The L.A. Times’ editor is stepping down. Did his policy on Israel coverage lead to his ouster?
Kevin Merida restricted reporters who publicly opposed Israel’s war in Gaza from covering it
Kevin Merida restricted reporters who publicly opposed Israel’s war in Gaza from covering it
With the paper eliminating scores and recaps, some print subscribers mourn a Shabbat ritual
Elinor Tatum carries on the storied legacy of the New York Amsterdam News
When I first began working at the Forverts in the year 2000, I had already missed out on the old traditions of typesetting and printing; the reign of the digital world had begun. But tucked away in the corners of the hall where the typesetters once worked, remained artifacts of yesteryear: the telegraph ticker tape…
Sidney Poitier, the Oscar-winning actor, director and civil rights icon who died today at 94, often credited a more obscure figure for his success: an old Jewish waiter. When Poitier was a newly-arrived Bahamian in Queens, N.Y., washing dishes at a restaurant, and hoping to make it as an actor, he would bring newspapers to…
MONTREAL (JTA) — A Canadian editor was handed one-year prison sentence for promoting hatred against Jews and women in his publication. James Sears, editor of the quarterly Your Ward News in Toronto, was sentenced Thursday to two six-month terms by Judge Richard Blouin of the Ontario Court of Justice. The publication promoted Holocaust denial and…
A Hasidic newspaper left faces of the female victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre out of a front page spread on the tragedy. On the cover of its November 2 edition, the weekly Yiddish-language tabloid Di Tzeitung ran photos of the eight men slaughtered last Saturday at Tree of Life congregation in Pittsburgh. Underneath, in…
Well, that’s one way to get rid of your problems. According to BuzzFeed News, Jared Kushner deleted certain stories that reported damaging information about his inner circle of friends and business associates when he owned the New York Observer. He furtively ordered members of the tech team to do the dirty work, instead of conferring…
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