KTAV Publishing House is a
publishing house
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located in
Brooklyn, New York
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.
Ktav means "to write" in Hebrew.
Jewish education
Jewish education ( he, חינוך, ''Chinuch'') is the transmission of the tenets, principles, and religious laws of Judaism. Known as the "people of the book", Jews value education, and the value of education is strongly embedded in Jewish cu ...
al texts since the middle of the 20th century. In 2004, Ktav was designated a Parents' Choice Award
The Parents' Choice Award was an award presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, and of varied skill and interest levels." It was considered a "prest ...
-Winning company.
History
Ktav Publishing House was founded in 1921, and took on its name in the late 1920s when it began publishing notebooks.Manhattan
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, in Hoboken, New Jersey
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, Jersey City
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Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...]
.[ From 1984 when it moved from Manhattan, and as of 1992, the publishing house was located in Hoboken's industrial district, and was part of a $3-million-a-year publishing and novelty enterprise.][
Ktav in 1992 had a catalog of over 700 titles, and in 2008 its catalog included textbooks, ]siddur
A siddur ( he, סִדּוּר ; plural siddurim ) is a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers. The word comes from the Hebrew root , meaning 'order.'
Other terms for prayer books are ''tefillot'' () among Sephardi Jews, ' ...
s (Jewish prayer books), scholarly works, and books on spirituality.[ It published approximately 25 new books every year in 1992, and 15 or 16 new books every year in 2008.][ Some of Ktav's books were anticipated to sell only a few hundred copies, while others were anticipated to sell in greater numbers.][
In 2004, Ktav was designated a ]Parents' Choice Award
The Parents' Choice Award was an award presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, and of varied skill and interest levels." It was considered a "prest ...
-Winning company.
As of 2014, the owner and CEO of Ktav is Moshe Heller who previously had founded Urim Publications in 1997 which is an independent publishing house based in Jerusalem and New York.
References
External links
Ktav Publishing House homepage
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Publishing companies established in 1924
Publishing companies of the United States
1924 establishments in New York (state)
Companies based in Brooklyn
Book publishing companies based in New York (state)
Jewish printing and publishing
Hebrew language
American companies established in 1924