The Forward, America’s leading Jewish news organization, seeks an intrepid, creative journalist to cover the Israel-Hamas war and its aftermath from Jerusalem and the region for six months. We need a self-starter with a gift for finding distinctive, memorable stories. An empathic reporter able to navigate complexity on the ground and explain it with nuance to our broad and diverse audience. A conversational and confident writer who comes at every situation from a place of curiosity. Experience living and reporting in the Middle East are a plus, as are multimedia skills and fluency in Hebrew or Arabic. Passion for the storyline, and political independence regarding it, are musts, along with an entrepreneurial spirit, collegial attitude, and sense of humor. Applican