Comments on: Breaking down the Forward 50

By: Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place » Muzzlewatch-JTA Mutual Admiration Society

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:40:08 +0000

[...] really do. But to flaunt on JVP’s website’s weekly newsletter that Ami Eden, JTA’s managing editor, would’ve included them in the Forward’s Famous 50 list seems a bit [...]

By: Howard Cort

Howard Cort — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:46:31 +0000

I didn’t see the whole list. nWhy not print it here?

I’d like to see if there inclusions represent different parts of the progressive emphasis (ies., M. Lerner, C. Surasky, S. Zunes,
J. Finkel, H. Lebow, etc.)

By: Forward 50: Most influential American Jews, Mukasey tops all | Writes Like She Talks

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:10:55 +0000

[...] More about Forward here. More opining on the 50 here. [...]

By: ck

ck — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:50:26 +0000

Ooops. That last comment was a response to Steve Brizel. Sorry.

By: ck

ck — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:49:42 +0000

Amy! By my count there are at least 3 or 4 Orthodox Jews on the list: Michael Mukasey, Peter Deutsch, Boruch Shlomo Cunin and Erez Safar aka DJ Handler. But rather than bemoan the lack of Traditional Jewry on the list, ask yourself why it is that Orthodox Judaism has failed to significantly influence or engage the rest of the American Jewish community? I feel as if except for a few outreach organizations, NJOP and Chabad, Orthodoxy has given up on the bulk of American Jewry. Is the Forward biased? Or is their list merely reflective of what’s really going on?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:08:21 +0000

Ok, people from the Forward: How would you respond to Steve Brizel’s comment? I think he makes a good point, so let’s give a hear.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:54:05 +0000

God.
I think God should have made it in the Forward 50 because he’s (she’s?) certainly made a big comeback this year — whether by being Not Great (Christopher Hitchens) a Delusion (Richard Dawkins) or back in favor (”There Is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind”).
Everyone’s talking about God as the root of all good/evil in the world.

By: Steve Brizel

Steve Brizel — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:59:28 +0000

Once again, the Forward’s list is politically and religiously correct-liberal, feminist, Conservative, Reform with a few neo cons thrown in as tokens and devoid of anyone who could be remotely considered Orthodox-Modern or Charedi. How quaint,

By: lori

lori — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:39:29 +0000

Nice way to sell newspapers to the elite. Now maybe those “Who’s Who” plaquemakers have more calls to make. With a circulation of 25,000, the paper reaches .0004 percent of Jews. Maybe most Jews don’t care.

By: Herb Rosenbaum

Herb Rosenbaum — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:31:10 +0000

Pardon the typos, please