The Jewish Press
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The Jewish Press is an American weekly newspaper based in Brooklyn, New York City. It serves the Modern Orthodox Jewish community.
History
The Jewish Press was co-founded in 1960 by Albert Klass and his brother Rabbi Sholom Klass.[3][4] The Klass brothers had previously co-published the Brooklyn Daily and Brooklyn Weekly newspapers in the 1940s. In 1960s, a group of leading rabbis approached the Klass brothers to publish a weekly English-language newspaper for Jews who were not fluent in Yiddish. This became The Jewish Press.[3][5]
The paper attracted a devoted following in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods due to its "uncompromising advocacy of Orthodox issues" and strong support for Israel.[6] In 1993, the paper had a weekly circulation of 125,000, out of 250,000 estimated readers of weekly Jewish newspapers.[7]
In March 2014, the newspaper fired editor Yori Yanover after he wrote an
Shlomo Greenwald, grandson of Shlomo Klass, has been the newspaper's top editor since May 2021.[10] Former contributors have included Jason Maoz, Meir Kahane, Arnold Fine, and Julius Liebb.[11]
Editorial
The
The Jewish Press describes itself as having a politically
As an example of this, a notice appeared on page 22B of the July 6, 1990 edition announcing the
Influence and readership
The
By 2010, it was still considered the leader among English-language newspapers in the Orthodox communities in the greater New York City area, with a weekly circulation of nearly 50,000 copies.[14]
According to Haaretz, the online version of The Jewish Press had a readership of 2 million views each month.[15]
Contributors
Some of The Jewish Press's contributors include
Religious contributors
The Jewish Press features numerous weekly
Political contributors
During the mid-1970s, Ronald Reagan wrote a weekly column for the paper.[19] Other contributing elected officials include Dov Hikind, Simcha Felder, former Knesset Member Menachem Porush, former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch,[20] Knesset Member Yisrael Eichler, and Moshe Feiglin.
Bloggers
Among the blogs and bloggers published on JewishPress.com are Donny Fuchs, Paula R. Stern's A Soldier's Mother, Jameel @ The Muqata, JoeSettler, Harry Maryle's Emes ve-Emuna, @IsraelShield, Batya Medad's Shiloh Musings, Frimet and Arnold Roth's This Ongoing War, David Israel,[21] Israel Mizrahi's musings on rare and unusual Jewish books, and Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger's The Ettinger Report.
See also
- The Jewish Week, a Jewish newspaper
References
- ^ Beckerman, Gal (January 20, 2010). "Hold the Presses: Newspapers Are Competing for Orthodox Readers". The Forward. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ "Newspapers by County". New York Press Association. 2017. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- ^ Times of Israel. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. June 22, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ ISBN 9781584650034.
- ^ Eller, Sandy (June 19, 2016). "Brooklyn, NY – Jewish Press Co-Founder Dies At 105". Vos Iz Neias?. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ a b c Lipman, Steve (January 21, 2000). "Rabbi Sholom Klass, 83". New York Jewish Week. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ^ William Glaberson (November 29, 1993). "The Media Business; A Battle Among Jewish Weeklies". The New York Times.
The New York Times published a Jewish Press circulation number of 125,000 in 1993, and, in discussing competition and readership, estimated that "About 250,000 ... currently receive a Jewish weekly newspaper.
- ^ Staff. "Jewish Press Fires Columnist for Blasting ultra-Orthodox". The Times of Israel. March 11, 2014.
- Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Brooklyn Jewish Newspaper's Ex-Top Editor Pleads Guilty to Jan. 6 Charge". The New York Times. January 30, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ Felicity Barringer (July 10, 2000). "Paper Seen as Villain in Abuse Accusations Against Rabbi". The New York Times.
- ^ ProQuest 427817955. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ^ "About". The Jewish Press. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
- ^ a b c Beckerman, Gal (January 20, 2010). "Hold the Presses: Newspapers Are Competing for Orthodox Readers". The Forward. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ Nussbaum-Cohen, Debra (March 3, 2014). "Jewish Press Scandal: Writer Crossing the Line". Haaretz.com. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ "Jerold Auerbach - Algemeiner.com". www.algemeiner.com. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Louis Rene Beres | Hudson". www.hudson.org. April 7, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Welcome to the Jewish Tea Party". The Forward. January 7, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ Profile of Ronald Wilson Reagan in the Jewish Virtual Library
- ^ Susan Heller Anderson; Maurice Carroll (August 23, 1984). "New York Day by Day: Now, It's Four For the Mayor". The New York Times.
- ^ "David writes news at JewisPress.com" - https://www.jewishpress.com/news/politics/on-high-courts-order-israeli-to-give-illegal-african-migrants-22-5-million/2020/05/13