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Category Archives: Jewish Journal
Demographer Pini Herman Assaulted At Jewish Federation Of Los Angeles Meeting
Pini Herman posts: People have been asking what happened at the Members Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles this Tuesday, on June 12. Well, I was assaulted and battered in the Sanders Board room of the Jewish … Continue reading
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Jewish Hebdo
I don’t see much significance to this accomplishment: “Asked to name highlights of his tenure, Eshman pointed to two. In 2015, Islamic terrorists in Paris massacred the staff at Charlie Hebdo magazine for printing cartoons they found offensive. The Journal … Continue reading
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Sustaining The Jewish Journal Of Los Angeles
The Jewish Journal seemed to me like the most hysterically anti-Trump of all Jewish publications (almost of which were hysterically anti-Trump). Given that Trump got about a third of Jewish votes, why would anyone on the Right support the Jewish … Continue reading
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Is Jewish Media For Jews Only?
Comment: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, at jta.org, is not “intended for the private consumption of Jews.” Nor are most communal Jewish papers, which get by on advertising dollars. The Jewish Journal, which publishes more Stormfront-fodder than JTA, has (or at … Continue reading
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Sima Yumash – An Orthodox Victim Of Childhood Sexual Abuse – Tells Her Los Angeles Story
Jewish Community Watch (JCW) names the abuser as Rabbi Sholom Dovber Levitansky: Sholom (Dovber) Levitansky has been added to the Wall of Shame due to his alleged sexual abuse of a number of female minors. Multiple victims came forward and … Continue reading
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Jewish Journal Salaries
I went to Guidestar.org and searched for “Tribe Media” and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: * Rob Eshman: $200,000 * David Suissa: $200,000 * Adam Levine (CFO): $90,000 * Shoshana Cohen (sales): $168,988 … Continue reading
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Live Show With Video Jew Jay Firestone Of The Jewish Journal
Video Jew rules the JewishJournal.com with an iron fist.
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Who Is Rabbi Alan Abrams?
The Jewish Journal reports: A search through court records in the last three states where Abrams is known to have lived — California, Arizona and Florida — turned up the following results: — In 1993, Abrams, then 32, was charged … Continue reading
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Tagged alan abrams, coral springs, corporate entities, default judgment, misdemeanor counts, phoenix ariz
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Jewish Journal’s Jewrnalism Blog Wins No Prizes For Literary Merit
According to the blog: “Jewrnalism is a network of young Jewish citizen journalists from Central Eastern Europe and multimedia info-activism platform that will train those young amateur journalists to report on and promote the life and work of their Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged central eastern europe, david abulafia, jewish websites, multimedia info, philip mansel, two gentlemen
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‘I Find My Values In My Jewish Journal’
On page 23 of the latest Jewish Journal, there’s an ad from the Jewish Journal. It features Jonathan Fong, host of StyleWithASmile.tv and he declares himself an avid Jewish Journal reader. The tagline for this series of ads? “I find … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish Journal, jonathan fong, koran, million years, sacred text, tagline
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