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Category Archives: The Jewish Press
The Jewish Press Editorializes About J Street
From TheJewishPress.com: The leadership of the left-wing lobbying group J Street continues to tout itself as a “pro-Israel, pro-peace” alternative to AIPAC and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and makes no bones about championing some of … Continue reading
The Jewish Press Sued
Here’s a pdf of the dispute (YAAKOV ABDELHAK suing The Jewish Press): Here’s an excerpt: Plaintiff is a physician specializing in high risk obstetrics, whose patients are, almost without exception, women of the Orthodox Jewish faith. Plaintiff is a practicing … Continue reading
Israel, Capitalism, And Human Excellence: An Interview with Author George Gilder
From The Jewish Press: George Gilder’s latest book, The Israel Test (Vigilante Books), is so unabashedly pro-Jewish and pro-Israel that it would make many Jews blush. In the book (an excerpt of which was featured as the front-page essay in … Continue reading
Does Facebook Lead To Defamation?
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student blogs: In this week’s The Jewish Press, R. Mordechai Weiss writes [on page 25]: Then came Facebook and Twitter, which took the Internet to a new level of impropriety. Things are written on Facebook that end … Continue reading
Bizarre Profile Of FrumSatire
On Tabletmag.com, Hadara Graubert writes the strangest thing I’ve read online all week. Here’s an excerpt: "As someone who straddles the line between the Orthodox and secular worlds, Fried catches flak from all sides. The website Jewschool.com refuses to publish … Continue reading
Jewish Press Accused Of Feminism
Someone calling himself the Rabbinic Corruption Committee has gone on the warpath against the Jewish Press and its campaign against men who won’t give their wives a get (Jewish divorce). Here’s a taste of this new blog called jewishpressmess: 1)DO … Continue reading
The Jewish Press Protests The Hijacking Of Language
From its editorial board: Sometimes it is hard enough to follow the logic of arguments that follow conventional forms. It becomes a near impossibility when arguments take on a distinct Alice-in-Wonderland quality. A lawsuit was filed last week … Continue reading
Sleaze, Equivalence, Bias
Jason Maoz writes for The Jewish Press: Sleaze, Equivalence, Bias (Pictured: Notorious 1982 New York Post headline. Twenty-six years later, the Post, with the exception of its pro-Israel editorial page, is still sleazy.) A few observations on media coverage of … Continue reading