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Alyssa Katz’s Biography

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Alyssa Katz is the author of The Influence Machine: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Capture of American Life (Spiegel & Grau, 2015) and a member of the New York Daily News editorial board.

She is also the author of Our Lot: How Real Estate Came to Own Us (Bloomsbury, 2009). Previously, Katz was editor of The New York World, an accountability journalism project at Columbia Journalism School covering city and state government, taught journalism at New York University and the City U…

Alyssa Katz’s Journalist Portfolio

NYPD not getting funds in de Blasio budget is just politics

NYPD not getting funds in de Blasio budget is just politics

Zero. Zip. Zilch. That's how much money Mayor de Blasio is adding in his new budget to expand the NYPD - rebu…

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A mother's Common Core breaking point

A mother's Common Core breaking point

Gov. Cuomo has to be puzzling over a new Quinnipiac poll pegging his lowest rating yet, with just 50% of vote…

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Alyssa Katz: Bill de Blasio's tall order

Alyssa Katz: Bill de Blasio's tall order

To get an idea of the intense skepticism greeting Mayor de Blasio's ambitious plans to build acres of afforda…

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Your Daily Phil: Bernard-Henri Lévy’s heartbreak and hope at Haifa antisemitism confab

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By Robert E. Lapin, Alyssa Katz Verified
| eJewish Philanthropy
Good Friday morning! In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we interview Bernard-Henri Lévy after his closing remarks at the Contemporary Antisemitism Conference in Haifa, and report on David Lubin’s effort to open the first North American chapter of Yad LaBanim this fall in memory of his daughter Rose, an Atlanta-born lone soldier killed in a 2023 terror attack. We feature an opinion piece by Anna L.
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My summer plans prove it: The Jewish Catskills are alive and kicking

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By Alyssa Katz Verified
| Forward Verified
Hello, fellow Forward reader! I’m Joel Brown, a Forward reader and supporter for more than 15 years, and currently the chair of the board of directors. I’m an avid Forward reader because it ticks so many of my essential boxes: excellent journalism, Jewish focus and diverse viewpoints. In today’s political climate, what I most appreciate is the Forward’s independence — made possible by the generosity of its membership. The Forward is committed to bringing you unbiased, nuanced Jewish news.
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Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors

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By Alyssa Katz Verified
| Forward Verified
We hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, we’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s independent Jewish news. This week we celebrate 129 years of the Forward. We’re proud of our origins as a Yiddish print publication serving Jewish immigrants. And we’re just as proud of what we’ve become today: A trusted source of Jewish news and opinion, available digitally to anyone in the world without paywalls or subscriptions.
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