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Rob Eshman January 8, 2009

Hollywood and the movies still cling to the image of the Jew-as-victim, while in the world beyond Blu-ray the reality is much more … complicated.\n\n

Iraq is a mess, a cauldron of intra-Islamic conflict. Afghanistan is heading down the same tragic path, as the Taliban assert greater fundamentalist control. All those Muslims are nuts, right?\n\nThen there\’s Azerbaijan.

Too Much or Not Enough?

Michael Bronski August 7, 2003

Did you hate Fran Drescher in \”The Nanny\” because she was, well, such a stereotype? And what side were you on in the bitter 1972 cultural war that emerged after \”Bridget Loves Bernie\” became the fifth most-watched television series, only to be canceled because Jewish religious groups alleged it was soft on intermarriage?

Thin Blue Media Line

Mike Levy April 11, 2002

Felice and Michael Friedson call their news production company The Media Line, Ltd. (TML), but a limited media line is exactly what they are trying to get around. Dedicated to an accurate portrayal of Israel in the news, the Friedsons work to provide both sides of the story.

In early February, TML opened its own broadcast studio in Jerusalem after years of broadcasting from makeshift quarters in a hotel lobby. Now the nonprofit company has a home for its multiple projects, a list of journalistic endeavors that keeps expanding.