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Looking Forward This week’s Torah portion is all about the importance of independent journalism
The 12 men sent to scout the promised land brought back facts. But the community heard them with biased ears.
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News Jewish newspaper expelled from South African press council for calling BDS cartoon antisemitic
The South African Jewish Report attempted to withdraw from the association but was told ‘you cannot do that’
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Fast Forward Group of Democrats and Republicans call on Palestinian Authority to release bullet that killed Palestinian journalist
The letter says an investigation is "critical" to resolving an issue that impinged on press freedoms
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Opinion The circumstances of Shireen Abu Akleh’s tragic death and funeral prove Israel has not learned from the past
As Sunday's Jerusalem Day march through the Muslim quarter approaches, I fear more violence is inevitable.
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Fast Forward Janet Malcolm, who challenged and changed journalism, dies at 86
Janet Malcolm, the legendary writer whose seminal books on journalism and psychoanalysis influenced generations of reporters, died Wednesday at the age of 86. Her daughter, Anne Malcolm, told The New York Times that the cause was lung cancer. Malcolm, who began a long career at The New Yorker in 1963 and whose books delved into…
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Books Why do we keep turning Holocaust survivor stories into self-help books?
On a recent segment of “The Today Show,” a cadre of well-coiffed hosts discussed the life of Eddie Jaku, a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor and the author of “The Happiest Man on Earth,” a memoir about his imprisonment in Auschwitz. Grainy photos of concentration camp prisoners alternated with clips from an interview with Jaku and videos…
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Culture A reply to Van Morrison’s totally sane song about media control
New antisemitic Van Morrison track dropped! At least it sure sounds like it. The Irish songster, after months of COVID denial and “Braveheart” talking points about the UK “taking our freedom” for wanting to curb the spread of a deadly virus, released the song “They Own the Media” on streaming platforms Thursday. And boy is…
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