Category Archives: Jewish Journal

Excessive Focus On Religion Marks Presidential Bids

Every time I read James D. Besser, I want to grind my teeth. He writes in the Jewish Journal this week: Should candidates for the White House have to pass a religious test? The Constitution says no, but increasingly American … Continue reading

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In Praise Of Etz Jacob Philanthropist Aron Abeccasis

Etz Jacob’s rabbi Rubin Hutler sent Aron Abecassis this letter of gratitude on March 25. Perhaps a reader knows the back story to all this better than I do.

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New Jewish Journal Hire Brad E. Greenberg

I sent Greenberg two emails this week (which I found out later he never received, thereby invalidating this blog post). The first let him know that the Forward was not the largest Jewish newspaper in New York as he had … Continue reading

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Rob Eshman, Amy Klein: Sex Slaves Of 3580 Wilshire Blvd

Somebody should free them from their delusions. “Slaves we were in a land not of our own…” Amy Klein was 29 years and living in Jerusalem. She wanted to begin a new life so she snagged a job as managing … Continue reading

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