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April 16, 1943
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE end The Legal Chronicle
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90 YEARS OF SERVICE TO JEWISH
CULTURAL LIFE IN AMERICA
of American Jewry.
In its early years the firm en-
gaged in the publication of pe-
riodicals, such as the American
By ABRAHAM BURSTEIN
Israelite, Die Deborah, the Chi-
Editor's Note—A story of the oldest Jewish publishing house in cago Israelite, and the Reform
America.
Advocate. It was in the sixties
that it began the production of
The ninetieth year of the old-
est Jewish publishing house in and Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, has prayer-books, Bibles, and religious
school textbooks. These included
America marks not alone a mile- now grown to be the national prayer volumes for reform, con-
stone in the life of a business center of Judaica Hebraica, and
firm, but in the entire story of every form of Jewish literary servative, and orthodox groups.
famed Leesser Bible, first
American Jewish life and lit- production. Transferred to New The
English version indigenous to
York
in
1901
by
the
late
Charles
erature. The publishing and
was also published by
printing project instituted in 1854 E. Bloch, son of the founder, the America,
Bloch.
in Cincinnati, by Edward Bloch Bloch Publishing Company now
So eminent is the name of
fills a unique place in the life
Bloch in the world of books that
publishers in all parts of the
world have designated the firm
a s their agency. Among these
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ire the Hebrew University, whose
P ublications are handled by the
ompany, and also the Rabbi
Kook Foundation and the Torah
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Va-Avodah Library of Palestine.
Other foundations, such as that
INCORPORATED
edicated to the memory of Al-
e xander Kohut, have made Bloch
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heir chief selling agents.
In the matter of book distri-
b ution the Bloch Publishing Com-
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
p any also takes an important
lace. It is the largest dis-
ributor of the publications of
■ t he Jewish Publication Society
0 f America, the Department of
S ynagogue and School Extension,
a nd the Union of American He-
b rew Congregations. It supplies
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b ooks and religious articles to
umerous synagogues and their
li braries, to Y. M. H. A.'s and
to theological seminaries, Jew-
is h and non-Jewish. Through the
J ewish Welfare Board it is now
di stributing prayerbooks a n d
of her religious needs to the
ar med forces, for whom it has
al so provided a special edition
of Chief Rabbi Hertz's "A Book
of Jewish Thoughts."
In 1929 Bloch established the
bi -monthly "Book Bulletin," now
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ed ited by Anna Fisch and Solo-
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on Kerstein. The only biblio-
gt •aphic periodical to list all Jew-
is h books in English, Hebrew, and
Y iddish, it supplements the fre-
qu ent catalogues and book lists
re gularly printed by the coin-
pa ny.
There is no branch of Jewish
lo re and practice not represented
in the vast Bloch list. These
in elude textbooks to satisfy every
UPON THIS OCCASION IN THE LIVES
fo rm of curriculum, and volumes
on Bible, liturgy, music, biog.-
OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE WE EXTEND
ra phy, history, theology, rab-
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bin ies, and current problems. To
thi s group may be added an ex-
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ten sive list of juvenile and adult
fict ion, drama, poetry, and the
CONTENTMENT
wi dely known "Jewish Cook
Bo ok," which with its many edi-
tio ns and over 150,000 sales is
An ierica's best seller among mod-
ern Jewish publications.
The headquarters of the Bloch
Pu blishing Company, in New
9035 TWELFTH STREET
Yo rk, also comprises a great re-
tail store, at which may be ob-
tai ned any book of Jewish inter-
— and —
est, no matter where or in what
Ian guage it is published, and
whi eh maintains a complete de-
par tment of religious ceremonial
obj ects. Each day finds scores
of rabbis, teachers, students, and
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inte llectual laymen congregated
the re. The company is the cen-
Near Clairmount
ter and the clearing house of
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Jew ish intellectual life in this
cou ntry. Nor are there lacking
min isters and teachers of all the
Chr istian denominations.
T he Bloch Publishing Company
has been a major factor in every
effo rtto increase and improve
the literature of the Jews in
this country. It has been greatly
insti urnental in furtherin
g the
ann ual Jewish B oo k wee
k,
t hro ugh the National Committee
and its own individual efforts.
Si nce books have ever been the
chic f weapons of Jewry in fight-
ing off aggression and obscur-
antis in, the achievement of the
Bloc h Publishing Company in
pres crying Jewish life and liter-
atur e. in America is of overwhelm-
ing
of importance. The completion
nine decades of service to
Ame
and world Judaism is
an a rican
ssurance of ever greater ad-
vanc ement in the intellectual and
We extend sincere good wishes for a
relig bus status of the commu-
pity it has served so long and
Joyous Passover filled with happiness and
so e xcellently.
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