Seth Lipsky

Lipsky counts Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, Ariel Sharon, and Milton Friedman among his intellectual and ideological heroes.

[5][6] Born 1946 in Brooklyn, from age one[5] Lipsky was "raised in a secular Jewish family in Great Barrington, Mass"[2] and graduated from Harvard University.

[9] The New York Times described a "generation of Lipsky-trained journalists" emerging from The Forward, including Ira Stoll, Philip Gourevitch, and Jonathan Rosen.

"[14] Lipsky's problems were compounded in that he began and operated at a time when the newspaper industry's situation was described as "pretty grim.

"[8] When asked why the shutdown, Lipsky said "we needed additional funds ... the 2008 financial collapse was sweeping the world, and the Internet was emerging as a challenge to traditional newspapering.