Chicago Jewish News

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Chicago Jewish News
TypeWeekly newspaper
FounderJoseph Aaron
Editor-in-chiefJoseph Aaron
Founded1994
Ceased publication2019
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.

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chicago Jewish News". Mondo Times . Retrieved December 25, 2016.
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  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.



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