When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks Spanish (and I can say this since I’m Jewish and I really MEAN it) he sounds like a temple member sitting at a synagogue quickly reading a prayer book. At any minute I expect to see someone bring out the Torah.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.