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Category Archives: Jewish Journal
JewsChoose2008 Super Tuesday Election Coverage
Here’s a new video from those whacky guys at the Jewish Journal. Please watch and support the Journal’s courageous battle with Down Syndrome. "I think of it as ‘Up Syndrome,’" says God blogger Brad A. Greenberg. As soon as they … Continue reading
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Slimy Journalism
Evan Gahr writes: I just read the Jewish Journal story about you. The piece relies heavily on anonymous sources which is slimy because you don’t know your accusers and without their name attached to the accusation they can speak without … Continue reading
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Up close with Claude Brodesser-Akner
Kevin Roderick writes: Couple of good profiles in this week’s Jewish Journal. One updates Claude Brodesser-Akner, who has turned "The Business" on KCRW into a weekly success (and got out of Fishbowl LA at the right time.) His day job … Continue reading
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Is Rob Eshman A Closeted Trotskyite?
I email the Editor of the Jewish Journal: Dear Rob, As part of my ceaseless battle to protect your good name, I recently got into a dispute with a friend about the number of copies the Journal prints each week. … Continue reading
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Sarah Silverman Explains Kabbalah
From the Jewish Journal: "Sarah Silverman explains the mysticism of kabbalah (video) at the Uncensored Comedy Benefit Show at USC’s Bovard Auditorium on Nov. 29. The evening’s entertainment was on behalf of the Arava Institute, a regional center for environmental … Continue reading
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Christian Brad Greenberg Explains His Employment At The Jewish Journal
There are few things that rile Jews more than a Jew who’s converted to Christianity yet tries to stay in Jewish life. Brad A. Greenberg blogs: There have been a flurry of comments here lately attacking The "Jewish" Journal for … Continue reading
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Only The Jewish Journal…
Only the Jewish Journal could do a cover story on Sarah Silverman and make it a complete snooze. Mazal tov! Here’s a taste of Rabbi Susan Silverman’s article: "As I lay in my little house under the expansive black sky … Continue reading
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Kosher SUBWAY opens in Pico-Robertson
Calendar Girls make a cameo in the Jewish Journal video.
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The Calendar Girls – New and Improved
On page 45 of the latest Jewish Journal, I read that "LA’s Best Online Jewish Calendar Just Got Better!" Wow, I thought, Dikla Kadosh must’ve broken up with her boyfriend. But when I scanned her blog, I found no evidence … Continue reading
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City Building & Safety inspectors briefly interrupt Kol Nidrei services at Hancock Park shul
Tom Tugend writes: Rabbi Daniel Korobkin was conducting Kol Nidrei services for some 200 Orthodox worshippers at Yeshivas Yavneh last Friday, when shortly after 8 p.m. two inspectors from the Los Angeles City Department of Building and Safety walked into … Continue reading
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