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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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Serial Blogger
From JewishJournal.com: I read with great interest your story on serial blogger Luke Ford ("Interview With a Serial Blogger," Aug. 3). His postings seem to be the electronic equivalent of publications like National Inquirer; its articles and Ford’s stories should … Continue reading
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Most Popular Stories On JewishJournal.com
From the Jewish Journal’s new staff blog: Luke Ford: Serial Blogger Hal Fishman, veteran news anchor and Mideast expert, dies at 75 Does Hollywood give Jewish? Holding on to Nick Markowitz: A mother struggles to immortalize the life of her … Continue reading
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Does The Jewish Journal Love Israel?
Jewish Journal writer Danielle Berrin blogs about Friday night’s dialogue: The truth is, you can only really edit a Jewish publication, if you love being Jewish, if you love Israel with your soul. Yet among the crowd gathered at Sinai … Continue reading
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I Want A Moratorium On ‘Debunking Stereotypes’ Stories
From today’s Jewish Journal: Woody Allen’s oft-told joke about the paucity of Jewish sports heroes reinforces stereotypes going back centuries. A noteworthy example comes from sociologist Edward Ross, a Protestant, who about 100 years ago had this to say about … Continue reading
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To blog, perchance to scoop
Here are three recent letters to the editor of the Jewish Journal: It is commendable that Brad Greenberg has written about Luke Ford as a journalist in the Jewish community ("Interview With a Serial Blogger," Aug. 3). Unfortunately, Greenberg devoted … Continue reading
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