Jewish Criterion


The Jewish Criterion whose editors have included Rabbi Levy and Charles H. Joseph, was one of two weekly papers for Jews in Pittsburgh. It was published from 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"
A 1914 advertisement from the paper was used to substantiate the etymology of the word "pastrami." The Oxford English Dictionary quotes: