Outlet profile

JNS

U.S./Israeli right-of-center, pro-Israel (hawkish)

Owned byPrivately held by its publishers, Russel Pergament and Joshua Katzen. It is the exclusive U.S. distributor of content from Israel Hayom, a daily owned by the Adelson family. The nonprofit and business structure is not fully public.

FundingPhilanthropic donations plus syndication and advertising. The Adelson Family Foundation was reported (2015 and 2020) to be its largest funder. Other donors include pro-Israel individuals and foundations. Current donor details are not fully disclosed.

On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

JNS launched in September 2011 as the Jewish News Service. It was set up with an exclusive U.S. distribution deal for Israel Hayom, the free Israeli daily owned by Sheldon Adelson. It supplies articles to Jewish newspapers and websites in the U.S. and elsewhere. It is published by Russel Pergament and Joshua Katzen, and Jonathan S. Tobin has been editor-in-chief. A 2015 report found the Adelson Family Foundation had committed at least $1.2 million to it. In 2020 Sheldon Adelson was still reported as its largest single donor. JNS describes itself as providing trusted, fact-based reporting that cuts through media bias, but observers have called it more hawkish than the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Its coverage and opinion pages generally favor Israeli government security positions and are skeptical of Democrats and the foreign-policy establishment on Israel. In 2026 it has covered Trump's backing of Netanyahu, his statements on Iran, and White House outreach to Jewish leaders in largely favorable terms. This profile relies on search-result summaries rather than a full review of recent coverage or current financial disclosures.

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Profile compiled 2026-10-30; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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