National Jewish newspaper has published for 42 years.
from the Canadian Jewish News
The Canadian Jewish News will cease publishing in two months. The board of directors arrived at the decision on Friday, April 19, having regard to the fact that there were still assets on hand with which to provide meaningful severance to the newspaper’s employees and to wind up operations properly.
Donald Carr, president of The CJN, announced the decision to close the newspaper “with great sadness.”
The current incarnation of The CJN was founded some 42 years ago. It was the initiative of the late Ray Wolfe, businessman and philanthropist. Wolfe brought together a consortium of individuals who bought the newspaper from Meyer Nurenberger and converted it into an award-winning, nationally oriented, weekly newspaper whose mission was “to serve the Jewish People, in Canada, in Israel and in all its habitations.”
With its head office in Toronto, the newspaper published weekly editions in Toronto and Montreal.
The CJN fell victim to the tsunami-like changes that are currently sweeping across the print newspaper industry.
More information will become available to subscribers in the days ahead.
The last edition of The CJN will be June 20, 2013.
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