TRENTON, N.J. -- New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday following a three-month review, rejecting demands by Muslim leaders for a formal investigation and a clampdown on cross-border police operations. Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa, a Christie appointee, was meeting with Muslim leaders to discuss the findings. He said state officials and the New York Police Department have a new agreement to meet regularly to exchange information, and a new directive strengthens notification rules when New Jersey law enforcement learn of operations by outside agencies. "We remain committed to striking the appropriate balance of ensuring the safety of our citizens through vigilance in fighting terrorism, ... Continue reading →

May 24, 2012 | Posted At: 12:26 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Media Watch , The Business Of Education Media: HuffPost's "Wiley" Joy Resmovits It hasn't been that long since she (and the Education Page) have been on the scene but it's hard to remember life before Joy Resmovits, who joined Huffington Post as their main K12 education reporter on April 2011, according to her LinkedIn. She's had a few scoops and avoided making any horrible mistakes (that I know of). She doesn't feel the need to put herself into the story or go out beyond the edge of her reporting (which I appreciate). But don't be fooled by the smile and seeming shyness, or distracted by the stupid HuffPost logo and all ... Continue reading →

HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. -- In the middle of an April night last year, a young gay man named Kevin Pennington crawled out of the woods in the remote hills of southeastern Kentucky, looking for help. Bruises and cuts covered his face and body and he limped down the road, dragging his ankle along the asphalt, until he reached a pair of empty cabins in a clearing -- a ranger's station -- and smashed out a window in one and climbed inside. Pennington then called 911, setting in motion a series of events that will culminate next month in a historic trial: For the first time, the federal government will prosecute someone for a hate crime aimed at a gay person. In 2009, President Barack Obama ... Continue reading →

May 23, 2012The Huffington Post Media Group Partners with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network to Launch Oprah Winfrey Section on Huffingtonpost.com this August (New York, NY and Los Angeles, Ca.) The Huffington Post Media Group, a leading source of news, opinion, entertainment, community and digital information and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the launch of an Oprah Winfrey section on Huffingtonpost.com coming August 2012. The announcement was made by Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, and Erik Logan and Sheri Salata, presidents, OWN. The special section on the website will feature content created and curated by writers and producers from OWN and Oprah.com specifically for The Huffington Post. Additionally, the section will call upon The Huffington Post's vast network of ... Continue reading →

The 2012 presidential election is an interesting one for us Jews. Do we pressure the candidate who belongs to a faith that seemingly enjoys baptizing our dead —­ Mitt Romney? Or do we lobby President Obama to again address his ethnic group, which harbors a dislike for Jews that exceeds any other American group? Posthumous baptisms by the LDS Church have stained Jewish-Mormon relations since the early 1990s when it was discovered that more than 600,000 Holocaust victims had been posthumously baptized in a Mormon temple. According to church doctrine, that makes them eligible to embrace Mormonism in the afterlife. The Jewish victims include iconic Holocaust figure Anne Frank. Measures taken by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have reduced the problem, but ... Continue reading →

Hi. I'm Chaya, and I am a Chassidic Jewish woman. I am also a media professional with a degree in Women's Studies from a large, very liberal university (magna cum laude, baby!). In the past few days, I've been reading the backlash against "the asifa," a recent mass meeting of religious Jewish men meant to draw a few boundaries around Internet use in our homes (meaning religious Jewish homes; not your house). Whenever religious Jews make a stink about some cultural issue, the media moves in on it with a bizarre kind of vengeance. Like yesterday, Katie J.M. Baker published an article on Jezebel about the event, in which she actually compared Jewish men to ants! See: "While men in traditional Orthodox garb filed into ... Continue reading →

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