The American Jewish World

Newspaper in Minnesota

The American Jewish WorldVoices of Minnesota's Jewish Community

Type| Monthly
Format| Tabloid
Owner(s)| Minnesota Jewish Media, L.L.C.
Founder(s)| Samuel Deinard
Publisher| Mordecai Specktor
Editor| Mordecai Specktor
Founded| June 12, 1912; 112 years ago (1912-06-12)
Language| English
Headquarters| Minneapolis
City| Minnesota
Country| United States
ISSN| 0002-9084
Website| ajwnews.com

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The American Jewish World is a newspaper published in Minnesota. It began as a 16-page weekly on June 12, 1912, as a means of uniting Jews from Minnesota behind the cause of Zionism.[1] In 1964 the newspaper changed to a five-column tabloid format. In 2009 publication changed to biweekly, and as subscriptions and advertising revenue continued to fall it switched to a monthly schedule from March 2019.

## History

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The paper was founded by Samuel Deinard, an Eastern European Jew who arrived in Minneapolis in 1901 to serve as the rabbi of Reform Judaism Temple Shaarei Tov.[2] He had first launched a newspaper titled Jewish Progress in 1904 and Judean in 1905 but these both soon failed. He launched another weekly paper Scribe in 1907 which included a four-page Yiddish supplement. This too failed, and in 1912 he launched Jewish Weekly which lasted six months. It relaunched as American Jewish World (AJW) in 1915.[3]

In 1921, Deinard died suddenly age 48. The assistant editor Frisch. Rabbi C. David Matt of the Adath Jeshurun Congregation took over as publisher, maintaining the role for over 60 years.

## References

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1. ^ "The American Jewish World". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
2. ^ "About the AJW". American Jewish World. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
3. ^ "American Jewish World". MNopedia. Retrieved 2022-10-17.

* "The American Jewish World (Minneapolis; St. Paul) 1915-Current". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
* Hopfensperger, Jean. "American Jewish World marks 100 years of newsmaking". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2022-10-17.

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