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19-405: CJN or cjn may also refer to: Canadian Jewish News IATA code for Cijulang Nusawiru Airport Cam Newton , American National Football League quarterback. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CJN . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

38-541: A backpage cartoon. The Jerusalem Report was established in 1990 by South African-born Israeli journalist Hirsh Goodman , who served as its editor-in-chief and publisher for eight years. David Horovitz took over as editor-in-chief from 1998 to 2004, Sharon Ashley from 2004 to 2006, and Eetta Prince-Gibson from 2006 to 2011. They were followed by Matthew Kalman (January to May 2012), Avi Hoffmann (June to November 2012) and Ilan Evyatar (December 2012 to May 2017). Steve Linde , former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post ,

57-451: A friend of Menachem Begin and supporter of his Herut party, and his wife Dorothy and was first published on Friday, January 1, 1960, and was the first exclusively English-language Jewish newspaper published in Ontario . The CJN was considered a "provocative" paper into the 1970s but was later considered something of a "lapdog for the community". The original CJN hewed a line that supported

76-575: A media furor after it dismissed its longtime illustrator, Avi Katz , over a cartoon portraying a selfie of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and lawmakers from his Likud party with pigs' heads, celebrating the passage of the Jewish Nation-State Law in the Knesset, under the title, "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others." The cartoon, a reference to George Orwell ’s Animal Farm ,

95-877: A quarterly. In addition, they launched a new frequent email newsletter and began several original podcasts. The current list includes The CJN Daily , a daily newscast hosted by Ellin Bessner, author of Double Threat ; Bonjour Chai , hosted by Rabbi Avi Finegold and Phoebe Maltz Bovy, a columnist with The Globe and Mail and the author of The Perils of "Privilege" ; Menschwarmers , about Jews and sports; Culturally Jewish , about Canadian Jewish arts and culture, hosted by actors Ilana Zackon and David Sklar; Not That Kind of Rabbi , hosted by CBC veteran Ralph Benmergui ; and Rivkush , about Jews of colour, hosted by Rivka Campbell. In 2024, The CJN debuted its first original audio drama podcast, Justice: A Holocaust Zombie Story , about media narratives and generational trauma. The show

114-701: Is a fortnightly print and online news magazine that covers political, military, economic, religious and cultural issues in Israel , the Middle East , and the Jewish world . Founded as an independent weekly publication in 1990, it now publishes 24 issues a year under the corporate umbrella of The Jerusalem Post Group, but remains editorially independent of The Jerusalem Post . The magazine features interviews with prominent personalities and in-depth news coverage, features and analyses, viewpoints and commentaries, book reviews and

133-828: Is a beacon of professionalism and sobriety in a press culture that sometimes resembles the National Hockey League." In 2004, The Jerusalem Report won the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 's Boris Smolar Award for its coverage of the Jewish World. In April 2018, senior writer Amotz Asa-El 's five-part series on the future of the Jewish people won the B'nai Brith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage. In July 2018, The Jerusalem Report sparked

152-533: The death of his wife, Nurenberger sold the newspaper for $ 30,000 to a group of community leaders that included Shoppers Drug Mart founder Murray Koffler and real estate developer Albert Latner and was led by philanthropist and businessman Ray Wolfe. Though independent, the newspaper has been owned, since 1971, by a group of Jewish leaders allied with what was then the Canadian Jewish Congress . Nurenburger soon regretted his decision, discouraged by

171-607: The impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Canada on its finances. CJN president Elizabeth Wolfe stated that "The CJN suffered from a pre-existing condition and has been felled by COVID-19 ." In May 2021, The CJN resumed publication once again, for the first time without a physical weekly newspaper. Instead, it returned at a new website, thecjn.ca, which resumed its reporting tradition. The CJN also printed its first magazine for pre-existing subscribers in March 2021, which has since continued as

190-428: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CJN&oldid=1056306368 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Canadian Jewish News The Canadian Jewish News was founded by M. J. Nurenberger ,

209-554: The new version of the paper's reticence to challenge the community's establishment, and started the Jewish Times in 1974, which was decidedly more right wing than CJN under its new management, and continued publication into the early 1990s. In 1979, the CJN adopted editorial guidelines that prevent articles from criticizing the state of Israel's security policies. By 2013, it had a circulation of 40,000 copies per week. On April 22, 2013,

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228-520: The newspaper issued termination notices to its 50 staff and announced that it will cease printing with its June 20 edition due to financial constraints. The publishers sought benefactors to provide funding that would allow the CJN to continue as an exclusively online publication less reliant on advertising. On June 14, 2013, the CJN's board announced that it would resume publication of its print edition in August 2013 after moving to smaller offices and pending

247-604: The newspaper's editor. Goldstein subsequently introduced a more diverse range of contributors to the newspaper. The content of the newly revamped paper was described as "racier" and was more reliant on freelancers. By 2016, the newspaper's subscriptions remained mostly unchanged at 31,000, but Wolfe reported advertising and subscription revenues were enough to invest in new projects. The paper announced that it would cease publication with its 9 April 2020 issue, with its final circulation estimated at 32,000. It had suffered from financial shortfalls for years, which were exacerbated by

266-561: The results of a subscription and advertising drive and various changes to the newspaper's business model. Among others, editor Mordechai Ben-Dat and senior staffer and columnist Sheldon Kirshner were let go. The newspaper was subsequently reorganized under new leadership, and with a drastically reduced staff, beginning in January 2014, with Elizabeth Wolfe, daughter of Ray Wolfe, becoming president and former Jerusalem Report , National Post and Maclean's journalist Yoni Goldstein becoming

285-574: The right in Israeli politics and was critical of the liberal leadership of the Canadian Jewish community at the time as well as community institutions such as B'nai Brith and the United Jewish Appeal , the latter for its secrecy in how it dispersed money. According to his daughter, Atara Beck, "He believed that a newspaper should be a thorn in the side of the establishment." In 1971, following

304-754: Was a featured columnist in the newspaper for several decades until his death in 1998; and Rabbi Gunther Plaut , who contributed a weekly column for many years. In its final print years, Bernie Farber and Barbara Kay were weekly columnists. The main Toronto edition of the CJN had a rotating group of guest columnists: among them were academics Norma Baumel Joseph and Norman Ravvin of Concordia University; Sarah Horowitz of York; Gil Troy of McGill; Gerald Steinberg of Bar-Ilan University , as well as Jean Gerber in Vancouver, and Rabbi Dow Marmur and Avrum Rosensweig in Toronto. Jerusalem Report The Jerusalem Report

323-763: Was appointed editor in June 2017. In 1996, The Jerusalem Report editors and staff published a biography of assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin , titled Shalom, Friend . In 1999, The Jerusalem Report correspondent Micha Odenheimer won the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 's Boris Smolar Award for his cover story titled "The Abandoned Jews of Quara," which led to the airlift of Jews from Ethiopia to Israel. In 2000, American journalist Jeffrey Goldberg referred to The Jerusalem Report as "the best periodical published in Israel, in English or Hebrew. The Jerusalem Report

342-591: Was deemed offensive by the magazine's management. Katz was rehired in September 2023. In July 2023, senior writer Maayan Hoffman won two American Jewish Press Association Rockower Awards for articles she wrote in The Jerusalem Report . The Jerusalem Report is owned by The Jerusalem Post Group, a Tel Aviv-based company controlled by Israeli businessman Eli Azur . It purchased The Jerusalem Report from Conrad Black 's Hollinger in 2004. The Jerusalem Report

361-494: Was produced in association with the Ashkenaz Foundation . At the end of 2023, longtime editor-in-chief Yoni Goldstein stepped down and was replaced by CEO Michael Weisdorf. The CJN also began hosting live podcast tapings across Toronto. Initial guests included actress Jennifer Podemski and sports broadcaster Michael Landsberg . Notable contributors to the newspaper have included Jacob Elbaz and J. B. Salsberg , who

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