Jewish Voice

The Jewish Voice (JV) is a weekly newspaper based in Brooklyn, New York, that was founded 2003 as The Sephardic Voice. It is distributed throughout New York City, and to selected locations in New Jersey and Florida. It has the largest Jewish classified ad section in the United States,[1] and have an ever-expanding international audience. The Jewish Voice has an unapologetic pro-Zionist editorial outlook. It covers of Israeli and local news (the latter focused on New York, and to a lesser extent New Jersey and Florida). On its Facebook page, the Jewish Voice mission statement is "Providing our readers with timely and thought-provoking news and opinion, from a pro-American, pro-Zionist perspective." The newspaper also played an instrumental role in the election of Bob Turner for United States Representative for New York's 9th congressional district.[2] The Jewish Voice is published by David Ben-Hooran.[3] The Jewish Voice caters to traditional Jews, and Brooklyn's Sephardic community in particular, although the paper is not aligned with any specific denomination or movement.

References

  1. Kornbluh, Jacob. "Jewish Community Throws Support behind Bob Turner for Senate". Let's Talk Dugri. Blogger.com. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. Kornbluh, Jacob. "Brooklyn-Queens: ‘The Jewish Voice’ Endorses Storobin, Golden, Ulrich for Senate". Gestetner Updates. Jewish Political News & Updates. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  3. Vitello, Paul. "Syrian Sephardic Communities Shaken by Charges Against a Leading Rabbi". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
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