Dear Reader,

Today is Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 75th Independence Day. As we mark this milestone anniversary, I’ve been looking back at how our predecessors at the Forward covered that historic day. “America Recognizes New Jewish State ‘Israel’” blared the front-page headline. 

Our team of journalists has steadfastly brought the American Jewish perspective on Israeli news, politics and culture to our readers ever since — including during these last fraught months in which hundreds of thousands of Israelis have filled the streets each week protesting the new government’s push to overhaul the judiciary’s independence.

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I first visited Israel as a teenager in 1987, and spent 2012-2015 living in Jerusalem with my family as bureau chief for The New York Times. No story in my career has been more thrilling — and more challenging — to cover. And it’s never been more essential to approach Israel with the curiosity, sobriety, rigor and independent thinking that Forward journalists bring to all our work.

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Sincerely,

Jodi Rudoren

Editor-in-Chief

The Forward

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