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The Jewish Criterion (OCLC 2262915), whose editors includedJ. Leonard Levy (rabbi ofRodef Shalom) and Charles H. Joseph, was one of two weekly papers forJews in Pittsburgh. It was published 1895-1962, with the initial editor being M. K. Susman.WorldCat annotates it as the "Oldest English printed Jewish weekly representing Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia Jewry"[1]
A 1914 advertisement from the paper was used to substantiate the etymology of the word "pastrami." TheOxford English Dictionary[2] quotes:
In 1962, the newspaper was replaced by thePittsburgh Jewish Chronicle.[3]
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