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The Canadian Jewish News (CJN) has served Canada’s Jewish community for 60 years, but it could not survive the economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Post has learned that the CJN will cease its print and web operations after publishing its April 9 edition. Its president, Elizabeth Wolfe, said an official announcement will be made on its website before that time.

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“It was a very difficult decision to make,” said Wolfe. “The CJN had faced all of the challenges of the industry in the last several years due to the decline of advertising in print media. We had experienced losses but had hoped to find ways to continue to operate. The coronavirus pandemic significantly impacted our revenues.

“While we have always viewed ourselves as an essential service to the Canadian Jewish community and our readers, our first priority is to our employees, many of whom have been with the CJN for many years. We felt it was important to protect any severance we could provide to them, rather than to continue to incur losses that we could not recoup. It is very unfortunate that we will no longer be able to inform and support our community during this crisis.”