''Long Island Jewish World'' is a weekly,

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based publication that covers local, domestic and international events for the

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communities of the metropolitan

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area. The publication is a

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of Empire Publishing and Printing. Empire also publishes ''The Manhattan

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'' and '' The Rockland and Westchester Jewish Tribune''. Despite its small circulation of about 45,000 in 1984, articles from the paper have been quoted in ''New York Times'', ''Washington Post,'' ''New York Daily News'', ''The Village Voice'', ''Jerusalem Post'' and ''Newsday''.

Beginning

In 1984, publisher-editor Jerome W. Lippman charged that the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (UJA) was unfairly using its charity to fund ''

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'' and imitating his newspaper, in order to put his paper out of business. This "newspaper war" lasted several years, with multiple failed attempts at reconciliation. In June 1994 it purchased ''The Manhattan Jewish Sentinel.''

Content

The editorial content of Long Island Jewish World is a mix of social and political nature commonly featuring open letters,

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s and submissions from some of the top names in

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and

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, locally and abroad. The content also spans the spectrum of the Jewish community from the

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to the modern, secular Jew.

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External links

* http://www.urielheilman.com/inbal.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20101105165013/http://www.taniagrossinger.com/manhattanJewish.html * http://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Neck-NY/Long-Island-Jewish-World/218419348172616 * https://web.archive.org/web/20110723044257/http://www.jewishpublications.org/ Jewish newspapers published in the United States Jews and Judaism in New York (state) Newspapers published in New York (state) 1976 establishments in New York (state) Publications established in 1976