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THE JEWISH

March 27, 1942

NEWS

THE COMMUNITY'S WELCOME TO JEWISH NEWS
Detroit Jewry Responds Spontaneously and Enthusiastically
to Platform Presented by Community-Sponsored Weekly

HENRY WINEMAN: "I look forward with great inter-
publication of the Jewish News under your
guidance and direction. With an honest editorial policy,
and a genuine desire to publish all the news fairly, I am
sure the News will receive a hearty response from the
Jewish community of Detroit. There will be many oppor-
tunities for a paper that follows the highest ideals of
Integrity and honesty to accomplish much good for the
Jewish community of Detroit, and as the Jewish com-
munity interests are bound up very closely with the wel-
fare of the entire city of Detroit, the scope and success of
your work will only be limited by the sincerity and devo-
tion and sacrifice that you give to the publication. Best
wishes for its success."

LEONARD N. SIMONS: "May I be among the
first to congratulate you on the new modern Jew-
ish newspaper which your splendid foresight has
brought to Detroit. For a long time I have been of
the opinion that Detroit and its Jewish community
had need of just such a publication as the preview
copy shown me. With so much happening in the
Jewish world today that is of vital interest of our.
local Jewish community, it seems to me that your
publication gave us the information that we are all
so interested in receiving. I also feel that your
publication can be the means of definitely bringing
all Detroit Jews closer together for unity of effort
and purpose concerning local and world wide Jew-
ish problems and affairs. Best of luck."

FRED M. BUTZEL: "A well edited and well published
I believe that
Jewish paper in Detroit is long overdue.
under your direction and with a representative board the
News will fill the bill. There are numerous main currents
that
in our life here as well as eddies and cross currents

BERNARD ISAACS: "Please accept my hearty con-
gratulations upon the publication of your new Jewish-
English weekly, The Jewish News. This is, I believe, the
only community-governed periodical in the country, and as
such I am sure that we of Detroit are creating something
which will undoubtedly be of great value, and will be
watched by many Jewish communities. But no enterprise
is better than its editor. This new enterprise certainly has
the proper head. You surely made for yourself an enviable
reputation in this field. Your acquaintance with and par-
ticipation in all worthwhile Jewish -endeavors, educational,
social and philanthropic surely makes you the most desir-
(tide editor for such a publication."
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ABRAHAM SRERE, President, Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration of Detroit: "Your plan to provide our community
with a weekly paper which will publish foreign, national
and local news of interest to our people on a strictly non-
partisan basis, with editorial and advertising policies con-
ducted on a high ethical level, is very commendable, and
I feel sure will operate to the great benefit of the com-
munity. Because of your praiseworthy aims, I am pleased
to serve on the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board.
I am certain that conscientious and full adherence to your
announced policies will bring to your publication the
enthusiastic support of "Detroit's Jewry."

MELVILLE S. WELT: "May I extend to you
and to the staff of The Jewish News my very best
wishes for success in your new venture. There is a
real need in this community for a Jewish press
that will stimulate and foster Jewish Interests, that
will truthfully report all that touches Jewish life,
and that will courageously defend us from our ene-
mies. I am confident that under your leadership the
new publication will fulfill these aims. Good luck
to you:"

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JAMES I. ELLMANN: "Your two decades of
painstaking labor editing and developing one of
the best Anglo-Jewish weeklies In this most his-
toric of times should enable you to produce even a
more effective publication under your new auspices.
What an opportunity is yours for treating great
events grandly; to bring something creative and
lating to our heat and national scene
freshly et.1
in your brand new environment. Lots of strength

and couraic• to you: .

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inspiration count
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for ;lit thc ■ ,• are worth The best available means. and the
best manpo, er should he utilized to create that unity that
stt enoti and (1,ermination hich are necessary to arouse
our interest in the human problems facing us. I welcome
the .1es igh News as the pr ∎ ipe• force necessary for the
(-teat ion of these weapons I wish you wen, and offer you
ley whole to carted support and cooperation. I am confident
that the deserved enroll! agement yi.l have received from
ca.g t V element in our community wmJl hr ing you the desired
and gm., our com,nunity the kind of news-
paper r ey,iired to hoild tip our moriil. understanding and
faith

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Laas it•:NcE .1. MICHELSON: "My hearty
• to 'The Jetvieh Newf.! Enthusiastic co-

r nunity leaders, which
operation among our
make, The le-wish News possible, should be held
Inspiring example of what may he
p as
an
aehleved a hen united shoulders are put to a e -
llll n N heel The determined purp ► se of The Jewish
N ews to set as a welding force to more strongly
unite our Jewish communal life is a truly i ► por-
ta ► t objective. I firmly believe that The Jewish
New. will he helpful in keeping the community
in formed of local, national and world news and
comment,' which vitally concern you and me . . .
and eve.), Jew today. Once more I wish to assure
you that I shall he happy to he of whatever kervice

I may."

WALTER L. FIELD "Detroit Jewry should he grate-
ful and proud of its fine communal leadership - this leader-
fillip which has made possible The Jewish News, a paper
sponsored by the community and for the community,
which in itself is a commendable and unique contribution
of Detroit Jews. I hope this newspaper will he an influ-
ential force by which Jews of Michigan will be informed
of local, national. and inter-national Jewish affairs-that it
will] enlighten them as to their problems and also create a
(-lamer bond and better understanding between Jews and
their neighbors. In this world of hate, bigotry, and chaos,
I feel that this weekly has an important mission to per-
form and should have the support of every Jewish home
In the city of Detroit. Therefore. to Philip Slomovitz, the
editor and guiding spirit. I extend my heartiest congratula-
tions and sincere wishes. I am certain that under his
leadership The Jewish News will take its place among the
foremost Jewish periodicals In America."

RABBI NAHUM SCHULMAN, Windsor: "I
was much pleased to hear of your new position and
your new venture in the field of Anglo-Jewish jour-
nalism. May your new publication become the
constructive force in the community of American
Israel. Congregation Shaer Hashomayim and the
Jewish Community of Windsor join with me in con-
veying to you our congratulations and good wishes
for success and happiness In this your new project
The Jewish News."

RABBI M. J. WOHLGELERNTER: "The role of the
Anglo-Jewish newspaper in the American Jewish com-
munity is an unique one. It fills the part of the town
meeting, the pulpit announcement and serves at the same
time as a medium of instruction in fundamental Jewish
values and in the knowledge of the current Jewish scene.
However much we may lament the situation, we must
reckon with reality and recognize that the average Ameri-
can Jew does not have any other source of contact with
active Jewish life. The best we can hope for is that he
read the weekly Jewish newspaper and thus develop a
constant attachment to the community. It is, therefore, a
grave responsibility that evolves upon the publishers of
The Jewish News who are undertaking, for the first time
in the history of the Detroit Jewish community, the issu-
ance of a weekly under the supervision of a representative
group of spokesmen for all circles of local Jewry. I was
extremely pleased to read the prospectus which evinces an

awareness of the various needs that the community pub-
lication must fill, Under the editorship of Mr. Philip
Slomovits, proven journalist and leader, there Is every
hope that the new venture will fulfill its purpose and serve
as a constructive influence in the molding or Jewish life."

DAVID S. ZEMON: "I am glad to be among the first
to subscribe to the Jewish News. The Detroit community,
I am sure, will benefit a great deal through your guidance
and knowledge of all worth while Jewish causes. I will be

glad to give you aiky Irupport within my ability:*

ISADORE LEVIN: "There has never been a
period when it was so important to have accurate
accounts of important Jewish news. Our problems
in the community, the country at large, and
abroad, are many and serious. The first requisite
in to know what they are, to have the facts which
are significant, those on the surface and those
which are underlying. It is good to know that you
are undertaking to publish a journal dedicated to
the fulfillment of this purpose. The task is serious
and difficult. Your many years of experience in
this field and of service to important Jewish
causes, are a guaranty that this work will be done
with earnestness and understanding. My best
wishes to you for the success and progress of The
Jewish News."

RABBI JOSHUA S. SPERKA: "The Jewish News
comes to life in a world bent on fascism and during the
week we celebrate our Festival of Freedom. These two
opposing propositions--fascism and freedom—seem to in-
clude the two alternate interpretations of life and the two
conflicting philosophies of history which constitute our
eternal struggle. For man is stirred by mind and mole-
cules, by sense and senseless -forces. He, therefore, some-
times emphasizes the economic view of a mechanical uni-
verse or a spiritual view of a creative universe. One leads
to the degradation of man and enslavement, the other to
the elevation of man and freedom. I have reason to look
with conviction and confidence to your successful presen-
tation in the Jewish News of our philisophy of freedom
and I pray for your strength to carry out the creative ends
of your undertaking. Your background, experience and
balanced thinking inspires me to this hope. Your idealism
and devotion to our traditions, to our people, to our com-
munity cannot fail. Your outline of the Jewish News will, I
know, evoke a deep response and take root in the com-
munity of Israel and the consciousness of free men."

SAMUEL N. HEYMAN: "The entire com-
munity is grateful to you for your tireless efforts
in behalf of its new community-sponsored Jewish
News. We are looking forward to an unusual pub-
lication, one which Detroit and other localities will
be glad to welcome into their homes. Mazel Toy
and best wishes for your success."

MAURICE ARONSSON: "It is not enough merely to
say that I congratulate the Jewish News. The publishing
of the new Detroit Jewish weekly is an occasion for com-

munity rejoicing because it heralds a new era in com-
munity thinking and community acting. For the first time,
the community will have a directing voice in the manage-
ment of a periodical dedicated to service for Jewry. It is a
great event which should make history in all that we
aspire for the betterment of our people's lot. I rejoice
that Detroit's Jewish community is privileged to be the
first to sponsor a periodical with responsibility to all its
elements. I am confident that this is the beginning of a
new era of community planning in which the Jewish News
will play a great part. I am certain that your program
will meet with success. I wish you well because I know
that your well-being means the well-being of the entire
community."

MORRIS L. SCHAVER: 'The Jewish Com-
munity of Detroit has every reason to be grateful
to you and the public-minded group of men who
saw the crying need of a real organ, an organ
which will serve the best interests of our people
not only locally, but the country over. Your many
years of unselfish devotion to the Jewish Renais-
sance, your deep interest in Communal Life, in Jew-
ish and Hebrew Cultural values, gives us the assur-
ance that the Jewish News will not be just another
publication, but the voice of our suffering people
everywhere, a voice which will encourage all crea-
tive forces in our midst The sincere interest
created by your announcement among Jewish
leaders everywhere is another example of the gap
the paper will fill in Jewish life- Our hopes, that
out of this chaos, out of the suffering will emerge
a better world, and our aspirations that we, too,
will share in this better world, will, I am sure, find
expression in your publication. My hearty greetings
to you in this new venture and sincere wishes that
Jewry's response will exceed your fondest expecta-
tions."

HARRY SCHUMER: "Over a period of several years
I have had occasion to admire your energetff and aggres-
sive activities in behalf of the local, national, and inter-
national Jewish problems. I am well aware of your sin-
cerity in developing the art, cultural and economic position
of our fellow Jews. In your new enterprise, I know that
you will continue to 'carry on your splendid work and at
this time I wish to assure you of my most wholehearted
co-operation to the end that I may assist you in fulfilling
the program and service which you and your new paper

hope to accomplish, in this community:*

are entitled to expression, and there are main sources of

news which should be tapped for information of the public.

I am confident that a satisfactory news and editorial policy
can be worked out, which is not too conflicting with the
business needs of the paper, and that the Jewish News can
be a fine force in the reconciliation of the various Jewish

elements of the city and will lead to the mutual under-
of
standing of these elements. I hope that the conduct
this paper will be a source of great satisfaction to you and
give proper scope to your every evident talents."

MRS. JOSEPH H. EHRLICH: "I welcome the new
Detroit Jewish News and wish it great success. In these
tragic days any new word, which is spoken with sincerity
and integrity and with truth, must help us in our search
for light and our passion to aid our fellow men. I know
that the Jewish News, its editor, its board, have just that
for their objective, and I look to it confidently as a good
and faithful servant to the cause of Jewry."

PROF. SAMUEL M. LEVIN: "Please accept
my sincere congratulations on the appearance of

the first number of The Jewish News. In this per
Lod of unprecedented crisis, Jewish life finds itself
caught in a whirl of new, deadly, and violent
forces. Many serious and complicated problems
have presented themselves and are continuing to -
pile up, augmenting the need for a better under-
standing of these crucial developments. By help-
ing to satisfy this need, under an editorship that is
experienced, intelligent, and realistic, The Jewish
News can perform a vital service to the Detroit
Jewish community."

HARRY YUDKOFF: "A good newspaper is vitally im-
portant to the well being of a community in all times, how-
ever, in a period such as the one through which we are
now living, it becomes even more important that news of
the many_ events occurring daily affecting the lives of our
people be transmitted accuratey, impartially, and yet as
concisely as possible. The Jewish Community of Detroit
looks with confidence to The Jewish News to fill this niche
in local Jewish Communal life. I know that we will not

be disappointed. I am pleased to take this occasion to
express the hope that The Jewish News will serve Jews
and non-Jews alike, in Detroit, for many years in the
future and that its progress will increase with the passage
of time."

HERMAN WISE: "Now, more than ever, the
Anglo-Jewish press has a great opportunity to do
unselfish good. That is why, having a general
knowledge of what your policy is to be, I am par-
ticularly pleased to welcome to Detroit "The Jew-
ish News." Certainly this community for long has
had the need of a publication reflective of honest
Jewish thought and action. Now that "The Jew-
ish News" is a reality, it Is to be hoped that under
no circumstances will there be any deviation from
the ideal of unprejudiced service. Facts, unpleas-
ant thought they sometimes inevitably will be, must
be faced standing up; necessary action must be
taken to correct that which should and can be cor-
rected; so far as possible nothing that will make
for better understanding between Jew and Jew,
and non-Jew, should be left undone. Your per-
sonal opportunity is enviable and I know you will
meet the test."

CLARE-NICE H. ENGGASS: Please accept, my good
wishes on the advent of the publication of the Jewish
News. I am pleased that it is to be under your editorship,
for I am familiar with your excellent background in jour-
nalism and in communal affairs. I am pleased also that its
policies are to be governed by a group of men and women
who are vitally interested in the welfare of our community.
These fortunate circumstances presage a useful and suc-
cessful venture, with a full measure of support from the
community which it will serve."

CHARLES RUBINER: is a source of consider-
able gratification to learn of the forthcoming pub-
lication, under your editorship, of THE JEWI SH
NEWS, which is to be a weekly review of Jewish

events. It is particularly assuring to learn that this
is to be a community-sponsored Jewish publication.

Such a journal will, I feel, supply a want which has
been long felt by the community of Detroit, and
will do much toward making Jews more fully in-
formed and more acutely conscious of current
happenings in the Jewish -world. This must in turn
awaken in many people a realization of their re-
sponsibilities as Jews and of their duties to their
co-religionists in this critical period. You have my
earnest good wishes for success in the new ven-
ture."

ISIDORE SOBELOFF: "The founding of a - new pub-
lication is a. significant event and the plan to establish a
new weekly with the advisory cooperation of representa-

tive citizens makes the project doubly important. Keeping
public opinion informed of what is happening throughout
the world is an essential function, a quasi-public respon-
sibility in which every member of our community is inter-
ested. Jewish life in recent years has been a story of suf-
fering, but not of that alone; it has been, also, a story of
achievement in the building of community life and in the
struggle to maintain people, institutions and movements.
The new venture is under a professional direction that has
a world of experience and a breadth of understanding of
the technical and social problems involved. I eagerly await
the launching of the new paper, with confidence that It will

serve the public interest."