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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.

Pulse and Pride

OK, I’ll start with the good news. While the extent of the Orlando tragedy was being revealed back East, in Los Angeles, tragedy was averted.

Trump and Weiner

This week, as the firestorm was building over Donald Trump’s racist comments about the “Mexican” judge presiding over lawsuits against Trump University — you know, the judge who was born and raised just outside that great Mexican city of South Bend, Ind. — I went to see the new documentary “Weiner.”

Last night with Bernie

Last night at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Bernie Sanders waited a long, long time to say the “C” word.

Political lessons for June

Two big things are happening in the coming week: the California primary and the 49th anniversary of the Six-Day War.

Politics and pastrami

This week two topics are dominating the conversation of Westside Jews: the election and Wexler’s Deli. And they are not as unrelated as you think.

Adelson and Trump

A couple of months ago, I was sitting in a booth at Langer’s Delicatessen, studying the menu and munching on half-sours when an elderly man caught my eye.

L.A., meet the e-bike

In February, the public radio station KPCC staged a race to determine the fastest way to get across Los Angeles at rush hour.\n

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