Chicago Jewish News

Chicago Jewish News

Type	Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)	Joseph Aaron
Editor-in-chief	Joseph Aaron
Founded	1994
Ceased publication	2019
Headquarters	Skokie, Chicago, Illinois
Circulation	10,000 [1]
Website	chijewishnews.com (Archives of homepage at the Wayback Machine (archive index). Additional archives: List of webpages archived in the Wayback Machine.) Formerly available at chicagojewishnews.com (Archives of homepage at the Wayback Machine (archive index). Additional archives: List of webpages archived in the Wayback Machine, List of webpages archived with Archive.today.) [2]

Chicago Jewish News was a newspaper mainly serving the Jewish population in Chicago. The newspaper won two Simon Rockower Awards in 2015, where it is categorized as a newspaper with a circulation of less than 15,000 copies. ^[3] At its peak the newspaper had a readership of over 40,000.

History

The Chicago Jewish News was founded by Joseph Aaron in 1994. He served as the paper's editor-in-chief and wrote a weekly column for the publication. The paper ceased after Aaron died of a heart attack outside a restaurant in Jerusalem on November 16, 2019. He was 64. ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of Jewish newspapers in the United States

References

1. "Chicago Jewish News". Mondo Times . Retrieved December 25, 2016.
3. "The 34th Annual Simon Rockower Award Winners" . Retrieved December 4, 2016.
4. Goldsborough, Bob (November 27, 2019). "Joseph Aaron, publisher and columnist for Chicago Jewish News, dies in Jerusalem". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
5. "Joseph Aaron, publisher and columnist for Chicago Jewish News, dies in Jerusalem". The Chicago Jewish News. December 4, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020.