It's sad when reporters have to hide their religion when working in places such as in the Middle East. You can understand why when you think about all those murders at the Kenyan mall where only Muslims were let out and people of other religions were killed.
Jewish reporters in Arab world keep heritage off the record
Correspondents hoping to avoid rampant anti-Semitism in Middle East forced to cover up Jewish background and Israel connections
BY RON KAMPEAS September 5, 2014, 3:05 am 1
Journalist Steve Sotloff (right) in Syria, 2012 (photo credit: Facebook/Oren Kessler)
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Those are some of the strategies used by Jewish reporters working in the Arab and Muslim Middle East to conceal their religious heritage.
The dangers facing Jewish journalists in the region became evident this week after the beheading of a dual American-Israeli citizen, Steven Sotloff, by the jihadist group Islamic State, or ISIS.
Read more:Jewish reporters in Arab world keep heritage off the record The Times of Israel
Jewish reporters in Arab world keep heritage off the record
Correspondents hoping to avoid rampant anti-Semitism in Middle East forced to cover up Jewish background and Israel connections
BY RON KAMPEAS September 5, 2014, 3:05 am 1
Journalist Steve Sotloff (right) in Syria, 2012 (photo credit: Facebook/Oren Kessler)
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – Don’t bring it up. If it comes up, change the subject. If you can’t change the subject, consider an outright denial.
Those are some of the strategies used by Jewish reporters working in the Arab and Muslim Middle East to conceal their religious heritage.
The dangers facing Jewish journalists in the region became evident this week after the beheading of a dual American-Israeli citizen, Steven Sotloff, by the jihadist group Islamic State, or ISIS.
Read more:Jewish reporters in Arab world keep heritage off the record The Times of Israel