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The Newark Jewish Chronicle was a daily newspaper published in Newark, New Jersey, by Anton Kaufman from 1921 to January 8, 1943. [1] [2] [3] It was an English language weekly paper, which came out every Friday [4] [5] By 1942 it was the last remaining Jewish newspaper in Newark, New Jersey. [6] It has been digitized by GenealogyBank. [7]

History

The newspaper was established in 1921. [3] During World War II advertising revenue fell and Kaufman was forced to sell his cemetery plot to keep the paper going. [8] Anton Kaufman took his own life on January 1, 1943, and the last issue was on January 8, 1943. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dr. Kaufman Killed in Eight Story Fall. Newark's Blind Jewish Publisher was Once a Reporter in Berlin". Associated Press . January 2, 1943. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  2. "Newark Publisher Is Killed In Fall. Anton Kaufman, Owner of Jewish Chronicle There, Plunges From Hotel Window". New York Times . January 2, 1943. Retrieved 2011-04-19. Anton Kaufman, blind publisher of The Newark Jewish Chronicle and one of the most prominent leaders in Jewish affairs in New Jersey, lost his life early today in a fall from his eighth-floor room in the Robert Treat Hotel, here.
  3. 1 2 "Blind Editor Dies in Fall". Newark Evening News. Jan 2, 1943. p. 19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Grover, Warren (2017-09-29). Nazis in Newark. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-351-50332-7.
  5. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey ... 1923.
  6. Isaac Landman (1942). The Universal Jewish encyclopedia. The Jewish Chronicle, published in the English language, was the only Jewish newspaper in Newark in 1942. Its editor and publisher, Anton Kaufman, founded it in 1921, after leaving the Jewish Chronicle of Detroit, Michigan, ...
  7. "Jewish Chronicle Archive Search | GenealogyBank". www.genealogybank.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  8. Alan M. Kraut and Deborah A. Kraut (2007). Covenant of Care: Newark Beth Israel and the Jewish Hospital in America. Rutgers University Press. ISBN   978-0-8135-3910-2. Kaufman had come to Newark after his first paper, the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, had failed. A short man with poor eyesight, he rushed around the city selling advertising and conducting interviews, returning to his tiny office at 156 ...