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Steven I. Weiss

Steven I. Weiss is an award-winning journalist and is news anchor & managing editor at The Jewish Channel. His Twitter feed is @steveniweiss.

  • Detail of lithograph of gentiles in a Jewish tavern, by G. Pillati, published by A. Chlebowski, “Swit,” and printed by B. Wierzbicki and Sons, Warsaw.(Moldovan Family Collection via YIVO Encyclopedia)
    Detail of lithograph of gentiles in a Jewish tavern, by G. Pillati, published by A. Chlebowski, “Swit,” and printed by B. Wierzbicki and Sons, Warsaw.(Moldovan Family Collection via YIVO Encyclopedia)
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    For Centuries, Jews Ruled Poland’s Liquor Trade. Why Was That Legacy Forgotten?

    Purim reminds us it’s unusual for Jews to indulge in recreational boozing—one reason Polish nobles liked having them run taverns

    bySteven I. Weiss
  • Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board and President Obama's nominee to succeed Chairman Ben Bernanke, waits for the beginning of a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to discuss the so-called 'Volcker Rule,' Dec. 10, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
    Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board and President Obama's nominee to succeed Chairman Ben Bernanke, waits for the beginning of a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to discuss the so-called 'Volcker Rule,' Dec. 10, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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    Janet Yellen Is Poised To Be the Third Jewish Fed Chair in a Row. Where Are the Anti-Semites?

    Decades ago, her predecessor Eugene Meyer was targeted as a ‘moneylender’—but now Jews are celebrated for financial prowess

    bySteven I. Weiss
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