Ed Weintrob
@editedbrooklyn.bsky.social
Journalist from age 13; founder (1978) +owner of The Brooklyn Paper (NY’s first successful free-distribution newsp, sold to NewsCorp, 2009), editor-pub of The Jewish Star since 2013. Lifelong Brooklynite now in Riverdale (Bronx!🫨) but still no Yankees fan
Today's wood (that's tabloid jargon for front page, an appropriate reference given our lead story).
March 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Today's wood (that's tabloid jargon for front page, an appropriate reference given our lead story).
Pure evil.
Hamas says Kfir and Ariel Bibas, 2 and 5, and their mom are dead, and their bodies will be sent back to Israel this week
Hamas’ youngest hostages, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, 2 and 5, and their mother are dead and their bodies will be returned to Israel this week, the terror group said in ghoulish announcement on Tuesday.…
nypost.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Pure evil.
Around the world, hating Jews. www.thejewishstar.com/stories/half...
Half the world hates us - The Jewish Star
A new survey released by the Anti-Defamation League shows nearly half of the global population holds elevated levels of antisemitic attitudes. The Global 100 poll found that an …
www.thejewishstar.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Around the world, hating Jews. www.thejewishstar.com/stories/half...
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SPECIAL YEAR-IN-REVIEW IN TODAY'S PRINT EDITION — The Jewish Star covers tell the story of the Jewish people and the Jewish state: October 2023 thru December 2024. www.thejewishstar.com/.../front-co...?
January 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
SPECIAL YEAR-IN-REVIEW IN TODAY'S PRINT EDITION — The Jewish Star covers tell the story of the Jewish people and the Jewish state: October 2023 thru December 2024. www.thejewishstar.com/.../front-co...?
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67% of Jill Stein voters would otherwise have preferred Trump. This makes more sense when you understand that Trump is the anti-system candidate, especially for people who don't closely follow politics or actively disdain it. It's about personal affect, not policy positions.
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December 16, 2024 at 5:34 PM
67% of Jill Stein voters would otherwise have preferred Trump. This makes more sense when you understand that Trump is the anti-system candidate, especially for people who don't closely follow politics or actively disdain it. It's about personal affect, not policy positions.
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Anybody know where the protests are this weekend for this genocide?
December 17, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Anybody know where the protests are this weekend for this genocide?
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ABC’s settlement with Trump feels like it could be an inflection point in the Orbanization of our politics.
I hope it isn’t.
I hope it isn’t.
December 14, 2024 at 9:51 PM
ABC’s settlement with Trump feels like it could be an inflection point in the Orbanization of our politics.
I hope it isn’t.
I hope it isn’t.
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Most people do not think street executions of those they dislike are good. That voices to the contrary are loudest on social media platforms is largely a reflection of how such platforms are divorced from popular sentiment and algorithmically incentivize extremism and outrage.
December 5, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Most people do not think street executions of those they dislike are good. That voices to the contrary are loudest on social media platforms is largely a reflection of how such platforms are divorced from popular sentiment and algorithmically incentivize extremism and outrage.
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"Student journalists who master verification tools for sources, identities, locations and images will not only strengthen their reporting capacities but also stand out in the competitive marketplace for internships and jobs." From Nieman Lab www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/jour...
Journalism education leads the change we seek
"Training the next generation of journalists means preparing them to be global citizens."
www.niemanlab.org
December 9, 2024 at 10:24 PM
"Student journalists who master verification tools for sources, identities, locations and images will not only strengthen their reporting capacities but also stand out in the competitive marketplace for internships and jobs." From Nieman Lab www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/jour...
The MTA and NYC Transit. Their failure's built in. Here's a pretty good explanation of a systemic problem no one wants to look at (let alone fix). And why congestion pricing — whatever its merits — will certainly not help. garytilzer.substack.com/p/who-bankru...
Who Bankrupted the MTA, Toxicized its Environment, and Is Using Congestion Pricing to Delay the Subway’s Collapse Without Political Consequences?
The MTA is a 1960s Designed Political Puppet to Reelect Governor Rockefeller. Silly NY Post Begs MTA Manage Its Budget Better.
garytilzer.substack.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:48 PM
The MTA and NYC Transit. Their failure's built in. Here's a pretty good explanation of a systemic problem no one wants to look at (let alone fix). And why congestion pricing — whatever its merits — will certainly not help. garytilzer.substack.com/p/who-bankru...
The joy of unexpected freedom. For at least a moment.
Unimaginable.
The liberation of the women/children section of Sednaya prison. Cut off from the world, they’ve no idea what’s happened.
A man shouts: “You are all free now. Don’t be scared. Go home.”
“What happened?” a woman asks
“The Regime fell. You are free.”
#Syria 🇸🇾
(🎥Credit: Galyarahal)
The liberation of the women/children section of Sednaya prison. Cut off from the world, they’ve no idea what’s happened.
A man shouts: “You are all free now. Don’t be scared. Go home.”
“What happened?” a woman asks
“The Regime fell. You are free.”
#Syria 🇸🇾
(🎥Credit: Galyarahal)
December 8, 2024 at 6:23 PM
The joy of unexpected freedom. For at least a moment.
Israel is not a white-colonialist enterprise. It's been the Jewish homeland for more than 3,000 years, with Jewish hearts unceasingly pining for Zion (which is Jerusalem). Zionism is, simply, the coming home of the land's indigenous people (who come in all sizes, political outlooks — and colors).
Ethiopian Jews mark Sigd with prayers for Jerusalem - The Jewish Star
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday to celebrate Sigd, an ancient holiday that has taken on renewed meaning amid Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas. The …
www.thejewishstar.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Israel is not a white-colonialist enterprise. It's been the Jewish homeland for more than 3,000 years, with Jewish hearts unceasingly pining for Zion (which is Jerusalem). Zionism is, simply, the coming home of the land's indigenous people (who come in all sizes, political outlooks — and colors).
Syria. FT's report.
‘We’ve been waiting 50 years’: Assad’s fall sparks euphoria in Syrian capital
Joy in Damascus is tempered by chaos as people overrun symbols of the regime
www.ft.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Syria. FT's report.
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#ICYMI: In most of the U.S., formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant.
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December 8, 2024 at 2:30 AM
#ICYMI: In most of the U.S., formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant.
🔎 Use our database to look up the cancer risk from this chemical in your neighborhood: https://propub.li/4gfPMGm
🔎 Use our database to look up the cancer risk from this chemical in your neighborhood: https://propub.li/4gfPMGm
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This went viral on twitter and my notifications there are mostly a cascade of populist rage. Checking people's profiles, it's coming from across the political spectrum: leftists, normie Dems, MAGA, a libertarian or two, and many people whose presence on here is otherwise entirely apolitical
Saw mainstream news coverage about the killing of the CEO of United Healthcare on TikTok and I think political and industry leaders might want to read the comments and think hard about them
December 5, 2024 at 2:11 AM
This went viral on twitter and my notifications there are mostly a cascade of populist rage. Checking people's profiles, it's coming from across the political spectrum: leftists, normie Dems, MAGA, a libertarian or two, and many people whose presence on here is otherwise entirely apolitical
This holiday was celebrated last week (in Israel, and in the Ethiopian Jewish diaspora). Check it out.
Ethiopian Jews mark Sigd with prayers for Jerusalem - The Jewish Star
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday to celebrate Sigd, an ancient holiday that has taken on renewed meaning amid Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas. The …
www.thejewishstar.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:02 PM
This holiday was celebrated last week (in Israel, and in the Ethiopian Jewish diaspora). Check it out.
“What is racism, for heaven’s sake?" Worthwhile read.
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home' | Instead of white robes and masks, conference attendees come dressed in suits and ties. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home'
The white-supremacist American Renaissance Conference is an annual event that has been held here at the park's lodge and conference center since 2012.
www.newschannel5.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:24 AM
“What is racism, for heaven’s sake?" Worthwhile read.
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So Trump tapped Ivanka’s father-in-law (who was himself pardoned by Trump) to be U.S. Ambassador to France. 🇫🇷 Then named his other daughter’s father-in-law to a key Middle East post.
And the next day Biden pardons Hunter.
I do love a good plot twist.
And the next day Biden pardons Hunter.
I do love a good plot twist.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 AM
So Trump tapped Ivanka’s father-in-law (who was himself pardoned by Trump) to be U.S. Ambassador to France. 🇫🇷 Then named his other daughter’s father-in-law to a key Middle East post.
And the next day Biden pardons Hunter.
I do love a good plot twist.
And the next day Biden pardons Hunter.
I do love a good plot twist.
Governor's job (management, negotiations, actually producing something) typically trumps congressional seat (blah blahs) as creds for a presidential race. Ritchie Torres guns his engine.
If Hochul’s cooked, Torres might be the chef - The Jewish Star
Israel and the fight against antisemitism are not the only things Rep. Ritchie Torres has on his mind. Torres, whose Bronx district includes Riverdale, is one of Israel’s staunchest …
www.thejewishstar.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Governor's job (management, negotiations, actually producing something) typically trumps congressional seat (blah blahs) as creds for a presidential race. Ritchie Torres guns his engine.
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13 seems a lot to me, and suggests a pattern…But is he saying they don’t count because they’re middle class? Or that we can’t trust middle class women “of a certain age”? Or that they are more sensitive? Just baffled.
December 1, 2024 at 12:34 PM
13 seems a lot to me, and suggests a pattern…But is he saying they don’t count because they’re middle class? Or that we can’t trust middle class women “of a certain age”? Or that they are more sensitive? Just baffled.
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I convinced the therapist I was right and now they're sad too.
December 1, 2024 at 3:13 AM
I convinced the therapist I was right and now they're sad too.
My brother's synagogue (a deep-rooted Conservative institution in a Brooklyn dominated by Orthodox, Reform and unaffiliated), devoted to Jewish tradition, education and ritual, to American Jews and the Jewish state, has an urgent need. Those who can, please help. www.gofundme.com/f/keep-templ...
Donate to Keep Temple Sholom's Roof Over Our Heads, organized by June Koutros
Help Keep a Roof on Our Heads
Temple Sholom of Flatbush is one of the la… June Koutros needs your support for Keep Temple Sholom's Roof Over Our Heads
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December 1, 2024 at 5:43 PM
My brother's synagogue (a deep-rooted Conservative institution in a Brooklyn dominated by Orthodox, Reform and unaffiliated), devoted to Jewish tradition, education and ritual, to American Jews and the Jewish state, has an urgent need. Those who can, please help. www.gofundme.com/f/keep-templ...
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I tried to share an article about Chinese EVs this morning and Twitter will not allow it.
Musk admitted X throttles links, and Threads is only a little better. But social media's quiet war on links has been going on for years. I wrote about how big tech has been draining the open web's lifeblood and giving us "news influencers" instead of the news. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Musk admits X throttles links as ‘news influencers’ take over
Hard times for the humble hyperlink and those who depend on it.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I tried to share an article about Chinese EVs this morning and Twitter will not allow it.
If pictured Times report upsets #MeToo phonies, its well-deserved. In context of Oct 7, Trump's least of their worries.
#MeToo movement killed itself on Oct 7 when FIRST INSTINCT of many of its loudest voices was to DIS-believe Jewish women and side with their rapists, murderers, kidnappers.
#MeToo movement killed itself on Oct 7 when FIRST INSTINCT of many of its loudest voices was to DIS-believe Jewish women and side with their rapists, murderers, kidnappers.
November 20, 2024 at 12:37 AM