The Jerusalem Post is an English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post. In 1950, it changed its name to The Jerusalem Post. In 2004, the paper was bought by Mirkaei Tikshoret, a diversified Israeli media firm controlled by investor Eli Azur (who in 2014 also acquired the newspaper Maariv).[3] The Jerusalem Post is published in English. Previously, it also had a French edition.
The paper describes itself as being in the Israeli political center,[4] but widely seen as center-right in Israel;[1] its editorial line is critical of political corruption,[5] and supportive of the separation of religion and state in Israel.[6] It is also a strong proponent of greater investment by the State of Israel in World Jewry and educational programs for the Jewish diaspora.[7]
The broadsheet newspaper is published daily Sunday to Friday, except for Jewish religious holidays and Independence Day, with no edition appearing on Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath). Regular opinion columnists write on subjects such as religion, foreign affairs and economics.
History
The first attempt to establish an English-language newspaper in Jerusalem was The Jerusalem News, established in 1919 under the auspices of the Christian Science movement, but this had no relationship to The Jerusalem Post.
The Palestine Bulletin, 1925–1932
The direct journalistic ancestry of The Jerusalem Post can be traced to The Palestine Bulletin, which was founded in January 1925 by Jacob Landau of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA).[8] It was owned by the Palestine Telegraphic Agency, which was in practice part of the JTA even though it was legally separate.[8]
On 1 November 1931, editorship of the Bulletin was taken over by Gershon Agronsky (later Agron), a Jewish journalist who had immigrated to Palestine from the United States.[9] In March 1932, a dispute arose between Landau and Agronsky, which Agronsky resolved to settle by establishing an independent newspaper.
Products and services
Influencer lists
The Jerusalem Post has been publishing an annual list of the world's "50 most influential Jews" since 2010.[43] The list is released on Rosh Hashanah. In 2023, The Jerusalem Post announced the launch of a "50 most influential Jews" congress, including an awards ceremony for the honorees.[44]
Magazines
The Jerusalem Post also publishes a monthly magazine, IVRIT, edited by Sarit Yalov. Its target audience is people learning the Hebrew language and it is described as "an easy-Hebrew" publication, meant for improving basic Hebrew reading skills. It uses the vowel notation system to make comprehension of the Hebrew abjad simpler.[45] The Jerusalem Report
Editors
- Gershon Agron (1932–1955)
- Ted Lurie (1955–1974)
- Lea Ben Dor (1974–1975)
- Ari Rath and Erwin Frenkel (1975–1989)
- N. David Gross (1990–1992)
- David Bar-Illan (1992–1996)
- Jeff Barak (1996–1999)
- David Makovsky (1999–2000)
- Carl Schrag (2000)
- Jeff Barak (2000–2002)
- Bret Stephens (2002–2004)
- David Horovitz (2004–2011)
- Steve Linde (2011–2016)[48]
- Yaakov Katz (2016–2023)
Agron family
Gershon Agron founded the newspaper and served as its editor until he went into public service. One of his early reporters was his nephew Martin Agronsky, who later became a famous American political journalist.[51] Agronsky left the paper after only a year.[52] He felt he had been hired out of nepotism and didn't like this, wanting to earn his jobs.[53][54]
Agron's son Dani Agron worked for the newspaper, serving as its business manager in the 1970s,[55] while his wife Ethel wrote for Hadassah Magazine.[56]
See also
- List of newspapers in Israel
Sources
External links
- Palestine Bulletin—complete searchable contents 1925–1932
- Palestine Post—complete searchable contents 1932–1950
References
- The Jerusalem Post Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 November 2023, retrieved 19 June 2022^
- "On the issue of defense, the paper moved editorially in the post-1990 years between a centrist position under David Makovsky (1999–2000) and David Horowitz (2004– ) as editors, and a right-wing position under David *Bar-Illan (1990–96) and Brett [sic] Stephens (2002–4). A neo-liberal capitalist outlook on economic and financial affairs replaced the socialist outlook of earlier years." Jerusalem Post Encyclopedia Judaica, 2007, retrieved 22 February 2015^