Josh Richman
By Josh Richman
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News Sacramento Station Backs Down on ‘Antisemitism’ Show
Oakland, Calif. – Sacramento’s public television station, believed to be the nation’s only major PBS affiliate that had refused to broadcast a well-reviewed documentary on antisemitism, has reversed course after an outcry from the local Jewish community. The station, KVIE, initially refused to air “Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence” when it was screened…
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Israel News Signs of the J-Word on Showtime Hit
We know that Jodi Lerner — the fiery new deaf character who debuted last month on Showtime’s “The L Word” — is out of the closet. But is she as Jewish as her name sounds? Probably, replies the actress who plays her — Academy Award winner and Emmy nominee Marlee Matlin. “We haven’t discussed Jodi’s…
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Israel News Comic Tribute
Walid Hassan, the 47-year-old host of the sketch-comedy show “Caricature” on Iraq’s al-Sharqiya television, spent years helping his fellow Iraqis laugh at the vagaries of life during wartime — Sunni insurgents, Shi’ite militias, American troops, blackouts, bumbling or corrupt bureaucrats. The tragic punch line came November 20, 2006, when he was gunned down on a…
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News GOP Rising Star Set To Take Calif. Post
Steve Poizner is the Republican to watch for California’s 2010 gubernatorial race, according to many pundits — awfully good press for someone who won’t be sworn into his first public office until January. The California insurance commissioner-elect has made a splash as the only Republican to win a statewide office here this year, besides re-elected…
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News Bay Area Hebrew Teacher Charged With Molestation
A Jewish music, Hebrew and prayer teacher at a San Francisco Bay Area day school has been charged with molesting one of his students. Achi Ben Shalom, 52, was arrested on the evening of Thursday, November 16, at his home in El Cerrito, a few miles north of Berkeley. Police said that the charge of…
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News Gay Pol in San Francisco Wins After Baby Flap
A gay Jewish San Francisco lawmaker was re-elected, following a controversy over his decision to have a baby with a lesbian co-parent. On November 7, voters in California’s heavily gay Castro, Glen Park and Noe Valley areas gave Bevan Dufty another four-year term on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Dufty became a father on…
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News Gay Pol Wins After Baby Flap
OAKLAND, Calif. — A gay Jewish San Francisco lawmaker was re-elected following a controversy over his decision to have a baby with a lesbian co-parent. On November 7, voters in California’s heavily gay Castro, Glen Park and Noe Valley areas gave Bevan Dufty another four-year term on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Dufty became…
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Culture Businessman Donates His Millions To Educational Projects
The $25 million gift that Lorry Lokey gave this summer to Technion-Israel Institute of Technology sounds impressive. But it’s even more impressive that Lokey — founder and chairman of Business Wire — makes gifts of similar sizes to educational institutions on a regular basis. Lokey, 79, estimated that he has given away more than $325…
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