Jewish Magazine: CAMPAIGN `88
Jackson hits Israel for aid to S. Africa
Democratic presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson has given an in-depth interview to a liberal Jewish magazine intended to help him mend his troubled relations with the Jewish community, but some Jewish activists who have read a pre-publication copy said it may exacerbate Jackson's problems. In the interview, to be published in the forthcoming issue of Tikkun, a 40,000-circulation bimonthly magazine, Jackson criticized Israel for providing military and economic aid to South Africa,...
Jewish Magazine: Allen defends view on Israel
The way he's been criticized may not be a crime, but it's at least a misdemeanor, says Woody Allen. In the newest issue of Tikkun, a Jewish magazine, director Allen fires back at critics about his position on Israel's treatment of Palestinians.Of an earlier New York Times piece of his, Allen writes: ``I was against the too-quick use of real bullets before other riot control methods were tried. I was for a more flexible attitude on negotiating land for...
Jewish Magazine: One Nation list irks Holocaust survivor
* Ethnic affairs writer A HOLOCAUST survivor yesterday condemned the decision of a Jewish magazine to publish the names and suburbs of 2000 One Nation members, but community leaders, journalists and publishers from ethnic groups praised the move.Marika Weinberger, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp and president of the Australian Jewish Holocaust Survivors, said she was distressed by the publication because Jewish people did not appreciate "lists"....
Jewish Magazine: BEGINNINGS
Noting that Christian and Moslem places of worship grew out of Jewish synagogues, the Jewish magazine Keeping Posted says the synagogue is rightly called `the spiritual mother of the church and the mosque.' The magazine, published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, points out that unlike the ancient Jewish Temple, considered God's house, the synagogue was simply a meeting place for prayers, ceremonies and study of Scripture. njs...
Media Talk
A Sardonic Jewish Magazine Expands Its Ambitions
Heeb, a semiannual and entirely irreverent magazine that likes to refer to itself as "The New Jew Review," wants out of the underground. Joshua Neuman, 31, an adjunct philosophy professor at New York University and Heeb's music editor, is taking over as editor and publisher from the founder, Jennifer Bleyer, who is leaving for a freelance journalism career. And Mr. Neuman has some grand expansion plans.|Joshua Neuman, who is taking over as editor and...
