Jewish Ledger Explained

Jewish Ledger
Type:	Weekly newspaper
Owner:	Henry Zachs
Founder:	Samuel Neusner and Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman
Publisher:	20/20 Media^[1]
Editor:	Judie Jacobson
Headquarters:	West Hartford, Connecticut
Circulation:	15,000^[2]
Oclc:	37017172

The Jewish Ledger is Connecticut's only weekly Jewish newspaper.^{[3] [4]} The Hartford newspaper also has a monthly edition serving the Greater Hartford and western Massachusetts area.^[5]

History

It was founded in April 1929 by Samuel Neusner (who had come to the United States from Poland at the age of 10, in 1906) and Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman.^[6] Berthold Gaster, whose father had survived the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps, became the newspaper's managing editor in 1958.^[7] Lee Neusner was publisher from 1960 to 1966, when she sold it to Gaster and Shirley Bunis.^[8] In 1992, the paper was sold to NRG Connecticut Limited Partnership.

As of 2015, the editor was Judie Jacobson.^[9] Jonathan S. Tobin, currently of The Jewish Exponent of Philadelphia, is a former editor of the Jewish Ledger.

External links

• Jewish Ledger website
• American Jewish Press Association Member Profile
• The Connecticut Jewish Ledger Obituary Database
• Jewish Ledger Facebook page

Notes and References

1. News: INTRODUCING… THE NEW! SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND JEWISH LEDGER . 17 July 2022 . Jewish Ledger . 13 January 2022 . Connecticut and Massachusetts Jewish Ledgers ... joined forces to create the Southern New England Jewish Ledger...by 20/20 Media, ... in West Hartford, Connecticut...the Ledger will switch from a weekly to a bi-weekly schedule.
2. Web site: The Exhilaration of Openness. Rochester, New York. 1 November 2012. 28 March 2016. 5 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170405072308/http://media.nanawall.com/files/Articles/The%20Exhilaration%20of%20Openness.pdf. dead.
3. Book: American Jewish year book, Book 1997. registration . 208 . jewish ledger connecticut. . 0-87495-111-9 . American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America . 1997 . David Singer . Ruth R. Seldin . February 28, 2011.
4. News: 2 from area on Jewish Ledger's 'movers and shakers' list . Norwich Bulletin . December 31, 2009 . February 28, 2011.
5. Book: The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia . Schreiber Pub.. 1-887563-77-6 . 2003 . Mordecai Schreiber . Alvin I. Schiff . Leon Klenicki . February 28, 2011.
6. Book: Hartford Jews, 1659–1970 . Connecticut Historical Society . 1970 . Morris Silverman. February 28, 2011.
7. Book: Jewish West Hartford: from city to suburb . 978-1-59629-204-8. The History Press. 2007 . Betty N. Hoffman. February 28, 2011.
8. News: Two Officials Purchase Weekly Jewish Ledger . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629034904/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/931492222.html?dids=931492222:931492222&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+10,+1967&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Two+Officials+Purchase+Weekly+Jewish+Ledger&pqatl=google . dead . June 29, 2011 . Hartford Courant . January 10, 1967 . February 28, 2011.
9. Web site: Changing of the guard – The Jewish Ledger continues under new ownership . Jewish Ledger . March 26, 2014 . November 4, 2015.