The Jewish Press
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Editor | Jason Maoz |
| Founded | January 29, 1960 |
| Political alignment | Politically: conservative Religiously: centrist Orthodox |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Circulation | 50,000 copies weekly |
| Website | www |
The Jewish Press is an American weekly newspaper based in Brooklyn, New York and geared toward the modern Orthodox Jewish community. It describes itself as "America's Largest Independent Jewish Weekly." The jewishpress.com is the company's independent online daily newspaper.
The paper was founded as a national weekly in January 1960 by Rabbi Sholom Klass (1916–1980) and his father-in-law, Raphael Schreiber (1885–1980).
The Jewish Press was founded to fill the void of Jewish news media left by the declining newspapers in the late 1950s. Approached by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and Rabbi Simcha Elberg, Rabbi Klass resolved to publish a newspaper in English that, he said, "everyone in America will be able to read." The first issue was published on January 29, 1960.
Jason Maoz serves as the paper's senior editor. Former editors have included Meir Kahane, Arnold Fine, and Steve Walz. The online edition is run by Stephen Leavitt.
The Jewish Press covers the Jewish news from New York City, the United States, and Israel. The newspaper has a politically conservative viewpoint and editorial policy.
Major sections include:
Some of The Jewish Press's contributors include Hollywood screenwriter Robert Avrech, the photographer Jacob Elbaz, Jerold Auerbach, Dr. Morris Mandel, Dr. Louis Rene Beres, Dr. Steven Plaut, Dr. Marvin Schick, Dr. Phyllis Chesler, Dr. Paul Eidelberg, and legal ethicist and Judaica collector Saul Jay Singer, who writes a weekly column on Collecting Jewish History.
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