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Ami Eden

About Me

Ami Eden is the editor in chief of JTA.

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Member since:
10/29/2008
Last Logged In:
02/09/2010
Gender:
Male

Barnea: U.S. Jewish leaders press Bibi to block NIF probe

Yediot’s Nahum Barnea, by many accounts Israel’s most respected political columnist, reports that U.S. Jewish communal figures weighed in with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin against a Knesset investiagtion of the New Israel Fund Read more »

The Dersh on Goldstone

Alan Dershowitz stands by his criticisms of Richard Goldstone, but changes the wording. Read more »

J Street, Effi Eitam and Hillel [UPDATED]

J Street is holding a kickoff event Thursday at the Hillel building at the University of Pennsylvania and on Wednesday Effi Eitam spoke at the Hillel Jewish University Center. Both events are sparking plenty of controversy. Read more »

What if it had been an El Al plane that crashed on ‘Lost’? [UPDATED]

The New Republic’s Marty Peretz and the Zionist Organization of America smell something fishy in Preisdent Obama’s failure to mention Israel when he praised other nations for their cooperation in Haiti. And it got JTA’s staff thinking about another island. Read more »

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Posted in: Portman references Agriprocessors raid in Oscar presentation

I think we're all missing the point... Is it possible that Joaquin Phoenix got the idea for his makeover from the JTA story?

Posted in: Portman references Agriprocessors raid in Oscar presentation

I told him, but he wouldn't listen.

Posted in: Joe Klein still fighting

I know. Typo. Thanks, though, for flagging it.

Posted in: Jews: We favor Rudy & Hillary

Good question from Reb Yudel. The answer: So far, that info is unavailable.

Posted in: Breaking down the Forward 50

OK, so Amy gave two thumbs down to Rogen & Apatow, I said swap them out of "Top Picks" for Michael Chabon. What do all of you think? Would there have been a better choice for the top cultural selection? One of my old peeps at the Forward gave me the business over making the case for Noah Fledman. Should he be in or out? Kelsey, good point about Eisen being a speculative pick. In some ways, I'd say the same thing about putting Adleson in the "Top Picks." Sure, he's pledged to give away an unprecedented amount of money a year -- as much as any federation, except maybe N.Y.'s -- but we have no real sense about the details and whether it will have a serious impact. Ron and I already wrote about who didn't make it. So Amy, Andy, & K-Man, give us the name of the most glaring omission.

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