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Rob Eshman

Rob Eshman

ROB ESHMAN is publisher and editor-in-chief of TRIBE Media Corp./Jewish Journal. Email him at robe@jewishjournal.com. You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter @foodaism and @RobEshman.

10 reasons Trump’s victory is not the apocalypse

To explain the victory of Donald J. Trump as 45th president of the United States, people keep quoting from Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America,” the story of a fascist takeover of our country.

The Trump gamble

Ever since the primaries, I’ve had a bet with my friend Dan Adler. He said Trump would win, I picked Hillary.

Will the last Trump ad be the final straw?

Ads have names. The famous political ad linking Barry Goldwater to a nuclear bomb was called “Daisy Girl.” Ronald Reagan’s ad branding him as the candidate of optimism was called “Morning in America.” Remember the one showing Sen. John Kerry as an out-of-touch elitist? That was “Windsurfing.”

Five heroes of 2016

In some respects, Election 2016 has not been American Jewry’s finest hour.

Shimon Peres’ peace train

It was 1984, he was campaigning for prime minister. I was a young journalist, recently arrived in Jerusalem from San Francisco.

Tashlich in Los Angeles

At tashlich, I always find a place on the edge of the circle in whose center stands my wife.

I’ll have what Phil Rosenthal’s having

When people ask you which person in history you would most like to share a meal with, the acceptable answers are Thomas Jefferson, Shakespeare or your dead bubbe.

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