{"id":31011,"date":"2018-11-30T03:52:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T11:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=31011"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:02:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T22:02:57","slug":"ji-awarded-for-its-editorials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2018\/11\/30\/ji-awarded-for-its-editorials\/","title":{"rendered":"JI awarded for its editorials"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual American Jewish Press Association\u2019s Simon Rockower Awards recognize excellence in Jewish journalism. Once again, the Jewish Independent<\/em> has been honoured with a Rockower for its work, winning first prize in its circulation category for editorial writing.<\/p>\n

The JI<\/em>\u2019s editorial board \u2013 Basya Laye, Pat Johnson and Cynthia Ramsay \u2013 were recognized for the op-eds \u201cHow we memorialize the past,\u201d \u201cSukkah more than symbolic\u201d and \u201cThe year it all changed.\u201d All of these editorials \u2013 and other opinion pieces and articles published by the JI<\/em> can be found at jewishindependent.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe year it all changed<\/a>\u201d (June 2, 2017) discusses the turning point that Canada\u2019s 100th birthday represented, when we \u201ccame into our own as a country,\u201d and the significance of that year for Israel and Diaspora Jews: \u201cThe Six Day War, which began June 5, 1967, literally and figuratively reshaped Israel, the Middle East, Diaspora Jewry and global diplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow we memorialize the past<\/a>\u201d (Sept. 1, 2017) uses the racist rally in Charlottesville, Va., which \u201cwas ignited, ostensibly, by the removal (or threatened removal) of Confederate commemorative statues and plaques,\u201d as a jumping off point to talk about how communities and societies commemorate the people and events of the past, including here in Canada.<\/p>\n

Finally, \u201cSukkah more than symbolic<\/a>\u201d (Oct. 6, 2017) notes, \u201cFor most of us, the sukkah is but a symbol of our wandering in the desert all those years ago, a symbol to remind us to be humble, empathetic, grateful. However, for many living in Metro Vancouver, including members of our own community, homelessness is a reality.\u201d It highlights some of the initiatives undertaken by Tikva Housing Society and the barriers to finding housing. It notes that indigenous people continue to represent the highest proportion of homeless, and that there are tens of thousands of people at risk of becoming homeless. It concludes, \u201cthere is a lot of work to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s awards \u2013 honouring articles published in 2017 \u2013 were presented at the 37th Annual Simon Rockower Awards<\/a> banquet, held in conjunction with the AJPA\u2019s 2018 annual conference June 17-19 in Cleveland, Ohio. Second place in the under-15,000 circulation category went to the St. Louis Jewish Light<\/em>, based in St. Louis, Mo. Winners in the 15,000-plus circulation category were the Forward<\/em> (New York, N.Y.), taking first place, and the Jewish Standard<\/em> (Teaneck, N.J.) placing second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The annual American Jewish Press Association\u2019s Simon Rockower Awards recognize excellence in Jewish journalism. Once again, the Jewish Independent has been honoured with a Rockower for its work, winning first prize in its circulation category for editorial writing. The JI\u2019s editorial board \u2013 Basya Laye, Pat Johnson and Cynthia Ramsay \u2013 were recognized for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4021,7883,1276,6531,2529,4022],"class_list":["post-31011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-ji","tag-ajpa","tag-awards","tag-jewish-independent","tag-journalism","tag-newspapers","tag-rockower"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}