I’m thrilled to announce that, for the fourth year in a row, the Forward’sexcellent journalism has been recognized with the highest number of the American Jewish Press Association’s Simon Rockower Awards — known as the “Jewish Pulitzers.” Our 30 Rockower award wins follow other nods to the Forward’s journalism from the prestigious Los Angeles Press Club, New York Press Club, Deadline Club and Religion News Association, among others.
The full list of winning stories features breaking news, in-depth features, investigations, commentary, culture coverage and more. They reflect some of the Forward’s most ambitious and creative reporting during a most challenging time for Jews: “Why I named my newborn son after Hersh Goldberg-Polin.” Danielle Berrin’s searing first-person essay spoke to the worldwide emotional connection to the Goldberg-Polin family. “How a Jewish neighborhood in liberal Los Angeles became a stronghold for Trump.” Our L.A.-based reporter Louis Keene detailed why the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles has shifted perspectives, as part of our deep analysis of the Jewish vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. “Why the hot rabbi is having a moment (again).” Culture reporter PJ Grisar contributed an engaging and thoughtful analysis of Netflix’s hit rom-com, “Nobody Wants This.” “American Jews asked to pick sides in wrenching debate over how to rebuild kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7.” As part of our reporting on the first anniversary of the October 7th attacks, enterprise reporter Arno Rosenfeld reported from Israel on the hard choices facing Kibbutz Nir Oz.
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