Category Archives: Jewish Journal

The Jewish Journal’s Mythical Sex Slaves

Few publications enjoy relying on mythical prefabricated stories as much as the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. The newspaper loves to rely on official sources. That’s what makes it so advertiser-friendly. The Journal specializes in third-rate rewrites such as such … Continue reading

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Shabbat in Sderot beneath a canopy of Qassams

Paco writes: Is it just me or does Brad Greenberg write extraordinarily well.  The story on Sderot was intense reading on a level usually reserved for a Bob Woodward account of tracking down Mark Felt in a DC garage. Is … Continue reading

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

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

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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The Rule Of Three

Amy Klein writes in the Jewish Journal (I love her singles columns, her other writing, not so much): The weird thing about mixed seating in synagogue is that sometimes couples are all over each other. Inappropriate during prayer time for … Continue reading

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