Reporters’ Roundtable: Jewish–Latino Coalition; H&H’s Demise
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
Staff writers Naomi Zeveloff and Nathan Guttman discuss the new political coalition between Latinos and Jews on Capitol Hill, and also how the proposed creation of a Latino congressional seat could imperil the career of a prominent Jewish congressman. Then opinion editor Gal Beckerman joins the conversation to discuss the life and legacy of Soviet dissident Yelena Bonner. In the final segment, The Best Jewish Story That Didn’t Make The Paper, host Josh Nathan-Kazis speaks with Devra Ferst, the editor of The Jew and the Carrot, discuss the demise of H&H Bagels’s Upper West Side storefront.
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