Mixed Media: Never Forget What Was Never Reported
Ari L. Goldman Special To The Jewish Week Ethics fellowship at Auschwitz highlights failings of media — and others — in stopping the Shoah.Auschwitz, Poland — The philosopher Theodor Adorno famously...
View ArticleKeeping A Wary Eye On Palestinian Media
Jonathan Mark Associate Editor The incitement is reminiscent of a run-up to war. Campaigning in Queens, Bob Turner, the Republican candidate for Rep. Anthony Weiner’s congressional seat, demanded that...
View ArticleKeeping A Wary Eye On Palestinian Media
Jonathan Mark Associate Editor The incitement is reminiscent of a run-up to war.Campaigning recently in Queens, Bob Turner, the Republican candidate for Rep. Anthony Weiner’s congressional seat,...
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Doni Joszef, 30
Heather Robinson Contributing editor / blueprint editor Tue, 06/04/2013www.deficitofattention.com@DoniJoszef Fighting the bullies. He says he’s never seen “Welcome Back Kotter,” but Doni Joszef is a...
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Michael Witman, 32
Heather Robinson Contributing editor / blueprint editor Tue, 06/04/2013Staying calm in a crisis. Mike Witman doesn’t like to use the word “I.” During Hurricane Sandy, when the North Shore of Long...
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Alison Klayman, 28
Heather Robinson Contributing editor / Blueprint Editor Tue, 06/04/2013The power of documentaries. When Alison Klayman traveled to Beijing after graduating from Brown University in 2006, she had...
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Talia Weisberg, 18
Hannah Dreyfus Intern Tue, 06/04/2013www.starofdavida.blogspot.comwww.maidelle.com Young, Orthodox and feminist. It all began with Betty Friedan. In the summer before ninth grade, Talia Weisberg,...
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Bethany Mandel, 27
Jonathan Mark Associate Editor Tue, 06/04/2013@ BethanyShondark Free spirit, freethinker. Earlier this spring, with ice still in the Garden (Madison Square Garden), Seth Mandel announced to his wife...
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Josh Lipowsky, 31
Adam Dickter Assistant Managing Editor/Online Editor Tue, 06/04/2013@TheBigLipowsky, thekosherbachelor.blogspot.com The kosher bachelor. When Josh Lipowsky got tired of going to the Upper West Side...
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Jason Lieberman, 34
Helen Chernikoff Tue, 06/04/2013Disabilities advocate. Born prematurely, Jason Lieberman probably didn’t get enough oxygen during his birth. Brain cells that control movement and his lower limbs died....
View ArticleStep Right Up, Folks, And Buy Your Very Own Newspaper
Ari L. Goldman Special To The Jewish Week What MOT might snap up the Times? It’s been quite an awful week for old media. In the last few days, three once-proud and once-powerful print news...
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No Kid Gloves
Heather Robinson Contributing Editor Thu, 05/22/2014Anne Lieberman’s a fighter — but only for the good. A program officer for sexual health and rights for American Jewish World Service (AJWS),...
View ArticleThis American Life Takes On East Ramapo School Kerfuffle
Amy Sara Clark Staff Writer Iconic public radio show dives into debate over chasidic-run public school district.This American Life, the popular radio show known for its quirky, in-depth programs, will...
View ArticleThis American Life Takes On East Ramapo School Kerfuffle
Amy Sara Clark Staff Writer Iconic public radio show dives into debate over chasidic-run public school district.This American Life, the popular radio show known for its quirky, in-depth programs, will...
View ArticleCrunching The Numbers In East Ramapo Schools Row
Amy Sara Clark Staff Writer Is a chasidic board gutting public schools? How ‘This American Life’ and Tablet came to different conclusions. The conflict-ridden East Ramapo school board has had plenty...
View ArticleMedia Itself Mixes It Up On Israel Bias
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Western news media coverage of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict is again coming under scrutiny — this time from the media itself.read more
View ArticleMeet Downton’s Dashing Mensch
Amy Sara Clark Staff Writer It’s the talk of the Jew-ternet: Downton Abbey has an honest-to-goodness Jewish character. And he’s not just passing through: He’s dating Lady Rose and seems to be in...
View ArticleDownton's Jewy Subplot Takes Center Stage
Amy Sara Clark Staff Writer Lady Rose’s marriage to Jewish Atticus Aldridge highlights prejudice from both sides. For Jewish “Downton Abbey” fans, the hope for a Jewish subplot that began in Season...
View ArticleOpening The Floodgates Of Israel Bashing
JTA Commentary magazine called it “flood libel.” HonestReporting.com described it as “dam busted.” And Camera headlined it “Dam Lies.”read more
View ArticleMedia Has It In For Netanyahu
Jonathan Mark Associate Editor Prime minister’s win seen more as triumph of fear than democracy. Was there ever an election that left everyone feeling so lonely, even the winners? Especially the...
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