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AUGUST 27, 2020 – 7 ELUL 5780 JEWISHVOL 44, NO 29 JOURNALJEWISHJOURNAL.ORG Jewish Journal raises over $100,000; will continue to publish JOURNAL STAFF REPORT public to help keep the presses rolling. More than four months after Almost immediately, peo- the Jewish Journal launched ple began to contribute. By an emergency fundraising the first week of May, read- campaign to keep publishing ers had donated over $55,000. the paper, the Greater Boston Also, the paper was approved Jewish and interfaith commu- to receive a loan from the fed- nity has responded – donating eral Payroll Protection Program, over $100,000, and in the pro- and through the assistance of cess, ensuring that the Journal the National Grand Bank in will continue to publish its print Marblehead, received $68,500 edition. in funding – allowing the “This is a remarkable Journal to keep employees on endorsement by the commu- the payroll. nity for Jewish journalism,” said On its pages, the paper Steven Rosenberg, the Journal’s detailed the profound impact Photo: Tess Scheflan, Activestills publisher and editor. “This Covid has had on the commu- Like their counterparts in Israel, dozens of Greater Boston Israelis are holding weekly protests. They are essentially was a referendum on nity, and readers continued to demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resign. the future of the Journal and it’s donate. By early June, $75,000 clear that our readership sees had been raised, and earlier this us as a major link to the Greater month, more than $100,000 in Boston Jewish community.” donations had been received BOSTON-AREA ISRAELIS The paper, which is free and by the Journal.
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