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Jeffrey Klein, 77, Mother Jones co-founder, saw ‘through line’ between investigative journalism and fighting antisemitism

JL;DR SUMMARY Jeffrey Klein, co-founder of the progressive magazine Mother Jones, is remembered for his contribution to investigative journalism and his commitment to Jewish values, despite rarely discussing his Jewish identity publicly. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentitySoviet UnionJewish ValuesInvestigative JournalismRefuseniksPolitical CorruptionMother JonesMedia InnovationJeffrey Klein

Places mentioned

Moscow, Russian Federation
"When Jeffrey Klein traveled to the Soviet Union to report a long feature on Jewish refuseniks, his first stop was a sparsely attended synagogue in Moscow."
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
"Klein was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1948 to the descendants of Hungarian Jews."
Berkeley, California, United States
"She was an active member of [Berkeleys] Congregation Beth El, and she read the Jewish Bulletin every week, cover to cover."
Israel
"(Shcharansky was released in 1986 and moved to Israel, where he changed his name to Natan Sharansky.)"

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