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The Jewish Press

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The Jewish Press is an American weekly newspaper based in Brooklyn, New York , and geared toward the Modern Orthodox Jewish community.1 It describes itself as "America's Largest Independent Jewish Weekly". The Jewish Press has an online version which is updated daily.2 The New York Times published a Jewish Press circulation number of 125,000 in 1993, and, in discussing competition and readership, estimated that "About 250,000 ... currently receive a Jewish weekly newspaper.3

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Then

american weekly newspaper

Now

american weekly newspaper based in brooklyn

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