June 27, 2008

Digesting the Jewish media: Baltimore rebuilds, high tuition in Wisconsin

We read through them so you don’t have to. But check out these stories from the local Jewish world if you have a chance: The Baltimore Jewish Times has a cover story on a $500 million urban redevelopment project to restore the Lower Park Heights area, which during the first half of last century was […]

By Jacob Berkman June 27, 2008 8:16 pm

The News Shticker: AJL folds, Gibson gets a wedgie, and the Bronfmans take Utah

American Jewish Life, one of the finer Jewish magazines in circulation, has folded citing economic woes. Editor-in-chief Benyamin Cohen, author of the forthcoming book My Jesus Year, will be moving on to greener pastures – and by that we truly mean “green:” Cohen will be assuming the role of editorial director at a soon-to-launch environmental […]

June 27, 2008 8:11 pm

Hamas: The new Fatah?

Borrowing a page from Fatah’s playbook, Hamas is criticizing Fatah militants who are shelling southern Israel from Gaza as acting against the Palestinian national interest by risking the shaky truce begun June 19 with Israel. Years ago, it was Fatah – then led by Yasser Arafat – that was signing agreements with Israel and criticizing […]

June 27, 2008 8:05 pm

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