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Category Archives: Jewish Journal
Iranian Jews Gathering At Movie Theatre For Shabbat Services?
Karmel Melamed writes: If you passed by the small Fine Arts Theatre located on Wilshire Boulevard before La Cienega Boulevard on Saturday mornings, you might find it stranger to see random local Iranian Jews entering it without paying any admission. … Continue reading
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What Has Appearing On The Jewish Journal Cover Done For My Web Traffic?
Nothing. I was getting as many hits last week at this time. I get more hits when I get a link from Maia. The Alexa ranking for JewishJournal.com is a paltry 213,160 (about the same as Lukeford.net). I have a … Continue reading
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Amy Klein
I’ve been working on a poem for Amy Klein. How do you like it so far? Oh, I used to love to make you cry It made me feel like a man inside If I had been a man in … Continue reading
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Covering Iranian Jews in L.A. is not a piece of halvah
The Jewish Journal is getting promiscuous with its blogs. I count six at Jewish Journal.com. Karmel Melamed blogs: "What are doing reporting on us? You should find yourself a real job, a nice Jewish girl and get married!" said a … Continue reading
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My Interviews With Jewish Journal Reporter Brad A. Greenberg
Click here to read the Jewish Journal article. Audio On July 26, Brad and I started out talking at Starbucks. Then we walked to the hovel and talked some more. Then we walked to lunch and talked more. In the … Continue reading
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Dikla Kadosh Says The Justice Ball Lacked Spice
She writes for the Jewish Journal: Here are some things that could have made the party more palatable: – Friendly and attentive volunteers. More than a few seemed flustered by the lack of organization and therefore were just focused on … Continue reading
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I’m Profiled In The Jewish Journal
Click here to read Brad A. Greenberg’s article: He lives in a guesthouse occupying half a converted garage. In a narrow room smaller than a college dorm, a few blankets — Ford’s bed — lay on the ground between his … Continue reading
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I’m Having A Hard Time Leaving The House Today
I don’t want to die before I see myself tomorrow on the cover of the Jewish Journal. I don’t want, before my time, to get hit by a car or shot in a drive-by or raped by a group of … Continue reading
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Modern Orthodox – The Play
According to the Jewish Journal: July 31-September 2 What happens when a secular Jewish couple living on the Upper West Side collides with an Orthodox diamond dealer from Brooklyn? Head to Beverly Hills to find out, where the West Coast … Continue reading
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I’m Getting Profiled In Thursday’s Jewish Journal
Aug. 2, 2007 cover story. By Brad A. Greenberg. I spent about six hours with him last Thursday, posed for some pictures Friday for the Journal’s French gal photographer, and today the Journal’s web guy is coming over to shoot … Continue reading
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