Jewish World Review

Jewish World Review is free, online magazine updated Monday through Friday (except for legal holidays and holy days

Jewish holiday

A Jewish holiday or festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history...

), which seeks to appeal to "people of faith and those interested in learning more about contemporary Judaism

Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts...

 from Jews who take their religion seriously." It carries informational articles related to Judaism, dozens of syndicated columns written mostly by politically conservative

Conservatism

Conservatism is the diverse political and social philosophy that supports tradition and the status quo, or that calls for a return to the values and society of an earlier age, the status quo ante. However, the term has been used by politicians and political commentators with a variety of meanings...

 writers, both Jewish and Gentile

Gentile

The term Gentile refers to non-Israelite tribes or nations in English translations of the Bible, most notably the King James Version....

, advice columns on a number of issues, and cartoons.

The founder and editor-in-chief, Binyamin L. Jolkovsky, is a rabbinical school graduate and a former correspondent for Yated Ne'eman, an Israeli daily.

Although the magazine is written to appeal to Orthodox Jews

Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim.Orthodox...

, Jolkovsky has said he seeks a broader readership because "there are a lot of Christians who live Jewish values better than some Jews." Regarding his magazine's political orientation, he has said: "It is hard to understand a religious person who votes Democrat. . . Maimonides, the great Jewish philosopher, said there are ten levels of charity, tzedakah. The highest level is making a person self-sufficient, which sounds like what the GOP wants to do."