Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
newspaper
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle is an American weekly newspaper published every Thursday for the Jewish community in the Greater Pittsburgh Region. The newspaper is owned and distributed by the Pittsburgh Jewish Publication and Education Foundation.
History
The Jewish Criterion was established in 1895 to serve the Pittsburgh Jewish community as a weekly. In 1934, the American Jewish Outlook was established as well, and for a long time there were two newspapers to serve Jewish Pittsburghers. However, by the early 1960s, both were closed.
The founding executive editor of the Jewish Chronicle in 1962 was Albert W. Bloom, then a reporter and science editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Bloom wrote the editorials and a weekly column "People and Issues" for over 20 years. Under Bloom's leadership, the paper became one of the leading Jewish papers in the US, and ran a number of prize winning series. Bloom continued as editor until his retirement in 1983, when he also served as president of the American Jewish Press Association. Joel Roteman succeeded Bloom and edited the paper from 1984 to 2001.
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