The Long Island Jewish World is a weekly, subscription based publication

Publication

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 that covers local, domestic and international events for the Jewish communities of the metropolitan New York City

New York City

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 area. The publication is a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Publishing and Printing. Empire also publishes The Manhattan Jewish Sentinel and The Rockland and Westchester Jewish Tribune.

Beginning

The Long Island Jewish World was founded in Great Neck, NY

Great Neck, New York

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 and first printed in 1976 by Jerrome Wm. Lippman. Mr. Lippman continues to be the publisher/editor of the newspaper. The publications are among the largest independently owned and operated Jewish weeklies in the United States

United States

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. The weekly circulation of the Long Island Jewish World is 25,000 copies.

Content

The editorial content of the Long Island Jewish World is a mix of social and political nature commonly featuring open letter

Open letter

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s, op-ed

Op-ed

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s and submissions from some of the top names in journalism

Journalism

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 and politics

Politics

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, locally and abroad. The content also spans the spectrum of the Jewish community from the Orthodox

Orthodox Judaism

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 to the modern, secular Jew

Secular Jewish culture

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.

External links

• http://www.urielheilman.com/inbal.html
• http://www.taniagrossinger.com/manhattanJewish.html
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Neck-NY/Long-Island-Jewish-World/218419348172616
• http://www.jewishpublications.org
• http://www.lijewishworld.com
• http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn79007745/