''The Jewish Press'' is an American weekly newspaper based in
Brooklyn, New York
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, and geared toward the
Modern Orthodox Jewish
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*Modern history
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community. It describes itself as "America's Largest Independent Jewish Weekly".
''The Jewish Press'' has an online version which is updated daily and reportedly has a readership of 2 million views each month.
History
The ''Press'' was founded in 1960 by Rabbi
Sholom Klass
Rabbi Sholom Klass (1916–2000) was the co-founder, publisher and editor of ''The Jewish Press'', a large Jewish circulation newspaper. He also authored ''Tales from our Gaonim'' and the halachic work ''Responsa of Modern Judaism'' (3 volumes ...
, a
Yeshiva Torah Vodaath
Yeshiva Torah Vodaas (or Yeshiva and Mesivta Torah Vodaath or Yeshiva Torah Vodaath or Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary ) is a ''yeshiva'' in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
History
The yeshiva was conceived in 1917 and for ...
graduate who had grown up in Williamsburg and who previously co-published the ''Brooklyn Daily''.
In 1994, Klass stated that the ''Press'' would not accept advertising from the
United Jewish Appeal
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, describing it as subsidies for competitors.
The current editor, since late May of 2021, is Shlomo Greenwald, a grandson of the founders of the publication. Elliot Resnick served as the paper's chief editor until May of 2021. It is believed he was replaced due to the controversy of Resnick entering the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and then not indicating as such while writing for the newspaper. Resnick also made many controversial statements and published controversial pieces against the LGBT community. Former editors have included Jason Maoz,
Meir Kahane
Meir David HaKohen Kahane (; he, רבי מאיר דוד הכהן כהנא ; born Martin David Kahane; August 1, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an American-born Israeli ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who serve ...
,
Arnold Fine, Julius Liebb
and
Steve Walz. The online edition is run by
Stephen Leavitt
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.
Editorial policy
''The Jewish Press'' is oriented toward the
Haredi Orthodox Jewish
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community, covering Jewish news from
New York City
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, the
United States
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, and
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
[ The newspaper describes itself as having a politically ]conservative
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viewpoint and editorial policy, and "politically incorrect
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long before the phrase was coined."
In 1990, ultraconservative Catholic
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weekly '' The Wanderer'' reported about a notice posted in ''The Jewish Press'' excommunicating
Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to end or at least regulate the Koinonia, communion of a member of a congregation with other members of the religious institution who are in normal communion with each other. The ...
U.S. Representative Barney Frank
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, seeking to affirm similar practice in the Catholic Church
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. It was later pointed out to them that the notice was posted by an outlier, and that Judaism lacked a centralized excommunication process. Abraham Hecht
Abraham Hecht (Avraham Berl Hecht) (April 5, 1922 – January 5, 2013) was a Chabad-affiliated American Orthodox rabbi, and president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America – ''Igud HaRabanim''.
Known as a "rabbi's rabbi" and a scholar of Torah, ...
, president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America
Igud HaRabonim (''Rabbinical Alliance of America'') is a right-wing national rabbinical organization, with over 800 members
across North America. Founded in 1942, it has for years received publicity from Rabbi Sholom Klass and The Jewish Press.
...
, said "If we were going to start excommunicating, we'd have a list as long as the New York telephone directory".
In March 2014, The newspaper fired its Israel-based online edition editor Yori Yanover after he wrote an op-ed
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titled "50 Thousand Haredim March So Only Other Jews Die in War."[Staff. ] The piece was in reference to a Haredi Jewish
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prayer rally in Manhattan
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protesting the draft of yeshiva
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students to the Israel Defence Forces
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. The editorial board issued an apology saying "The article in question was posted without authorization and approval of The Jewish Press newspaper.." and "the sentiments expressed in the article and headline do not represent these of the Jewish Press, its officers, editors and staff." Yanover wrote a response in which he replied, "I wrote the article after discussion with my supervisor and then submitted the article for review, as per the protocol you established."
Sections
* News: includes news focusing on the Middle East
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, recent news items with anti-Israel bias, and kosher
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food news.
* Opinion: includes editorials, Israeli
Israeli may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel
* Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel
* Modern Hebrew, a language
* ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008
* Guni Israeli ...
political analysis, and Op-Eds.
* Features: includes religious columns, Jewish law
''Halakha'' (; he, הֲלָכָה, ), also Romanization of Hebrew, transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Judaism, Jewish religious laws which is derived from the Torah, written and Oral Tora ...
, a weekly kosher dining guide, the Jewish Press Magazine, and youth sections. Monthly specials are printed in addition to features and supplements before each of the major Jewish holidays.
* Cartoons: includes political cartoons focusing on major Jewish holidays, current events, and Israeli cuisine.
Contributors
Some of ''The Jewish Press''s contributors include Jerold Auerbach
Jerold Auerbach (born 1936) is an American historian and professor emeritus of history at Wellesley College.
Auerbach earned the B.A. at Oberlin College and the Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1965. He taught at Queens College and at Brandeis Uni ...
, Hollywood screenwriter Robert J. Avrech
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, Dr. Louis Rene Beres Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis (d ...
, Dr. Phyllis Chesler
Phyllis Chesler (born October 1, 1940) is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island (CUNY). She is a renowned second-wave feminist psychologist and the author of ...
, Prof. Paul Eidelberg Paul Eidelberg (born 1928) is an American-Israeli political scientist, author and lecturer, and is the founder and president of The Foundation for Constitutional Democracy, with offices in Jerusalem. He is also president of the Yamin Yisrael Part ...
, photographer Jacob Elbaz
Jacob El-Baz (El Baz) (born 1945) is a photojournalist, art photographer, and gallery owner.
Life and work
El-Baz spent his early life on Kibbutz Sde Nehemia in the northern Galilee and his photography career began there. His photograph of th ...
, historian and mathematician Dr. L. (Yitzchok) Levine, Dr. Morris Mandel, Dr. Steven Plaut
Steven Plaut (1951 – January 17, 2017) was an Israeli economist, academic and writer. He was an associate professor of Business Administration at the University of Haifa as well as a member of the editorial board of the ''Middle East Quarterly'' ...
, Dr. Marvin Schick
Marvin Schick (July 3, 1934 – April 23, 2020) was a Hunter College and The New School, New School for Social Research political science and constitutional law professor. He was also known for his work in Jewish education. , cartoonist Asher Scwartz, and legal ethicist and Judaica collector Saul Jay Singer, who writes a weekly column on Collecting Jewish History.
Religious contributors
''The Jewish Press'' features numerous weekly Torah
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columns regarding the weekly Torah portion
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, upcoming Jewish holidays
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, contemporary applications of Jewish law, philosophy, Talmud, and the teachings of Nachman of Breslov
Nachman of Breslov ( he, רַבִּי נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב ''Rabbī'' ''Naḥmān mīBreslev''), also known as Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Reb Nachman Breslover ( yi, רבי נחמן ברעסלאווער ''Rebe Nakhmen Breslover'' ...
. Current and previous authors include Rabbi Meir Kahane
Meir David HaKohen Kahane (; he, רבי מאיר דוד הכהן כהנא ; born Martin David Kahane; August 1, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an American-born Israeli ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who serve ...
, Rebbitzen Esther Jungreis
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, Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, Rabbi David Hollander
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Career
Hollander is the creator, screenwriter, and an executive producer of ''The Guardian (TV series), The Guardian'' ...
, Rabbi Rafael Grossman, Rabbi Hanoch Teller
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, Rabbi Berel Wein
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, Rabbi Isaac C. Avigdor, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
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Pruzansky is best known for quarter century of spiritual leadership at Congregation Bnai Yeshuru ...
, Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum Gershon Tannenbaum (19492016) was the director of the Rabbinical Alliance of America (''Iggud HaRabbonim'') and a longtime Jewish Press columnist (''Machberes'').
His ''Machberes'' column, sometimes spanning more than one page,
was subtitled "News ...
, Rabbi Emanuel Quint, Rabbi J. Simcha Cohen, Rabbi Francis Nataf, and Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo
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.
Political contributors
During the mid-1970s, Ronald Reagan
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wrote a weekly column for the paper. Other contributing elected officials include Dov Hikind
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Hikind is a former Democratic New York State Assemblyman representing Brooklyn's Assembly district 48, having held this posi ...
, Simcha Felder
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, former Knesset
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Member Menachem Porush
Menachem Porush ( he, מנחם פרוש, 2 April 1916 – 22 February 2010) was an Israel politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael and its alliances between 1959 and 1975, and again from 1977 until 1994.
Biography ...
, former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'' (); pl, Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ''Menakhem Volfovich Begin''; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. B ...
, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch
Edward Irving Koch ( ; December 12, 1924February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was may ...
, Knesset Member Yisrael Eichler, and Moshe Feiglin
Moshe Zalman Feiglin ( he, מֹשֶׁה זַלְמָן פֶייגְּלִין, born 31 July 1962) is an Israeli politician and activist, and the leader of libertarian Zionist party Zehut. A member of Likud, he headed the Manhigut Yehudit (''Jewis ...
.
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,["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] Israel Mizrahi's musings on rare and unusual Jewish books, and Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger's ''The Ettinger Report''.
See also
* ''The Forward
''The Forward'' ( yi, פֿאָרווערטס, Forverts), formerly known as ''The Jewish Daily Forward'', is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience. Founded in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily socialist newspaper, ' ...
'', a Jewish newspaper
* ''The Jewish Week
''The Jewish Week'' is a weekly independent community newspaper targeted towards the Jewish community of the metropolitan New York City area. ''The Jewish Week'' covers news relating to the Jewish community in NYC. In March 2016, ''The Jewish We ...
'', a Jewish newspaper
References
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