Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is an international news agency
serving Jewish community newspaper
s and media around the world. The JTA was founded on February 6, 1917, by Jacob Landau as the Jewish Correspondence Bureau in The Hague
with the mandate of collecting and disseminating news among and affecting the Jewish communities of the diaspora
. In 1919, it moved to London, under its current name.
The JTA is now headquartered in New York City
, to which it moved in 1922, and has correspondents in Washington, DC, Jerusalem, Moscow
and 30 other cities in North and South America, Israel, Europe, Africa and Australia.
The JTA is a not-for-profit corporation governed by an independent Board of Directors. It claims no allegiance to any specific branch of Judaism
or political viewpoint.
News agency
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire or news service.-History:The oldest news agency is Agence...
serving Jewish community newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s and media around the world. The JTA was founded on February 6, 1917, by Jacob Landau as the Jewish Correspondence Bureau in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
with the mandate of collecting and disseminating news among and affecting the Jewish communities of the diaspora
Jewish diaspora
The Jewish diaspora is the English term used to describe the Galut גלות , or 'exile', of the Jews from the region of the Kingdom of Judah and Roman Iudaea and later emigration from wider Eretz Israel....
. In 1919, it moved to London, under its current name.
The JTA is now headquartered in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, to which it moved in 1922, and has correspondents in Washington, DC, Jerusalem, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and 30 other cities in North and South America, Israel, Europe, Africa and Australia.
The JTA is a not-for-profit corporation governed by an independent Board of Directors. It claims no allegiance to any specific branch of Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
or political viewpoint.