Category Archives: The Jewish Press

Dumbest Comments By A Jew

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Luke Ford

Jason Maoz writes for The Jewish Press: The winner of my fourth annual Henry Schwarzschild Award for most offensive comments by a Jew in the public spotlight is David Landau, editor of Haaretz, Israel’s leading left-wing daily. The prize is … Continue reading →

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Sender Zeyv, author of ‘Every Man A Slave,’ ‘Aleph Shin’, and the upcoming ‘Ten Lost’

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Luke Ford

Elliot Resnick writes: What would your response be to those who find too much violence in your books? "You know I try to write a little bit realistically. When you’re talking about war, there’s violence. Wars have violence, that’s the … Continue reading →

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Truth and Certain Jews

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Luke Ford

Elliot Resnick writes for the Jewish Press: "Why shouldn’t they exaggerate?" he asked me, surprised that I would think otherwise. While writing a recent article I was unsure how many people had attended a certain event. I happened to mention … Continue reading →

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The Orthodox Paradox

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Luke Ford

From The Jewish Press’s editorial in this week’s issue: In early 1992, reacting to alarming statistics on the occurrence of intermarriage (52% as compared to 9% in 1965), a splinter group of rabbis in the Rabbinical Council of America, who … Continue reading →

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Summer Media Reading

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Luke Ford

Editor Jason Maoz writes for The Jewish Press: The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune (Alfred A. Knopf, 1986) by Richard Kluger: Massive, award-winning book tells the story of the newspaper that for decades ranked … Continue reading →

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