How the Forward Survived Sandy, Israeli Elections

The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, not far from the Forward office in New York was flooded after a tidal surge caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012. Image by getty images
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward managing editor Dan Friedman to discuss how the Forward is operating after Hurricane Sandy left 8 million gallons of water in the basement of the Forward office building. Then, opinion editor Gal Beckerman comes by to preview the upcoming Israeli elections.
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