Gershon Jacobson
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Gershon Jacobson was the founder, editor and publisher of Der Algemeiner Journal, one of the largest Yiddish-language weekly newspapers in North America. He died at the age of 70 and lived in Brooklyn.
Born in Moscow in 1933, Jacobson began his journalistic career in Paris writing for French newspapers following the war in the early 1950s. In 1952, he and his family moved to Toronto then to New York City.
In 1953 Mr. Jacobson moved to the United States where he became the city editor for Der Tog Morgen Journal (The Day Jewish Journal), one of the largest daily Yiddish newspapers. Gershon Jacobson also worked as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune and in the 1960s replaced Elie Wiesel
as the UN correspondent for Israel
's largest daily, Yediot Acharonot
. In 1972 he founded The Algemeiner Journal, the largest Yiddish weekly newspaper, which he published and edited till his death on May 29, 2005.
The paper, printed in Yiddish with a four-page English supplement, has a circulation of 18,000.
Mr. Jacobson received an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto and a graduate degree from the Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism. He worked on The Herald-Tribune
from the late 1950s until it ceased publication in 1966, after the Tribune ceased publication, Jacobson moved to the New York Post
and then to Newsweek
, and was later city editor for Der Tog-Morgen Journal, a Yiddish-language daily. After Der Tog closed in late 1971, he founded Der Algemeiner Journal.
His 3 sons are all rabbis Simon
, Boruch and Yosef Y
., all of Brooklyn
. His 2 daughters are Freida Hecht of Norwalk/ Westport, CT and Chanie Krasnianski of New York City.
Born in Moscow in 1933, Jacobson began his journalistic career in Paris writing for French newspapers following the war in the early 1950s. In 1952, he and his family moved to Toronto then to New York City.
In 1953 Mr. Jacobson moved to the United States where he became the city editor for Der Tog Morgen Journal (The Day Jewish Journal), one of the largest daily Yiddish newspapers. Gershon Jacobson also worked as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune and in the 1960s replaced Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
Sir Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE; born September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and...
as the UN correspondent for Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
's largest daily, Yediot Acharonot
Yedioth Ahronoth
Yedioth Ahronoth is a daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since the 1970s, it has been the most widely circulated paper in Israel. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Yedioth Ahronoth retained the title of most widely read newspaper in Israel...
. In 1972 he founded The Algemeiner Journal, the largest Yiddish weekly newspaper, which he published and edited till his death on May 29, 2005.
The paper, printed in Yiddish with a four-page English supplement, has a circulation of 18,000.
Mr. Jacobson received an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto and a graduate degree from the Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Graduate School of Journalism. He worked on The Herald-Tribune
New York Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald.Other predecessors, which had earlier merged into the New York Tribune, included the original The New Yorker newsweekly , and the Whig Party's Log Cabin.The paper was home to...
from the late 1950s until it ceased publication in 1966, after the Tribune ceased publication, Jacobson moved to the New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
and then to Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, and was later city editor for Der Tog-Morgen Journal, a Yiddish-language daily. After Der Tog closed in late 1971, he founded Der Algemeiner Journal.
His 3 sons are all rabbis Simon
Simon Jacobson
Simon Jacobson is the author of Toward a Meaningful Life , founder of and publisher of the Yiddish English weekly, The Algemeiner Journal.-Life and career:...
, Boruch and Yosef Y
Yosef Jacobson
Yosef Yitzchok Jacobson , an Orthodox Chabad rabbi, is the editor of the Algemeiner Journal, a Yiddish-English weekly newspaper-Life and career:Jacobson was born in Brooklyn, New York...
., all of Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
. His 2 daughters are Freida Hecht of Norwalk/ Westport, CT and Chanie Krasnianski of New York City.