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A WEEKLY LETTER FROM OUR EDITOR IN CHIEF

"Looking Forward" is taking a break today, still absorbing the horrific news

from Uvalde and Buffalo, and ahead of the long holiday weekend.

Jodi will be back in your inbox as usual next Friday afternoon.

Below, find our printable magazine, an upcoming event,

news from our newsroom and, of course, your quote of the week

Shabbat Shalom!

YOUR WEEKEND READS

A FREE, PRINTABLE MAGAZINE OF STORIES TO SAVOR OVER SHABBAT AND SUNDAY

In the BBC's publication this week of thousands of documents regarding the Chinese government's imprisonment of the largely Muslim Uyghur population, Rob Eshman finds unmistakable echoes of the Holocaust. Also in this week's editions, Rob responds to the Uvalde school massacre by asking why the U.S. can't treat gun ownership more like Israel, a law professor walks us through the latest court case on kosher certification, profiles of a Jewish Queer Youth group and a 94-year-old filmmaker and much more.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Preparing for Juneteenth| June 13 @ 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT

Rabbi Sandra Lawson, chief diversity officer of Reconstructing Judaism, and Tema Smith of the ADL will join our editor-in-chief, Jodi Rudoren, for their third annual conversation about how Jews should observe the holiday commemorating the liberation of enslaved people in the United States, and the state of racial justice across the Jewish world.

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NEWS FROM OUR NEWSROOM

Mazel tov to Louis Keene, Rob Eshman, Meghann Cuniff and Simi Horwitz on the Forward's six finalists for L.A Press Clubawards. Check out Rob’s essay, "I visited a tiny home village. Why aren't there more?” Meghann's investigation "Was the fight outside a sushi restaurant an antisemitic attack, or just a fight?" Simi's film criticism and three by Louis: Want to ruin a date? Bring up Israel," "The best summer camp prank ever" and "Why did these rabbis stand up for Eliot Broidy?"

Real estate wars: In the latest episode of our Jewish advice podcast, host Ginna Green and Lynn Harris debate the ethics of giving a friend — or a stranger — a leg up on a neighbor's house that will soon go up for sale in a hot market. What does the Talmud have to say? What about our Bintel archives?

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