WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Canadian Jewish News won a Rockower Award for newspaper excellence at the annual conference of the American Jewish Press Association (AJPA) in Washington D.C., last week.

Founded in 1944 for English-language Jewish media in North America, the AJPA represents some 250 newspapers, magazines, journalists and affiliated organizations in the United States and Canada. The first-place award was for excellence in editorial writing for newspapers over 15,000 in circulation and for all magazines and websites. It was the 13th time in the past 14 years that The CJN has won a Rockower Award.