Mediagazer: Jewish journalism already faces an uncertain future with staff cuts and growing anti-Semitism, as new anonymous funders of UK's Jewish Chronicle raise concerns (Jane Eisner/Columbia Journalism Review)

8:15 PM ET, June 9, 2020

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