The Jewish Voice (TJV) is a conservative weekly newspaper based in Manhattan, New York, that was founded in 2003 as The Jewish Sephardic Voice.[citation needed]The Jewish Voice has a pro-Israel editorial outlook. It covers Israeli and American news (the latter focused on New York and, to a lesser extent, New Jersey and Florida). The paper describes its mission as "providing our readers with timely and thought-provoking news and opinion, from a pro-American, pro-Israel perspective". By 2025 The Jewish Voice became a multi media company, besides the weekly newspaper and sixteen platforms online (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Telegram, WhatsApp, and more).[2][bettersourceneeded]
Staff, writers, and focus
The Jewish Voice's founder and publisher is David Ben Hooren.[3][4] He is a Syrian Jew and a member of the New York Syrian Sephardic Jewish community.[5] OP-ed contributors include such conservative voices as Jerusalem Post columnist and editor Caroline Glick, former UN Ambassador John Bolton, and British journalist Melanie Phillips, among others.[1] According to Right Wing Watch, after far-right activist Laura Loomer was banned from Twitter for posting racist and Islamophobic content, she reportedly evaded her block by using The Jewish Voice's Twitter account.[6]
In March 2020, the paper reported 100 positive COVID-19 tests in Hasidic communities located in Borough Park and Williamsburg.[7] The paper urged compliance with mask-wearing, social distancing, and other health guidelines during COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Hooren reported that many Orthodox Jews felt "singled out" and targeted with the enforcement of the restrictions.[8]
