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{{Short description|Hebrew-language daily newspaper based in Jerusalem for a Haredi readership}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = Hamodia
| logo               = Hamodia.svg
| image              = [[Image:Hamodia-newspaper.jpg|border]]
| caption            = Front page of Hebrew ''Hamodia'' daily
| type               = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format             = [[Broadsheet]]
| founded            = 1950
| publisher          = Ruth Lichtenstein
| political_position = [[Haredi Judaism]]
| language           = [[Hebrew-language|Hebrew]]
| headquarters       = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| editor             =
| website            = {{URL|hamodia.com}}
| circulation        = 
| publishing_country = United States, Israel 
}}
'''''Hamodia''''' ({{langx|he|המודיע}} – "''the Informer''") is a Jewish daily newspaper, published in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew-language]] in [[Jerusalem]] and [[English language|English-language]] in the United States, as well as weekly English-language editions in England and Israel. A weekly edition for [[French language|French-speaking]] readers debuted in 2008. The newspaper's slogan is "The Newspaper of Torah Jewry". It comes with two magazines, ''Inyan'' and ''Insight''. ''[[Haaretz]]'', the newspaper of Israel's secular left, describes ''Hamodia'' as one of the "most powerful" newspapers in the [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] community.<ref name="Chizhik-Goldschmidt">{{cite news|last1=Chizhik-Goldschmidt|first1=Avital|title=Inside the World of ultra-Orthodox Media: Haredi Journalists Tell It Like It Is|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/.premium-1.669916|access-date= August 11, 2015|work=[[Haaretz]]|date= August 11, 2015}}</ref>

==History==
''Hamodia'' was founded in 1950 by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Levin, son of the [[Agudat Israel]] leader Rabbi [[Yitzhak-Meir Levin]] of [[Warsaw]] and [[Jerusalem]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2012-11-12 |title=Ruth Lichtenstein |url=https://forward.com/news/165737/ruth-lichtenstein/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref>

Its current director general is Rabbi Chaim Moshe Knopf, and its deputy director general is Knopf's son, Rabbi Elazar Knopf.<ref>Marks, Yehudah. "Mrs. Leah Knopf, ''a"h''". ''Hamodia'', April 19, 2012, p. A24.</ref>

==English-language edition==
The English-language edition of ''Hamodia'' is published by Levin's daughter, Ruth Lichtenstein.<ref name=":0" /> It was first printed on 27 February 1998 as a weekly paper, and on 15 December 2003 it expanded to include a daily publication as well. The daily edition is published from Monday to Friday, with no edition appearing on Saturday (the [[Jewish Sabbath]]), Sunday, or the week of [[Passover]], or the week of [[Sukkot]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamodia ([Brooklyn, Ny]) |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn99032540/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> The weekly edition is printed on Wednesdays, and includes expanded sections and two glossy magazines: ''Inyan'' and ''Insight''. The English-language ''Hamodia'' is published in four editions: United States (daily and weekly), Israel (weekly only), Australia (weekly only), and Britain (weekly only).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lauter |first=Devorah |date=2008-07-14 |title=Orthodox paper launches in Australia |url=https://www.jta.org/2008/07/14/default/orthodox-paper-launches-in-australia |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref> The daily edition of the American ''Hamodia'' is also available in a digital online edition, which is updated throughout the day. The American version is the first [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] Jewish daily newspaper ever published in English in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berkman |first=Jacob |date=2008-02-12 |title=Hamodia turns 10 and no Hillary photos |url=https://www.jta.org/2008/02/12/politics/hamodia-turns-10-and-no-hillary-photos |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref> The newspaper has a website plus print circulation of 160,000.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldman |first1=Laura |title=The Back Story |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-back-story-on-the-kensington-fire-property-owners-2012-5 |website=Business Insider.com |access-date= August 23, 2020}}</ref>

==Editorial policy==
Its editorial policy reflects the Haredi point of view. Although [[Zionism#Haredi Judaism and Zionism|not Zionist, on ideological grounds]], it is right of center in its Israeli coverage. It is very vociferous on the thorny issue of Jerusalem, and opposes even minimal concessions. It includes editorials on all sides of American political and economic issues.

The publication prohibits photographs of women on its pages and website. It avoids [[sensationalism]] and reveling in tragedies.<ref name="Chizhik-Goldschmidt" /> As Haredi culture shuns television, internet usage, and the reading of [[secular]] newspapers, ''Hamodia'' is one of the few news sources available to many of its readers. At first, the publishers refused to produce an internet edition of ''Hamodia'', but it now exists.

==Notable journalists and writers==
*[[Dovid Kaplan]], ''[[Jewish education|chinuch]]'' (Jewish education) columnist<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrB7EllYTvkC&pg=PR10|title=Polishing Diamonds: Bringing out the sparkle in our children|year=2005|isbn=965-90652-5-6|publisher=Hamodia Publishing|first=Dovid|last=Kaplan|pages=IX-X}}</ref> 
* [[Issamar Ginzberg]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ginzberg|first1=Issamar|title=Why Strangers Are Better Than Friends|url=http://www.issamar.com/wp-content/uploads/20141001_XHM_FBY_PG0551.pdf|work=Hamodia|issue=FEATURES|date=October 1, 2014|quote=A big mistake many of us make is assuming that if we are going into business, we should look for who we know in that business.|access-date=October 2, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006120946/http://www.issamar.com/wp-content/uploads/20141001_XHM_FBY_PG0551.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ginzberg|first1=Issamar|title=Copywriting and TRWN The most important business formula you've never come across|url=http://www.issamar.com/wp-content/uploads/20140923_XHM_FBY_PG058-11.pdf|work=Hamodia|date=September 23, 2014|access-date=October 2, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091540/http://www.issamar.com/wp-content/uploads/20140923_XHM_FBY_PG058-11.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Tziporah Heller]], columnist<ref name="Heller">{{Cite news |last=Heller |first=Tziporah |url=https://hamodia.com/2017/07/12/every-jew-precious/ |title=Every Jew Is Precious |date=July 12, 2017 |work=Hamodia |access-date= April 18, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Abraham J. Twerski]]<ref name="Twersky">{{Cite news |last= Twersky |first=Harav Boruch Benzion |url=https://hamodia.com/2015/01/06/vanquish-yetzer-hara/ |title=To Vanquish the Yetzer Hara |date=January 6, 2015 |work=Hamodia |access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Israeli newspapers]]
*[[Binah (magazine)|''Binah'' magazine]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hamodia.com Official website]
*[http://www.hamodia.co.uk/ Official UK website]

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