Ami left of center? with Avi Shafran as editor? Ami is the 21st century reincarnation of The Jewish Observer. Remember that when the Observer folded Agudah mentioned looking into doing a publication in a different format? Well, Ami is it. It happens to be a stealth operation, possibly because they want to be able to print articles without their being “official.” Yes, their US politics aren’t very right wing as per Yated and Hamodia. They’re more center – say just right of center. Definitely not left-wing. After all, they do want readership outside the Tristate area.
And don’t pick on Mishpacha. It isn’t “left” or “right” – it’s realist. It was the first publication to speak directly to us about how we live our lives. Remember that Mishpacha was the first publication to run Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz’s columns on OTD children and chinuch, back when the Observer had to make a major production out of doing an issue on it at all. Granted, for the Observer’s crowd that was a very brave thing to do, but it was done as a daring act. Mishpacha doesn’t worry about “daring” – it just addresses the issues, like chinuch and parnassa and the practical side of the shidduch crisis. The other magazines try to copycat, but they just haven’t gotten it right yet.
Yashir koach to Mishpacha!