About The Jewish Star

its commitment to the highest standards of accuracy, integrity and ethics in its journalistic pursuits. By offering unbiased coverage and thorough treatment of sensitive and critical issues, the paper acts as an impetus to effect positive change.

By reporting breaking news, disseminating pertinent information, publicizing communal events, and advocating for non-profit organizations and a variety of worthy causes, The Jewish Star has become an invaluable resource which has earned readers’ trust. The Jewish Star strives to fairly represent all voices in the community it covers and is a forum for discussion and debate of relevant issues that affect local residents as well as those in the greater Jewish world.

The Jewish Star is published and distributed each Wednesday at no charge throughout the communities it serves. It has a circulation of over 10,000 — with close to half delivered by U.S. Mail to the homes and businesses of subscribers who have requested the paper. The remainder of the circulation is through curbside news boxes with The Jewish Star logo, local kosher supermarkets, and other retail establishments, and a number of prominent synagogues.

The Jewish Star began publication in 2002 led by founding Publisher and Editor Jody Bodner Dubow. It is owned by Richner Communications Inc., also the parent company of Nassau County’s award-winning Herald Community Newspapers; the Long Island Xpress chain of shopper publications; and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Riverdale Press, in The Bronx.

The publisher and editor of The Jewish Star since 2006 is Mayer Fertig. He has been the managing editor of WCBS Newsradio 880 in New York City and, as a volunteer, is a longtime substitute host and associate producer of Nachum Segal’s JM in the AM (Jewish Moments in the Morning) radio program, heard on WFMU-FM in New Jersey and New York, and around the world on the web.