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Category Archives: Steven I. Weiss
Behind The Scenes of The Jewish Channel’s Expose Of Rabbi Michael J. Broyde
Read journalist Steven I. Weiss’s latest work here. I did the following interview via FB: LF: How often does TJC do this kind of investigative journalism? Has TJC done anything like this before? SIW: TJC pursues reporting of all kinds, … Continue reading
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Rabbi Michael Broyde Admits Using A Fake Internet Identity To Tout His Own Work
Sociology professor and prolific author Samuel Heilman, the writer of a recent book on the Lubavitcher rebbe, has been accused of a similar practice of using a fake internet identity to tout his own work and to attack his critic … Continue reading
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Wikipedia Assault On Journalist Steven I. Weiss
There’s a Wikipedia user (Kalonymous) who only makes positive changes to Professor Samuel Heilman‘s Wikipedia entry and negative changes to Steven I. Weiss‘s entry. Kalonymous wrote on Steven I. Weiss‘s Wikipedia entry: “He also runs the blog The Canonist, known … Continue reading
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The Jewish Week In Review
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The Jewish Week In Review
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Forward Bashes CEO Pay
Steven I. Weiss writes: Singling out CEOs as the culprits behind economic woes is nothing new, but the blame laid at heads of Jewish organizations by the Forward this week for not cutting their salaries while laying-off staff doesn’t have … Continue reading
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Tagged ceo pay, charitable mission, economic woes, jewish organizations, lots of money, tzedakah
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The Jewish Week In Review
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Newsweek Says, Dance, Jews, Dance!
Steven I. Weiss writes: The very idea of a "most influential rabbis" list is of questionable value in the first place. But Newsweek does seemingly everything in its power to make sure we all get the joke. For starters, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball statistics, jews dance, lisa miller, machers, meaningful analysis, religion editor
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JTA Struggles To Survive
Steven Ira Weiss blogs: In a new twist on what’s become the near-constant pleading for donations from JTA, President Elisa Spungen Bildner insults producers of new media explicitly: Without a strong JTA, the storytelling will be left to bloggers, twitterers, … Continue reading
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Tagged bildner, Jewish Journal, jewish media, jewish newspapers, media producers, philadelphia jewish exponent
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This Week In Jewish News
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