Category Archives: Jewish Journalism

Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller Profiled In The September Issue Of Los Angeles Magazine

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Luke Ford

I love how Jesse Katz focuses on how the case became a "Jewish American Rorschach test, its interpretation shaped by ideology, by identity, by religious and partisan agendas." I could never become upset about the case. The rabbi felt verbally … Continue reading →

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Cushy Confab’s Contrasting Coverage

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Luke Ford

The Forward reports Aug. 3: A strange thing happened in Utah this week: Some 40 leading Jewish academics, writers, rabbis and professionals descended on the mountains of Park City, where, among other things, they built teepees. Although the media wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Serial Blogger

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Luke Ford

From JewishJournal.com: I read with great interest your story on serial blogger Luke Ford ("Interview With a Serial Blogger," Aug. 3). His postings seem to be the electronic equivalent of publications like National Inquirer; its articles and Ford’s stories should … Continue reading →

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Phil Jacobs Phony Blog

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Luke Ford

Phil Jacobs, editor in chief of the Baltimore Jewish Times, blogs: There are no “henchmen” out there getting in my way to investigate individuals or institutions. I am not under anybody’s “thumb” to prevent the writing of stories on certain … Continue reading →

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How The Japanese Media Is Like The Parochial Jewish Media

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Luke Ford

Ian Hargreaves writes in his 2003 book Journalism: Truth or Dare: …But the workings of Japanese news media are barely recognizable to journalists from the United States or Britain… Japanese journalists, for example, are bound together in a network of … Continue reading →

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