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70 Faces Media
American non-profit media organization From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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70 Faces Media is an American non-profit media organization focusing on the Jewish community. The name is a reference to the idea of the Torah having "70 faces", or multiple methods of espousal. The idea comes from the religious text Numbers Rabbah.[1]
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History
70 Faces Media formed in 2015 as a merger of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency news agency and wire service, Jewish motherhood-focused website Kveller and Jewish education website MyJewishLearning. Together the 3 platforms generated 3.4 million pageviews per month.[2]
In 2017, 70 Faces Media launched Hey Alma, an online magazine aimed at Jewish millennial women.[3]
In December 2020, 70 Faces Media acquired New York Jewish Week, a community newspaper for the Jewish community of the metropolitan New York City area.[4] The paper had suffered prior to purchase due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
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Publications
70 Faces Media publishes the following publications:
- JTA
- Kveller
- Alma
- Nosher
- MyJewishLearning
- New York Jewish Week
Funding
The organization is supported by 25 philanthropic foundations, 45 Jewish federations, and 2,000 individual donors.[2] Among its major funders are the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation,[2] the Maimonides Fund, and the Jim Joseph Foundation.[6]
References
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