The ''Five Towns Jewish Times'' is a weekly newspaper serving the Jewish communities of the
Five Towns
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in southwestern
Nassau County,
New York
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, and the greater New York area, covering the area's large and growing
Orthodox Jewish
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community.
The paper grew out of publisher Larry Gordon's response to an effort in 2000 by the Lawrence municipality to limit the establishment and growth of local Orthodox
synagogue
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s. Gordon wrote a series of articles for the local ''
Nassau Herald
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'', which resulted in an abrupt policy reversal. Believing the Orthodox community needed its own media, Gordon established the ''5 Towns Jewish Times''. Originally published twice a month, it is now published 50 times a year.
The paper is distributed every Thursday on newsstands and in synagogues and
Jewish community centers. It is distributed for free on
Long Island
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and sold for $1.00 in
New York City
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and to weekly subscribers. The current print run each week is 20,000 papers.
References
External links
The Five Towns Jewish Times - Official Site (5TJT.com)
Five Towns
Five Towns Jewish Times, The
Jews and Judaism in New York City
Newspapers published in New York (state)
Weekly newspapers published in the United States
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