Jodi Rudoren Uses Vehemently Anti-Israel Site As Source

For some time now, Israel’s supporters have been claiming that New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Jodi Rudoren is biased. Almost immediately after she began her tenure in that position, media watchdog CAMERA took note of her problematic reporting. These issues did not escape the notice of US-based, conservative, non-Jewish media commentators, either. Of course, we here at Israellycool have had plenty to say on this topic.

Until now, however, we’ve had to do serious analysis to actually explain that the Times’s reporting on Israel is slanted. That was hard work! Now, this has happened:

Jodi Rudoren has tweeted a link to Mondoweiss, a website whose founder has described himself as anti-Zionist, and which has been criticized for being anti-semitic or anti-Israel by publications ranging from Algemeiner to Haaretz. Let me say that again. Haaretz called Mondoweiss anti-Israel, saying that one of its editors, Adam Horowitz, “despises Israel to death.”

But wait, there’s more. The post she linked to discusses the resignation of Bruce M. Shipman, the Yale Reverend who recently wrote a New York Times letter to the editor claiming that IDF actions are responsible for anti-semitism in Europe. (Mondoweiss had previously praised the letter.) The resignation, writes Philip Weiss in Rudoren’s link, “seems another instance of the intense pressure to support Israel inside elite institutions, because that’s all the Israel lobby has now in the wake of Gaza…. The resignation demonstrates the pattern of blacklisting/corruption in prestige institutions that is bound to crack at some point.” In other words: Jews are responsible for anti-semitism. When someone dares to point out that Jews are responsible for anti-semitism, the Elders of Zion Israel lobby gets them blacklisted. Which is, after all, part of the reason everyone hates the Jews one of the ways that Jews contribute to the rise in anti-semitism. By tweeting this link, Jodi implies that she agrees with this sentiment.

New York TimesIt may not initially seem like it, but this tweet is actually great news. Now, we no longer have to go through such exhausting analysis to show others what is wrong with Jodi’s writing. All we have to say is, this is a person whose judgment about news and opinion is so poor, she thinks that Mondoweiss is a legitimate source of both, and she seems to agree with the proposition that there is a shady Jewish/Israel lobby that has the power to get an Episcopal chaplain fired from Yale for rightfully pointing out that Jews are responsible for antisemitism.

Thanks, Jodi! We owe you one!

15 thoughts on “Jodi Rudoren Uses Vehemently Anti-Israel Site As Source”

  1. All her sources are anti Israel from Electronic Intifada to Mondoweiss.She never worked as hard new writer at The Slimes.She must sit at restaurant or coffee shop stuffing herself and reading anti Israel blogs for her news

  2. Norman_In_New_York

    And still the Israeli government refuses to revoke her credentials and send her packing. What will happen if they do? Turn the Times against Israel? Oh, wait a minute…

      1. I’m not sure if she is ignorant, lazy or just plain bigoted. Having read the Mondoweiss article, as well as the alumni letter it blames for the chaplain’s dismissal, I have to say that I find it offensive. While the chaplain admits that it was inappropriate to ignore the fact that many are undoubtedly using the current situation as an excuse to air deeper hatred, he does not go far enough. Even if there is a direct correlation between what is happening in Israel and what is being done to the Jewish communities in Europe, the fact is that such vengeance on the Jewish communities is unacceptable, and it should be condemned. To attack innocent people for the acts of another from the same faith or creed or nationality is vigilante justice, and should be intolerable to any civilized person. For this chaplain, identifying himself as a religious leader at Yale, to say that the anti-Semitism of Europe is Israel’s fault is unacceptable. It is one thing to criticize the actions and policies of Israel’s government. There are many in Israel who are doing so. However, to say that the antidote for the violence against Jews in Europe is for Israel to change its behavior is unacceptable because it portrays that violence as being justified, which it is not. For Arabs and their supporters in Europe to attack the Jewish communities there is no different than the extremists in Israel who killed Mohammed Abu Khdeir as a response to Arab murder of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach. That young man had nothing to do with the murder of the three Israelis, just as the Jewish communities of Europe did not make the decision to launch rockets at Gaza. It is morally incumbent upon the governments of the European Community to quell the anti-Semitism that is flaring up, irregardless of what may be going on in Gaza. Any pressure that they wish to apply on Israel is one thing, but there can be no justification for taking the Jewish communities of the world hostage in such a way.

  3. Hard Little Machine

    Actually Phil Weiss calls HIMSELF, an antisemite. He also quipped that his own wife believes him to be a psychopath (his words). All this proves is what everyone already knows about Jodi Rudoren: Another Jew hater at the helm of the NYT’s Mideast coverage.

  4. Jodi, Jodi, Jodi, how do I despise thee; let me count the days. It started with your appointment as NYT Bureau Chief in Jerusalem when you began extolling the virtues of stone throwing Arab youths in Judah and Shomron as participants in a harmless rite of passage. It continued through your total lack of journalistic integrity in failing to report the rampant corruption of Abu Mazen and the rest of the merry gang of Fatah leadership – they have pocketed every dollar and Euro lavished upon them for the enhancement of the life of the people they govern; we are talking about billions of dollars and Euros here. It continues unabated with your total acceptance of every statistic provided by another gang of thugs, Hamas – Jodi you delight in playing the ‘look at the dead baby’ game without ever telling your readers that Hamas used them all as human shields save those more than 160 building the infamous tunnels. You continue defaming Israel in every one of your posts – Israel deserves to be criticized. but if you cast critical eye at Israel solely, then you’d best call yourself Judeophobe Rudroren

  5. “Jodi” – Does anyone know her full name? Is “Jodi” a politically correct mangling of the beautiful Jewish female name of Yehudit/Judith/Judy? f yes, iIs she ashamed of the association?

    1. Evidently, she was born Jodi Lynne Wilgoren on 30 November 1970. It appears her roots are in suburban Boston. She married Gary Ruderman on or about 27 January 2005. “Rudoren” is a portmanteau of the two names, which is sort of twee.

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