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Tag Archives: Jewish Federation
Jewish Las Vegas II
Tom Ficara emails: Hi Luke: This week has been the CES convention, our most important, so I’ve been unavailable. Kim Wanker is the apparent ‘attorney’ for the Las Vegas Jewish Federation. She has an interesting method of playing a sympathetic … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Federation, Las Vegas
Tagged faithful employees, fear and loathing, fear and loathing in las vegas, impre, Jewish Federation, justice bureau
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Jewish Las Vegas
I expect a Jewish newspaper to return to Las Vegas around Passover. It will be called The Las Vegas Jewish Ink. It has no website yet. “The Las Vegas Jewish Reporter” was closed by the local Federation last year. Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged casino operator, davening, feudal society, finleys, jewish day school, Jewish Federation, sabbath morning, shabbat morning, sheldon adelson
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What Really Killed ‘The Las Vegas Jewish Reporter’?
According to JTA: Apparently a casualty of the recession, the 33-year-old Las Vegas Jewish Reporter is shuttering in the wake of low donations, the Las Vegas Sun reported. This week
Posted in Jewish Federation, Jewish Journalism, Las Vegas
Tagged character assassination, charry, fat cats, financial trouble, hank greenspun, Jewish Federation, unemployment benefits, united jewish community, vegas sun
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Jay Sanderson Named New Los Angeles Jewish Federation President
And who among us can honestly say he is immune to the excitement? I got this breaking news bulletin from the Jewish Journal via email. Surely this is the dawning of the age of Aquarius. Call me naive, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Federation, Jewish Journal
Tagged federation president, harmony and understanding, Jewish Federation, Jewish Journal, living dreams, mystic crystal, news bulletin, sanderson, true liberation
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Jewish Federation Of LA Board Chair Stanley P. Gold Bores Beth Jacob
Stanley Gold spoke at Beth Jacob Shabbos morning. He’s a lousy public speaker and left the crowd sleepy. Gold said before taking the position at the Federation, he asked his wife and kids if he should take the job. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Jacob, board chair, Jewish Federation, public speaker, stanley
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The Jewish Week Features An Ad Seeking A Pornographer
The Jewish Week is a newspaper subsidized by the New York Jewish Federation and edited by Gary Rosenblatt. It runs ads from Monster.com, including this Wednesday evening (look on the far right of this screen capture): I was shocked and … Continue reading
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Tagged Gary Rosenblatt, Jewish Federation, jewish week, pornographer, wednesday evening
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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
Posted in Journalism, Rob Eshman
Tagged Jewish Federation, Jewish Journal, jewish newspapers, jewish weeklies, la times, niche audience, nothing like heaven, weeklies
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El Al Security Questions: ‘Are these your bags? Did you convert to Judaism? Why?’
When I flew El Al to Israel in July 2000, I volunteered that I had converted to Judaism and I was happy to discuss why I had converted with the El Al security guy in front of all my friends … Continue reading
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Tagged earshot, el al airlines, israeli airport, jerusalem post, Jewish Federation, london paris, one of a group, onlookers, personal questions, private aspects, security checks, security guy, security officer, security official, security questions, strangeness, thoroughness, ticket counter, tourism ministry, york london
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