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Tag Archives: Jewish Journal
NYT Columnist Roger Cohen Live At Sinai Temple In Westwood
The Jewish Journal is streaming this event live. The quality of the stream is excellent. Roger Cohen says the Iranian regime is pragmatic. They don’t plan to do anything nasty. They’re growing into a responsible power. Don’t demonize those who … Continue reading
Posted in Sinai Temple
Tagged conventional wisdom, Dennis Prager, iranian regime, jewish issue, Jewish Journal, nyt, Roger Cohen, Sinai Temple
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American Economy Is Bad, Why Not Move To Israel?
Ten days ago on Facebook, I read about the plans of a friend of mine to move to Israel. I messaged him seeking permission to blog about his move. He asked me why I thought it was news-worthy and I … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jewish Journal
Tagged american economy, Facebook, Israel, Jewish Journal
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Join Luke Ford On His Cam For Live Israeli Election Results
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Posted in Personal
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Another Jewish Journalist Covers Us In Shame
Politico reports: At the end of an East Room signing ceremony for legislation funding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, a member of the media jumped the rope penning off reporters from invited guests in an apparent attempt to get … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journalism
Tagged apparent attempt, health insurance program, Jewish Journal, jewish week, jewish writers, pikesville md
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What’s The Latest On Peter Lowy?
The Jewish Journal hasn’t touched this story, but one of LA’s richest Jews (chair of the board of American Jewish University) is apparently a major tax cheat. Joe emails: What’s the latest with this? With the recent pressure UBS is … Continue reading
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Tagged american jewish, depositors, frank lowy, Jewish Journal, jewish university, liechtenstein foundation, lowy, senator carl levin, senator levin, us senate committee, westfield group
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Live In Sderot
Here’s an important new blog from the Jewish Journal: Every morning, we are awakened by the Tzeva Adom alert. This is one of the most bizarre air raids in history. It starts with the click of a loudspeaker, and then … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jewish Journal
Tagged bomb shelter, Jewish Journal, mamad, sderot, second warning, strange moment
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Where Did You Go Dennis Wilen?
He was in charge of web operations at the Jewish Journal but he lost his job last week. He was my friend and my guide in love, life and Torah. Oh well, I guess I’m back to leaning on Amalek. … Continue reading
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Tagged craiglist, dennis wilen, Jewish Journal, love life, web operations
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I Wish Fat People Would Stay Out Of My Newspaper
I just sat down to have a gentle pre-Shabbos read of the latest issue of the Jewish Journal and on page eight at the top left, there’s little porker named Paul Koretz squinting at me and wishing me a happy … Continue reading
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Tagged berrin, Jewish Journal, orit, paul koretz, ugly mugs
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I Love LAObserved
I visit the site an average of twice a day, usually before I visit the LA Times and sometimes before I check out Drudge and the NY Times. Kevin Roderick does a superb job of capturing Los Angeles. He has … Continue reading
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Tagged drudge, great eye, Jewish Journal, kevin roderick, la times, ny times
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Why Aren’t Newspapers Doing Adsense Right?
The Los Angeles Times, for instance, could multiply their Adsense earnings by five or ten times if they simply did it the same way I do, blending the ads with the content (not setting them off in different colors, shadings, … Continue reading
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Tagged different colors, Jewish Journal, news organization, professional news, shadings
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