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Upcoming Virtual Events
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Coupling in Quarantine: managing distant dating and close cohabiting
May 5 2 p.m. ET
Join David Yarus, founder of JSwipe, the largest Jewish dating app; Rayna Greenberg, social influencer and podcast co-host of “Girls Gotta Eat;” Rabbi Richard Steinberg, couples therapist and senior rabbi at Congregation Shir Ha- Ma’alot; Lindsey Metselaar, founder of the podcast, We Met At Acme; and Jared Matthew Weiss, creator and host of Touchpoint, a town hall about human connection as they discuss the ups and downs of dating and relationships while quarantined. Moderated by Abby Sher, co-writer of the Bintel Brief.
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Can't make it? This talk will be recorded and available on our website. |
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The Forward's Book Club
May 6 3 p.m. ET
Join our virtual book club, led by Rachel Fishman Feddersen, publisher & CEO; Chana Pollack, archivist; and Talya Zax, deputy culture editor. This month we’re reading “People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks and will meet every Wednesday in May on Zoom. Brooks — a journalist and novelist who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her book “March” — will be joining us to discuss the novel for our last meeting! To join, please email bookclub@forward.com.
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America at a Crossroads May 6 8 p.m. ET
Join Bret Stephens, a Pulitzer prize winning American journalist, editor, and columnist in conversation with associate editor and Op-Ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times Nicholas Goldberg in a discussion about COVID-19 and life after the pandemic.
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#QuarantineShabbat Cooking Show
May 8 3 p.m. ET
Join National Editor Rob Eshman for his #QuarantineShabbat cooking show, a new weekly livestream series on our Facebook page. On Thursday, Rob will post the recipe to forward.com/food so you can cook along with him the next day! Join the livestream on Facebook. |
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Past Conversations
Couldn't make it to one of our virtual talks? Watch the recordings: How Should American Jews Observe Israeli Independence Day? Contributing columnists Ari Hoffman and Joel Swanson debated how — or even if — American Jews should be celebrating Israeli Independence Day in an interactive happy hour discussion moderated by opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon. 'Unorthodox:' Reality vs. Fiction Catch our conversation with Eli Rosen who plays Reb Yossele and the production’s Yiddish translator and consultant; Abby Stein, activist, “Becoming Eve” author, and former Hasidic Rabbi; Alexa Karolinski, creator and writer of “Unorthodox”; Chavie Weisberger, director of community engagement at Footsteps; and Rukhl Schaechter, editor of The Yiddish Forward about the reality of leaving Hasidic communities and how one woman’s story was adapted. |
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