Jodi Rudoren, an associate managing editor at The New York Times, was named the new editor-in-chief of The Forward. Rudoren, a former Jerusalem bureau chief at The Times, will take over at a challenging time for the revered Jewish publication, which earlier this year cut 30% of its staff, to about 30 people, and ended publication of its print edition.

The Forward, which began as a Yiddish-language daily newspaper 122 years ago, serving a wave of immigrants from Eastern Europe, has long been considered a premier site for discussion of Jewish issues. It was announced recently that it had been awarded $500,000 from Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Newmark is best known as the founder of the website Craigslist.

Though The Forward still publishes in Yiddish online, most readers come to its English website, where it features political, social and entertainment news and opinion. It reaches two million readers a month, said Rachel Fishman Feddersen, chief executive of The Forward.