Jewish Telegraphic Agency
New York nonprofit news agency covering Jewish communities since 1917
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is an international news agency and wire service serving Jewish community newspapers and media. It was founded on 6 February 1917 in The Hague by Jacob Landau as the Jewish Correspondence Bureau, took its current name in London in 1919 and moved its headquarters to New York in 1922.Sources:1Wikipedia: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
JTA is part of 70 Faces Media, a not-for-profit corporation governed by an independent board of directors, formed in 2015 when JTA merged with MyJewishLearning. The agency says it has "no allegiance to any specific branch of Judaism or political viewpoint" and that it receives "funding from an array of sources"; 70 Faces Media describes grants from foundations and individuals.Sources:1Wikipedia: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)2JTA: About Us, JTA (source, opens in a new tab)370 Faces Media: Support 70 Faces Media, 70 Faces Media (source, opens in a new tab)
Who it favours
We have not analysed Jewish Telegraphic Agency's coverage yet. When we do, this shows which side its articles favoured, story by story.
Who controls it
Whoever owns an outlet, provides most of its money or directs it controls it. Our rule.
No government, party or politician is documented as its owner, main funder or director.
"Our organization has no allegiance to any specific branch of Judaism or political viewpoint."
Owners, funders and directors
- Owner70 Faces MediaNot-for-profit parent, governed by an independent board Sources:1Wikipedia: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)2JTA: About Us, JTA (source, opens in a new tab)
As documented, nearest first. Each note says what the source supports.
- Ownership disclosed on its site
- Published corrections policy
- Funding disclosed
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How we use it
0 stories cite Jewish Telegraphic Agency directly, and 2 more through other outlets that carried its reporting.
- Policing and protest 2
- Religion and politics 1
- Youth protests 2026 1
- Cost of living 1
- Palestine solidarity 1
October 2026
- Paris synagogue broken into and Jewish-owned shops burned in Marseille during riotsPrayer books were scattered and Torah scrolls left unharmed; the SPCJ found no evidence Jewish sites were deliberately targeted.
- Half a million join youth-led cost-of-living protests across FranceStudents, unions and yellow-vest groups marched over living costs and fuel prices; dozens were detained in Paris.
Outside left–right raters
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Media Bias/Fact Check: Least Biased (checked 24 Oct 2026)
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