not for profit news agency industry news media founded february 6 1917 ; 99 years ago 1917 02 06 founder jacob landau headquarters new york city usa key people ami eden editor in chief products wire service 1 website www.jta.org the jewish telegraphic agency jta is an international news agency and wire service serving jewish community newspapers and media around the world with 88 subscriber outlets listed on its web site . 2 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the jta was founded on february 6 1917 by jacob landau as the jewish correspondence bureau in the hague with the mandate of collecting and disseminating news among and affecting the jewish communities of the diaspora 3 4 5 6 especially from the european war fronts . 7 in 1919 it moved to london under its current name . 5 8 9 in 1922 the jta moved its headquarters to new york city . 5 by 1925 over 400 newspapers jewish and general subscribed to the jta . its cable service improved the quality and range of jewish periodicals . 7 today it has correspondents in washington dc jerusalem moscow and 30 other cities in north and south america israel europe africa and australia . the jta covers news of interest to the jewish community though it is also committed to journalistic detachment . 7 the jta is a not for profit corporation governed by an independent board of directors . it claims no allegiance to any specific branch of judaism or political viewpoint . we respect the many jewish and israel advocacy organizations out there but jta has a different mission to provide readers and clients with balanced and dependable reporting wrote jta editor in chief and ceo and publisher ami eden . he gave the example of the jta s coverage of the mavi marmara activist ship . 2 see also edit ron kampeas jta washington d.c. bureau chief references edit joe sterling january 22 2012 . jewish paper s column catches secret service s eye . cnn . retrieved 14 october 2013 . a b fledgling jewish news service rocks boat with strident pro israel message challenges jta for slice of jewish newspaper market by josh nathan kazis forward issue of july 5 2013 american jewish committee jewish publication society of america 1920 . american jewish year book . retrieved june 30 2011 . willard learoyd sperry 1971 . religion and our divided denominations . retrieved june 30 2011 . a b c yivo archives fruma mohrer marek web yivo institute for jewish research 1998 . guide to the yivo archives . retrieved june 30 2011 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link otto dov kulka . deutsches judentum unter dem nationalsozialismus . mohr siebeck . retrieved june 30 2011 . a b c jonathan d. sarna . the american jewish press . the oxford handbook of religion and the american news media pdf . oxford university press . p. 544 . isaiah berlin ; henry hardy 2004 . isaiah berlin ; letters 1928 1946 . cambridge university press . retrieved june 30 2011 . verena dohrn july 28 2009 . diplomacy in the diaspora the jewish telegraphic agency in berlin 1922 1933 . leo baeck institute yearbook . retrieved june 30 2011 . external links edit official website jewish telegraphic agency its function importance and service to jewry a universal clearing house for jewish news a medium for international understanding 1929 v t e jewish life in the united states major communal organizations b nai b rith jewish community centers jewish federations of north america local jewish federations major federal liaisons and policy organizations not focused exclusively on israel american jewish committee american jewish congress anti defamation league conference of presidents religious action center jewish community relations councils jcrcs jewish council for public affairs jewish environmental groups jewish institute for national security affairs jinsa national jewish democratic council republican jewish coalition white house jewish liaison jewish labor committee major foreign assistance organizations american jewish world service joint distribution committee hebrew immigrant aid society united israel appeal major israel policy education and outreach organizations ameinu american israel public affairs committee aipac american israeli cooperative enterprise aice americans for peace now berman jewish policy archive birthright israel hadassah israeli american council israel project j street jewish voice for peace jewish women s archive masa israel journey middle east media research institute nefesh b nefesh new israel fund the louis d. brandeis center for human rights under law ldb zionist organization of america major domestic and neighborhood assistance organizations chaverim hatzalah shomrim tomchei shabbos major religious movement organizations and associated rabbinical membership and policy body ; 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