Jewish Telegraph

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The Jewish Telegraph is a British Jewish newspaper. It was founded in December 1950 by Frank and Vivienne Harris, the parents of the current Editor, Paul Harris. The Jewish Telegraph is solely owned by Vivienne and Paul Harris, who are responsible for its day-to-day operation.

[edit] Founding

Frank Harris was a London freelance journalist who, on his arrival in Manchester, noticed the fact that the city’s only Jewish newspaper was a freesheet. He determined, against all advice, to establish a Jewish weekly.

[edit] Expansion

In 1976, the Jewish Telegraph decided to widen its field of coverage and established a separate Leeds edition with its own editorial and advertising staff and office in that city. A staff of nine is maintained there.

In 1981, the Jewish Telegraph expanded further, acquiring the title of the monthly Liverpool Jewish Gazette, immediately giving Merseyside, for the first time, its own Jewish weekly. The Jewish Telegraph has its own advertising and editorial staff in Liverpool, based in offices at Harold House, the Liverpool Jewish Community Centre.

In June 1992, on the demise of the Glasgow Jewish Echo, the Jewish Telegraph moved into Scotland within a week and began to produce a weekly edition. A staff of four works from office accommodations at the Glasgow Maccabi complex.

The latest addition to the Jewish Telegraph was in December 1999 with the introduction of a website, which is entirely updated in the early hours of every Friday morning.