. Teutsch

There are several things we can do to ease the shortage of first-rate executive directors of Jewish groups. The most important is to make taking on the mantle of leadership more attractive to capable people.Read More


Hire and Pay Fairly and Equally

By Shifra Bronznick

There is nothing wrong with CEOs being well paid if they are doing extraordinary work on behalf of their mission and constituencies. But Shifra Bronznick asks, what are these salaries actually based on?Read More


Islamophobic Film and Its Jewish Backers

By J.J. Goldberg

The New York police admitted using a training video with virulant anti-Muslim messages. Everyone will suffer if militants take over debate over the issue, J.J. Goldberg writes.Read More


Following Ultra-Orthodox Money Trail

By Shmarya Rosenberg

Want to know where ultra-Orthodox groups in Israel get money? Shmarya Rosenberg writes they are funded by kosher certification businesses and Satmar Hasidim in Brooklyn.Read More


Echoes of U.S. Racism in Israel

By Leonard Fein

Ethiopians in Israel are often barred from buying apartments by restrictive covenants. Such tactics were once used against Jews and blacks in the U.S., Leonard Fein writes.Read More