The Paper was founded by Rabbi Shalom Klass and Raphael Schreiber. It debuted as a national weekly in 1960, and is not the largest independent Jewish newspaper in the United States.
The Jewish press champions Torah values from a modern Orthodox perspective. "The paper has been a tireless advocate on behalf of the State of Israel, Soviet Jewry, and agunot (women whose husbands refuse to grant them a religious divorce), and has taken the lead in urging a greater communal openness in addressing domestic violence and other social ills."(www.thejewishpress.com)