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In honor of Israel’s 75th anniversary, Jewish Action interviewed, videoed and transcribed the firsthand testimonies of those who witnessed the miraculous birth of the Jewish state in 1948. Interviewees include Rabbanit Miriam Hauer, the mother of OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer; Rabbanit Puah Shteiner, author of Forever My Jerusalem; and famed historian and speaker Rabbi Berel Wein. Rabbanit Hauer’s video received more than 33,000 views, the OU’s highest-performing Instagram post since last summer.
For the first time, readers will have online access to every issue of Jewish Life, the predecessor to Jewish Action, published from 1946 – 1982. This remarkable glimpse into American Jewish history is part of a larger project Jewish Action is undertaking to digitize its full archive, which includes 77 years of exceptional Jewish journalism.
Jewish Action’s monthly digital newsletter is growing at a rapid pace. Each newsletter features exclusive articles, cultivated content from the print issue and gems from our rich archive on topics including kashrus, contemporary Jewish issues, Israel, the yomim tovim, recipes, Jewish thought, Jewish history, book reviews and so much more. Over the past three years, the newsletter has grown from 5,700 subscribers to more than 9,000—a 58 percent increase.
In 2023, Jewish Action won seven AJPA Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism, considered the Pulitzers of the Jewish world.