As of 2016,[update] it had a verified circulation of 50,000 and an estimated readership of 150,000; it is the largest Jewish weekly outside New York City.

Though independently incorporated, the paper was initially distributed in part by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

The editor was Gene Lichtenstein, who served until 2000,[6] and the first art director was Katherine Arion, a Romanian-born artist who came to the United States in 1981.

[8] In 2015, Tribe Media Corp. acquired Jewish Insider, a daily news service based in Washington, D.C. that was started by Max Neuberger.

[8] Suissa's tenure has been criticized for a move away from local reporting and towards a focus on commentary described as "disproportionately right wing".