Re: Jewish World Review Dec. 29, 2005 /28 Kislev, 5766




On 12/29/05 7:18 PM, in article uOudnQGP8M8y8yneRVn-tA@xxxxxxx, "Dan Kimmel"
<daniel.kimmel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> "Joel Shurkin" <shurkin@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BFD9C756.AF2E%shurkin@xxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> I gotta jump in here in defense of someone who has been very kind to me,
>> Binyamin Jolkovskly, who runs the Jewish World Review. I disagree with
> most
>> of the things he posts, and wouldn't be found in the same room with some
> of
>> them (Ann Coulter, to start with), but Binyamin happens to be a rather
> nice
>> man who keeps that site alive on his own bucks, on his own time and out of
>> conviction. He does it at great sacrifice. He is not trying to be fair or
>> balanced, it's not the purpose of his website. He has an opinion and posts
>> the words of people who agree with him. And when I was getting into
> trouble
>> at the Baltimore Jewish Times, I found him to be kind and helpful. Be
> nice.
>>
>
> As I e-mailed you privately, I'm not at all surprised to learn that this
> individual is personally nice. I have several rightwing friends and we
> either needle each other or learn not to discuss politics.
>
> Nonetheless, Jewish World Review may have some positive content, but the
> rest is little more than an open sewer of right wing extremism and hate.
> (How ANY Jew could promulgate the vile rantings of Ann Coulter is a
> mystery.)
>
> Mr. Jolkovskly should get himself into an honest line of work.
>
>

I didn't mean to send you a private message and apologize. I pressed the
wrong button.

I just did not want anyone to think Binyamin is a raving lunatic?he isn't?or
that JWR makes any pretense at objectivity?it doesn't. One look at his
(unpaid) contributors should make that clear. He's asked me to write for him
but since he doesn't pay (he doesn't have the income and relies on
contributions), I can't. And yes, some of his contributors are raving
lunatics. I wouldn't shake hands with Ann Coulter without washing them
afterwards).

J


Joel N. Shurkin
Baltimore, Maryland
On the web at: www.shurkin.us
Blogs: http://cabbageskings.blogspot.com
http://yussel.blogspot.com

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