New York Jewish Week
 Front page | |
| Type | News and opinion website |
|---|---|
| Format | All-Digital |
| Owner(s) | 70 Faces Media |
| Editor | Andrew Silow-Carroll |
| Headquarters | New York City,New York,U.S. |
| Circulation | 155,000[1] |
| Website | jta.org/newyork |
The Jewish Weekis a weekly independent communitynewspapertargeted towards theJewishcommunity of the metropolitanNew York Cityarea.
History[edit]
In March 2016,The Jewish Weekannounced its partnership with the online newspaperThe Times of Israel.[2]Later in 2016,The Jewish Weekacquired theNew Jersey Jewish News,which had been published by theJewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJand had a circulation of 32,000.[3]In July 2020,The Jewish Weeksuspended publication of its weekly print publication,[4][5]and in January 2021 was acquired by70 Faces Media,publisher of theJewish Telegraphic Agencyand other Jewish brands.[6][7]
Each year The Jewish Week published "36 Under 36," honoring younger New Yorkers making a difference in Jewish philanthropy, education, the arts, religion and social action.[8]Beginning in 2022, the list was published as “36 to Watch,” without an age limit for awardees.[9]
Editorial staff[edit]
Phillip Ritzenbergwas publisher and editor until 1993.[10]Gary Rosenblattwas theeditorand publisher from 1993 to 2019.Andrew Silow-Carrolltook over in September 2019.[11]Rosenblatt served as editor at large and continued to write for the paper and be involved in several of its educational projects.[12][13]
Awards[edit]
The Jewish Week won two first-place awards from theAmerican Jewish Press Associationin 2021.[14]
In 2016,The Jewish Weekbecame a finalist for awards in two categories by the Deadline Club, the New York City chapter of theSociety of Professional Journalists,for its series on the battle to improve secular education in chasidic schools. The series was done in partnership with WNYC.[15][16]
In 2000, Rosenblatt and the newspaper won theCasey Medal for Meritorious Journalismfrom theJournalism Center on Children & Familiesfor the story "Stolen Innocence", an investigative report that uncovered allegations of decades of child abuse by a youth movement leader and high school principal,Baruch Lanner.The story was criticized by some in theOrthodoxcommunity for being "malicious gossip".[17]Lanner and other officials of the Orthodox Group were forced to resign. Lanner was convicted of child sexual abuse in 2002.[18]
References[edit]
- ^"Advertiser Information- The Jewish Week Media Group".The Jewish Week.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-05.
- ^"Jewish Week To Partner With Times Of Israel".The Jewish Week. March 22, 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 10 October 2017.Retrieved24 January2017.
- ^Staff Report."Jewish Week Media Group To Publish N.J. Jewish News".Archivedfrom the original on 2019-02-19.Retrieved2019-02-18.
- ^Oster, Marcy."New York Jewish Week putting print edition on hiatus after 150-year run".www.timesofisrael.com.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-02-13.Retrieved2021-07-12.
- ^Pink, Aiden (August 7, 2020)."'What am I going to read on Shabbos now?' New Yorkers mourn loss of Jewish Week's print edition ".The Forward.RetrievedJanuary 9,2024.
- ^Andrew Silow-Carroll."'Two of Jewish Journalism's Most Storied Brands Under One Sturdy Roof'".jewishweek.timesofisrael.com.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-01-29.Retrieved2021-07-12.
- ^Tracy, Marc (January 11, 2021)."After hard times, The Jewish Week has a new owner".New York Times.RetrievedJanuary 5,2024.
- ^"Jewish Week".jewishweek.timesofisrael.com.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-07-05.Retrieved2021-07-12.
- ^"NY Jewish Week's 36 to Watch 2022".Jewish Telegraphic Agency.RetrievedJanuary 5,2024.
- ^"Ritzenberg, of N.Y. Jewish Week, Resigns As Publisher and Editor".Daily News Bulletin.September 24, 1992.RetrievedMay 28,2022– viaJewish Telegraphic Agency.
- ^"Jewish Week: New Editor-Publisher".The New York Times.August 1, 2019.Archivedfrom the original on August 5, 2019.RetrievedSeptember 18,2019.
- ^"Jewish Week Editor To Step Down After 26 Years".June 25, 2019.Archivedfrom the original on May 23, 2021.RetrievedFebruary 15,2021.
- ^"New Editor Named For Jewish Week".Jewish Telegraphic Agency.July 31, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 9,2024.
- ^"AJPA - 2021 Competition Winners".www.ajpa.org.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-07-09.Retrieved2021-07-12.
- ^"Deadline Club Announces Awards Finalists – Deadline Club".Deadline Club.April 6, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 9,2024.
- ^Goren, Biranit (April 6, 2016)."Jewish Week Investigation Named Finalist For Major Journalism Award".Jewish Telegraphic Agency.RetrievedJanuary 9,2024.
- ^"Paper Seen as Villain in Abuse Accusations Against Rabbi".New York Times.July 10, 2000.Archivedfrom the original on May 14, 2020.RetrievedJune 29,2011.
- ^"Rabbi Convicted of Sexual Abuse Is Freed on Bail Pending Appeal".New York Times.February 10, 2008.RetrievedJanuary 5,2024.
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