''Jewcy'' is an

online magazine An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to an online only magazine was the comput ...

of Jewish pop culture and offbeat news. The site was launched on November 15, 2006. ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'' has described ''Jewcy'' as "a

cultural icon A cultural icon is a person or an cultural artifact, artifact that is identified by members of a culture as representative of that culture. The process of identification is subjective, and "icons" are judged by the extent to which they can be seen ...

" and "at the forefront of a reinvention of

Jewish identity Jewish identity is the objective or subjective sense of perceiving oneself as a Jew and as relating to being Jewish. It encompasses elements of nationhood, "The Jews are a nation and were so before there was a Jewish state of Israel" "Jews are ...

by young US Jews". ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' has described ''Jewcy'' as part of "the Jewish Hipster movement". In October 2009, the not-for-profit

JDub Records JDub Records was a non-profit record and event production company that produced Jewish music and cross cultural musical dialogue. JDub, unlike most record labels, derived half its annual income from foundations and individual donors and the other ...

announced that it had adopted ''Jewcy'', making it a new project of the seven-year-old organization. Jewcy had over 100,000 unique visitors monthly and over 1,000 bloggers. Lilit Marcus served as editor-in-chief until February 2010, when Jason Diamond took over the position. In 2011,

Tablet Magazine ''Tablet'' is a conservative American magazine focused on Jewish news and culture, featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, and essays. It was founded in 2009 by editor-in-chief Alana Newhouse and is supported by the Nextbook foundation ...

acquired Jewcy, and the former has been Jewcy's "big sister" site ever since. Jewcy went on hiatus in 2018, and became active again in August 2021.

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* Hipster (contemporary subculture) Internet properties established in 2006 Websites about Jews and Judaism Online magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 2006 Jewish magazines published in the United States {{reli-media-stub