termination notices to its 50 staff and announced that it will cease printing with its June 20 edition due to financial constraints. The publishers sought benefactors to provide funding that would allow the CJN to continue as an exclusively online publication less reliant on advertising. Resumption of publication and second closure On June 14, 2013, the CJN’s board announced that it would resume publication of its print edition in August 2013 after moving to smaller offices and pending the results of a subscription and advertising drive and various changes to the newspaper’s business model. Among others, editor Mordechai Ben-Dat and senior staffer and columnist Sheldon Kirshner were let go. The newspaper was subsequently reorganized under new leadership, and with a drastically reduced staff, beginning in January 2014, with Elizabeth Wolfe, daughter of Ray Wolfe, becoming president and former Jerusalem Report, National Post and Maclean's journalist Yoni Goldstein becoming the newspaper’s editor. Goldstein subsequently introduced a more diverse range of contributors to the newspaper. The content of the newly revamped paper was described as “racier” and was more reliant on freelancers. By 2016, the newspaper’s subscriptions remained mostly unchanged at 31,000, but Wolfe reported advertising and subscription revenues were enough to invest in new projects. The paper announced that it would cease publication with its 9 April 2020 issue, with its final circulation estimated at 32,000. It had suffered from financial shortfalls for years, which were exacerbated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Canada on its finances. CJN president Elizabeth Wolfe stated that “The CJN suffered from a pre-existing condition and has been felled by COVID-19.” Revival in digital form In May 2021, The CJN resumed publication once again, for the first time without a physical weekly newspaper. Instead, it returned at a new website, thecjn.ca, which resumed its reporting tradition. In addition, a new email newsletter was created, as well as several weekly podcasts, including Bonjour Chai, hosted by Rabbi Avi Finegold and actors Ilana Zackon and David Sklar; Menschwarmers, about Jews and sports; Yehupetzville, hosted by CBC veteran Ralph Benmergui; A Few of My Favourite Jews and Shticks & Giggles, interview shows by Yuk Yuks comedian Laura Leibow; and The CJN Daily, a daily newscast hosted by Ellin Bessner, author of Double Threat. In March 2021, The CJN printed their first magazine for past subscribers. It will continue publishing on a quarterly schedule in 2022. Contributors Notable