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Category Archives: Rob Eshman
Decoding Rob Eshman
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory explains Rob Eshman’s career as a case study in elite moral brokerage within a tightly bounded institutional coalition. Rob Eshman is not primarily a reporter who discovers facts. He is a curator and enforcer of alliance … Continue reading
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Rob Eshman Returns
https://forward.com/life/443018/rob-eshman-joins-the-forward-to-lead-national-expansion/ https://www.unz.com/isteve/cv-stats-by-los-angeles-county-neighborhood/ https://forward.com/opinion/442014/why-american-jews-are-at-greater-risk-for-coronavirus/ https://forward.com/news/443012/letter-from-la-the-humbling/ Comments at Steve Sailer: * I hope Dennis Prager is alright — besides being a Jewish Angelino over the age of sixty who travels a lot, when the restriction guidelines came out, he found not visiting … Continue reading
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Adelson and Trump
I study a page of Talmud every day. There’s nothing that Donald Trump has said that is more uproarious than what you find in Talmud and other Jewish texts. If a Jew wants to condemn nativism, xenophobia, bigotry, and racism, … Continue reading
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5 Questions CNN needs to ask Donald Trump
Rob Eshman writes: Here are five questions CNN needs to ask Donald Trump: 1. You have said that when you retweeted the tweets of avowed white supremacists, you did so inadvertently. What steps have you taken to make sure this … Continue reading
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Jewish Journal: #IAmMuslim
Rob Eshman, editor of the Jewish Journal, writes: The campaign to keep Syrian refugees out of the United States represents a complete lack of faith – not just in Syrian refugees, and not just in the department of Homeland Security, … Continue reading
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Rob Eshman Is A Differentiated Man
On Motzi Shabbos, in a confused state of mind — my heart was breaking over being stood up by a spunky sheila and my spirit was soaring over the Dallas Cowboys first playoff victory since January 1997 — I wrongly … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Klein, battle axe, daily struggle, dallas cowboys, Jewish Journal, playoff victory
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That Steven Weil Quote
Jewish Journal Editor Rob Eshman emails me: Hey Luke: I read your blog post about our Rabbi Weil quote. In the recent article in question, Roberto Loiderman’s, we indeed mistakenly and inadvertently took the original quote from Amy Klein’s Jan … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Klein, fraudulent account, Jewish Journal, rabbi, religious jews, shul
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What’s The Story Behind That Great Cover Photo On This Week’s Jewish Journal?
It looks like editor Rob Eshman taking the ultimate leap of faith. I never thought of the guy as particularly spiritual. I guess I’m wrong. Rob replies to my inquiry: "That’s me being pushed off a cliff by another angry … Continue reading
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Tagged angry letter, jewish boy, Jewish Journal, leap of faith, photo, sky divers
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How Are Jewish Newspapers Holding Up?
Newspapers are in a terrible bind around the world as readers migrate to the web to get their news and there is as yet no way for most publishers to earn a profit online. As I ask around at Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish Federation, Jewish Journal, jewish newspapers, jewish weeklies, la times, niche audience, nothing like heaven, weeklies
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When Did 66 Years Old Become Middle-Aged?
Rob Eshman writes in the Jewish Journal about 66-year old Ron Kaye: The unlikely agitator is a middle-aged Jewish man in Woodland Hills, Ron Kaye. Kaye, the former editor of The Daily News, has put together the Saving L.A. Project … Continue reading
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Tagged agitator, citizen activists, Jewish Journal, jewish man, kaye kaye
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