''Jewish World Review'' is a politically

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

, online magazine updated Monday through Friday (except for legal holidays and holy days), which seeks to appeal to "people of faith and those interested in learning more about contemporary

Judaism Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...

from Jews who take their religion seriously.” It carries informational articles related to Judaism, dozens of syndicated columns written mostly by politically

writers, both Jewish and

Gentile ''Gentile'' () is a word that today usually means someone who is not Jewish. Other groups that claim Israelite heritage, notably Mormons, have historically used the term ''gentile'' to describe outsiders. More rarely, the term is used as a synony ...

advice column An advice column is a column in a question and answer format. Typically, a (usually anonymous) reader writes to the media outlet with a problem in the form of a question, and the media outlet provides an answer or response. The responses are w ...

s on a number of issues, and cartoons."About JWR"
"Jewish World Review", access date August 9, 2009. The founder and editor-in-chief, Binyamin L. Jolkovsky, is a rabbinical school graduateDreher, Ro
"World on a Shoestring: What is the fate of the Jewish World Review?"
WSJ Opinion Archives, January 25, 2002. and a former correspondent for '' Yated Ne'eman'', an Israeli daily. Jolkovsky, Binyamin L.br>"Mideast Mayhem:Give War a Chance"

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...

Opinion Archives, March 5, 2002. In 2023, Jolkovsky claimed the site was now “among the oldest surviving non-corporate sites on the web." Although the magazine is written to appeal to

Orthodox Jews Orthodox Judaism is a collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as literally revealed by God on Mount Sinai and faithfully tr ...

, Jolkovsky said he seeks a broader readership because "there are a lot of Christians who live Jewish values better than some Jews." Regarding his magazine's political orientation, he said: "It is hard to understand a religious person who votes Democrat...

Maimonides Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (, ) and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (), was a Sephardic rabbi and Jewish philosophy, philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah schola ...

, the great Jewish philosopher, said there are ten levels of charity,

tzedakah ''Tzedakah'' ( ''ṣədāqā'', ) is a Hebrew word meaning "righteousness", but commonly used to signify ''charity''. This concept of "charity" differs from the modern Western understanding of "charity". The latter is typically understood as ...

. The highest level is making a person self-sufficient, which sounds like what the GOP wants to do."D'Agostino, Joseph
"Conservative spotlight: Binyamin L Jolkovsky" /'
, Human Events, April 9, 2001.

Political positions

The magazine's first edition said it would not be "preachy or partisan". It is described by the Center for Media and Democracy as "politically conservative and religiously-minded".

References

External links

Official website
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