The Cleveland Jewish News is a weekly Jewish newspaper headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The newspaper contains local, national, and international news of Jewish interest.
History
It was formed in 1964. It is a successor to two Cleveland Anglo-Jewish newspapers – The Jewish Independent and the Jewish Review & Observer. The Cleveland Jewish News had as its first issue a 32-page tabloid on October 30, 1964. Arthur Weyne was its first editor. He was followed by Jerry D. Barach, and then in 1980 by Cynthia Dettelbach, and Michael E. Bennett from 2005 to 2012. Publisher and CEO Kevin S. Adelstein, joined the Cleveland Jewish News in 2013. From 1989 to 2002, the newspaper was located in Shaker Heights and University Heights. In 2002, it moved to 23880 Commerce Park, Beachwood.
Today
The Cleveland Jewish News is owned by its parent company, the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company. The CJPC publishes:
Jstyle, a quarterly magazine covering fashion, food, lifestyles and more.
Jstyle Weddings, an annual guide to helping the bride to be plan for the big day.
The SOURCE: Annual Guide to Jewish Living in Northeast Ohio, a directory with comprehensive, useful listings to help readers connect with organizations, agencies and businesses.
Bar•Bat Mitzvah, a biannual magazine focused on making the occasion meaningful and festive.
Canvas, a bi-annual, digest-sized arts, music, galleries, performance and entertainment magazine.
Balanced Family, a quarterly magazine covering parenting, aging and family life.
CJN publications have an average print distribution of 8,000 copies and reach more than 45,000 readers in Greater Cleveland. In addition to paid home delivery, the paper is available in libraries and institutions, and single copies are sold at more than 30 newsstands. In 2012, the CJN launched a digital edition of the paper, which can be viewed on any mobile device and is available on Thursday, a day earlier than the print subscription. In June 2010, the Cleveland Jewish News Foundation launched the CJN Archive: a searchable online database of the complete collection of the Cleveland Jewish News, which has been published weekly since 1964. Each week, the newest CJN is added to the archive, creating an ongoing and ever-expanding digital repository of the newspaper of record of Northeast Ohio's Jewish community. The archive ensures that the local Jewish community and public in general, wherever they are, can capture and remember events and people that shaped Jewish history. Before its creation, past CJN editions were available only on more than 200,000 pages of newsprint in large, heavy, bound volumes or on microfilm reels, to which access is limited. In 2015, The Cleveland Jewish News Foundation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Cleveland Jewish News with a community fundraising event with more than 900 attendees. Guest speakers Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein fielded questions from Adelstein on myriad of topics to keep the sold-out crowd entertained throughout the night. The proceeds of the event allowed the CJN Foundation to fulfill its promise of providing free, world-wide access to the CJN Digital Archives, including the addition of each of the predecessor newspapers to the CJN. The complete archive contains more than 125 years of Cleveland Jewish history and is accessible at . In 2008, the Cleveland Jewish Publication Co. launched LinQ2 Communications, a custom media division that partners with businesses and organizations to meet communications needs. Two of LinQ2's signature publications, Balanced Living and Museum and Galleries of Ohio and Beyond, are found on newsstands and at various locations throughout Ohio. In 2014 the company reverted to using Cleveland Jewish Publication Co. or CJPC as the name of the publishing group. In addition, this growing business has partnered with many local organizations to provide custom solutions including:
