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The Jewish News: Our
Platform
Yon* 29, 1942

From The ,towish News — Volume 1, No. 1 —

this Issue as YOUR news-
The Jewish News makes its appearance with
the moulding of Jewish public opinion, as an instrument
paper, as an organ for
the Jewish community, and for the advancement of the morale
to strengthen
and courage of American Jews In this hour of crisis.

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March 1, 197

This is our credo:
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time of peace; they are
A newspaper's responsibilities are immense in

far greater in time of war.
We are conscious of these responsibilities as Americans.

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We are conscious of these duties as Jews.

way of life and is here to
The Jewish News believes in the American
contribute everything possible toward Its survival.
The Jewish News believes in the sacred American Ideal of Fair Play
of this ideal.
and dedicates itself toward the complete realization
Americans are prepared to fight for
that
is
confident
The Jewish News
their rights and that they will refuse to permit fear to dominate our land.
We are here to help defeat the spirit of fear. .
The Jewish News believes in the Four Freedoms enunciated by President
American front, in the
Roosevelt and will fight for these freedoms on every

Dear Mr. Slornovitz:
ws observes three decades of
I sin pleased to congratulate
As Th e
ism,
you and journali
your staff on your success in mainta.ining
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the high standards that this milestone reflects.

American way.
The Jewish News pledges itself to a program whose concern it becomes
to keep Jews and non-Jews fully informed on facts relating to the Jewish
position; whose chief interest it Is to advance the morale of our people and
to hold high the banner of democracy, religious freedom and good will
among all faiths to fight against fraud, deceit and misrepresentation, and in
a high example for ethical conduct In our community.
that spirit to set
We are motivated by the community responsibility of establishing the
most friendly inter-denominational relations, of advancing the Good Neighbor
JewS and non-Jews, of establishing the type of relations which
policy betweeh
serve to build a wholesome American life based on interfaith co - operation.
The Jewish News pledges itself to serve as the organ for the good of
our sister com-
the Jewish communities of Detroit and Michigan, and for
munities throughout the land.
Jewish
To that end The Jewish News subscribes to all the American
fairest collec-
news-gathering agencies and pledges to give Its readers the
of factual information regarding Jews everywhere — locally, throughout
tion
the state, nationally, throughout the world.
In order that the Jewish communities may keep abreast with all that
Is transpiring in Jewish life and with the various shades of opinion among
us, we pledge ourselves to serve as a clearing house for these opinions,
and to approach Jewish issues without partisan coloration. An effective
Jewish public opinion must be an Informed Jewish public opinion, and

I warmly commend the creative expression you
have given to a heritage that has so significantly
d the American way of life. You r success

ed not only by the Jewish conornunity, but.
e nriche
by a naion that continues to benefit from the ideals,
is hailt
the values and the traditions that you perpeuate.

Sincerely ,

Mr. Philip Slornovitz
Editor and Publisher
The Jewish News Mile Road
14111C
17515 West
Southfield, Michigan 48075

JACOB a. ILULCUS. Ph. D.
Rene Run Distinguished Service Protestor .1 American Math History,
Milton ..d
Heber. Union Colkge-Jewish Institute ol Religious

our task is to achieve that end.
alleviating suffering
The Jewish News dedicates Itself to the cause of
to
among the oppressed Jewish masses in lands of slavery and bigotry, and our
that end we pledge ourselves to do everything possible to enlighten
people on the various needs making claims upon us, be they in the fields
of relief, of Palestine's reconstruction, or the defense of our rights
everywhere.
The Jewish News pledges itself to place service to the community
above the profit motive.
In this spirit The Jewish News makes its formal appearance as YOUR
newspaper, as the organ dedicated to the service of the most sacred causes
having your interest and concern.
in
We are her to serve and to befriend you. Acting together, we are
" a position to bring the most good to America, to the ideals for which
America stands, and to the Jewish communities which form an Important
element in the American commonwealth.

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.moos. eturroa. STANLEY F. CHTET. Ph. D
of American Parish History, Hebrew Union College-Jesoish Institute o 1 Religion
PrOf0JOI

AMERICAN JEWISH ARCHIVES

CLIFTON AVENUE • CINCINNATI. OHIO

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We present again
our Platform,
as formulated in
our first issue,
March 27 , 1942

January 5. 1971

Mr. Philip Slomovitz
The Jewish News
17515 West 9 Mile Road, Suite 865
Southfield, Michigan 48075

Dear Phil:

I know that you are soon to celebrate your
publisher of The Jewish
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thirtieth
News. I wanrrny coartktulations to be added to
those you'll be -r_eneitujil•an all your other friends

and adadt,srst. , " , - - --

You have a magnificent background and have
done a wonderful job. You are A. newspaper man in
the beat sense of the,term. It is my hope and prayer
that you will continue for another generation to carry
on the splendid efforts which:have always distinguished,

Entering upon our 31st year, we reaffirm this Platform as a basis for service to
our community — as a guideline in a program to assist in creating a knowledgeable
community.
Much has happened since our Platform was formulated. We experienced a Holo-
caust, and we were witnesses to the rebirth of Israel. We have been part of a great
American Jewish community that is committed to fulfillment of the needs involved in
redemption in Israel as well as community-building on the domestic front.

In the years that have ensued, we have experienced the shock that goes with
vanishing cities, and we are observing the emergence of new communities in which we
must perfect policies to' assure basic commitments to the American society while striving
for continuity of Jewish allegiance and perpetuation of the ideals that are our legacies
as the People of Israel.
In the years ahead, our obligations toward the advancement of the basic Jewish
ideals are as firm as on the day t on which our Initial Platform was written.
'The Jewish News is grateful for the responsiveness, from a community that shares
with us the responsibilities towaro-Jewish needs everywhere, on the worldwide and
local fronts. We have duties to Israel. We are obligated to encourage ever-greater cultural
and spiritual devotions to our people. We have duties to our nation, state and the cities
that make up this great state. We are community-wise obligated to keep the human
interests uppermost in the feelings that nourish our existence.

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you.

With kindest personal regards. I am.

The Jewish News commences its 31st year as a journalistic entity in a spirit of
total dedication to the goals that reach out for an assurance of dignity and honorable
participation by all of us in a society that firmly protects the highest Jewish and
American ideals.

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