{"id":3376,"date":"2008-07-01T07:27:51","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T15:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2008-07-01T07:27:51","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T15:27:51","slug":"american-jewish-life-magazine-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3376","title":{"rendered":"American Jewish Life Magazine Closes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had no idea there was an American Jewish Life magazine but I am glad whenever Benyamin Cohen<\/a> falls on his face.<\/p>\n

I could pretend to be all objective and just report the news but Cohen was my worst experience while compiling my American Jewish Journalism book.<\/p>\n

When I wouldn’t change his transcript from "sucks" to "stinks," he went on an online jihad against me.<\/p>\n

Matthue Roth writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

 American Jewish Life<\/em> closed its doors for the last time this past week. Asked for a reason, editor (and, ultimately, the sole full-time employee) Benyamin Cohen told the Forward<\/a><\/em> that "[u]nfortunately, this is just not the right economy for a print publication," and that, effectively, print media is dead.<\/p>\n

…With all due respect to the recently departed, it seems like there’s still a space in this world for some Jewish magazines — the O<\/em>-inspired Jewish Woman<\/a><\/em> magazine is doing a fair job on that corner of the market, and Heeb<\/a><\/em> and Guilt and Pleasure<\/a><\/em> aren’t showing any signs of going anywhere. Meanwhile, former editor Benyamin Cohen isn’t moping around at the gravesite; he’s already at work hyping<\/a> his next project, the memoir My Jesus Year<\/a><\/em>, will be released in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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