Entries from December 2005

December 23, 2005

Israel’s Walter Cronkite Finds Himself at a Crossroads

FORWARD — December 13, 2005
Chaim Yavin, rightly referred to as Israel’s Walter Cronkite, has an odd face for a news anchor. Though his presence has comforted millions, delivering the news nightly on Israel’s state-run channel — with an almost exaggeratedly perfect diction — since 1968, his features seem to betray a slight befuddlement, a tinge [...]