Five Towns Jewish Times
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The Five Towns Jewish Times is a weekly newspaper serving the Jewish communities of the Five Towns
in southwestern Nassau County
, New York
, and the greater New York area, covering the area's large and growing Orthodox Jewish
community.
The paper grew out of publisher Larry Gordon's response to an effort in 2000 by the Lawrence municipality to limit the establishment and growth of local Orthodox synagogue
s. Gordon wrote a series of articles for the local Nassau Herald, which resulted in an abrupt policy reversal. Believing the Orthodox community needed its own media, Gordon established the 5 Towns Jewish Times. Originally published twice a month, it is now published 50 times a year.
The paper is distributed every Thursday on newsstands and in synagogues and Jewish community center
s. It is distributed for free on Long Island
and sold for $1.00 in New York City
and to weekly subscribers. The current print run each week is 20,000 papers.
Five Towns
The Five Towns is an informal grouping of villages and hamlets in Nassau County, New York, United States on the South Shore of western Long Island adjoining the border with Queens County in New York City. Despite the name, none of the communities is a town...
in southwestern Nassau County
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...
, New York
New York
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, and the greater New York area, covering the area's large and growing Orthodox Jewish
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
community.
The paper grew out of publisher Larry Gordon's response to an effort in 2000 by the Lawrence municipality to limit the establishment and growth of local Orthodox synagogue
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
s. Gordon wrote a series of articles for the local Nassau Herald, which resulted in an abrupt policy reversal. Believing the Orthodox community needed its own media, Gordon established the 5 Towns Jewish Times. Originally published twice a month, it is now published 50 times a year.
The paper is distributed every Thursday on newsstands and in synagogues and Jewish community center
Jewish Community Center
A Jewish Community Center or Jewish Community Centre is a general recreational, social and fraternal organization serving the Jewish community in a number of cities...
s. It is distributed for free on Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
and sold for $1.00 in New York City
New York City
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and to weekly subscribers. The current print run each week is 20,000 papers.