Intermountain Jewish News

The Denver Jewish News was founded in 1913 after the Jewish Outlook folded.Pioneers, Peddlers and Tsadikim by Ida Libert Uchill, Boulder, Quality Line Printing (1979), {{ISBN|0-9604468-0-X}}{{rp|252}} Its first issue appeared on February 26, 1915.{{rp|277}} A February 27, 1915 article in the Rocky Mountain News said that the Denver Jewish News would become a "permanent feature of Denver's newspaper field."{{Cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014499/|title=About The Rocky Mountain news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1865-1925|website=Library of Congress}}

The newspaper was the official organ of the Central Jewish Council of Denver, which had been founded in 1912 by community leaders including Rabbi Charles E. H. Kauvar of Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol or BMH (now known as Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol-Beth Joseph, attorney and philanthropist Milton Anfenger, and Dr. Charles David Spivak of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.The Centennial History of the Jews of Colorado, 1859-1959, by Allen D. Breck, The University of Denver Department of History Series, Hirschfeld Press (1960), Page 110

Spivak, who served as the Denver Jewish News’ first editor,{{rp|277}} was a political refugee from Russia who attended medical school in Philadelphia and helped found the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in what is now Lakewood, Colorado.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jmaw.org/charles-spivak-jewish-denver/|title=Charles Spivak: Pioneer Jewish Doctor of Denver, Colorado|website=Jewish Museum of the American West}}

According to an essay on the Library of Congress’ “Chronicling America” collection, the Denver Jewish News covered Denver's East Side, consisting mostly of Reform Jews, and the West Side, consisting mostly of Eastern European (predominantly Polish and Russian) Orthodox immigrants. The newspaper covered national and regional news, including society happenings. Following World War I, the Denver Jewish News reported on relief efforts for Jews in Europe, as well as reported on an increase of anti-Semitic activity in Europe.

The earliest editions of the Denver Jewish News,{{Cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/awardees/cohi/|title=Awardee: History Colorado|website=Library of Congress}} along with the existing editions of the defunct Jewish Outlook,{{Cite news|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91052361/|title=About The Jewish outlook. (Denver, Colo.) 1903-1913|website=Library of Congress}} were selected in 2017 as part of a History Colorado grant to be added to the digital Chronicling America collection hosted by the Library of Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ijn.com/library-congress-taps-ijn/|title=Library of Congress taps IJN|author=|date=December 29, 2016|website=Intermountain Jewish News}}

In 1925, the Denver Jewish News’ then editor and Denver University economics professor Abraham D. H. Kaplan renamed the publication the Intermountain Jewish News to reflect its wider range.The Centennial History of the Jews of Colorado, 1859-1959, by Allen D. Breck, The University of Denver Department of History Series, Hirschfeld Press (1960), Page 193.

Notable editors and publishers included: Hattie Schayer Friedenthal (editor, 1917–1922), State Senator A.B. Hirschfeld (publisher, 1929–1943) and Carl Mandell (editor, 1933–1943).Intermountain Jewish News, 100th Anniversary Magazine, June 24, 2013.

In 1943, in the face of ongoing financial strains, the Central Jewish Council approached Max Goldberg, a Denver journalist and ad man, to take over the paper. Goldberg, together with Robert Gamzey, took ownership of the newspaper.{{rp|278}} Max Goldberg served as publisher from 1943 to 1972.{{Cite web|url=https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/80360657|title=Goldberg, Miriam Harris, 1916- (oral history interview)|website=researchworks.oclc.org|date=15 July 1982}} Upon his death in 1972, Miriam Harris Goldberg took over as editor and publisher{{Cite web|url=https://www.cogreatwomen.org/project/miriam-goldberg/|title=Miriam Goldberg|website=Colorado Women's Hall of Fame}} and stayed in the role until her passing in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ijn.com/miriam-h-goldberg-ijn-editor-publisher-dies-100/|title=Miriam H. Goldberg, IJN Editor and Publisher, dies at 100|date=January 12, 2017|website=Intermountain Jewish News}}

In addition to weekly publication, IJN publishes special editions approximately once a month, including three magazines: L'Chaim magazine (fall and spring) and Generations magazine (summer).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ijn.com/about-us/|title=About Us|date=April 23, 2008|website=Intermountain Jewish News}} Once every five years the IJN publishes a souvenir anniversary magazine. The 95th-anniversary magazine was published on July 7, 2008. The 100th-anniversary magazine was published on June 24, 2013. The 105th-anniversary magazine was published on June 25, 2018.

Syndicated columnists appearing in the IJN include Jonathan Tobin, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Mehmet Oz.

IJN is a member of the American Jewish Press Association (AJPA) and the Colorado Press Association.

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• [http://www.ijn.com Intermountain Jewish News online] official site
• [https://www.ajpa.org/Current-AJPA-Members American Jewish Press Association Member]

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