THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
52 Friday, September 24, 1976
Jewish Daily Forward Editor Asserts Yiddish Cannot Die
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1\;/EW YORK (JTA) —
Simon Weber, editor of
the Jewish Daily For-
ward, the largest and
best-known Yiddish
newspaper in the world,
declared that while Yid-
dish may be sick it will not
die. _
In fact, Weber, who
considers himself a
realist, emphasized that
Yiddish cannot die.
To ensure the survival
of the 1,000-year-old lan-
guage of European Jews,
Weber was among the 500
Yiddish writers, jour-
nalists, artists, scholars
and lovers of Yiddish,
who participated in Au-
gust. in Jerusalem in the
first World Conference in
Israel for Yiddish and
Jewish Culture.
Interviewed at the For-
ward's offices in the new
Workmen's Circle build-
ing in midtown Manhattan,
Weber termed the confer-
ence a success because it
established the impor-
tance of Yiddish to Jewish
culture and survival, an
importance emphasized by
the appearance of top Is-
raeli governthent and
Zionist officials.
But Weber stressed the
real work of ensuring the
survival of Yiddish is up
to each Jewish commun-
ity. He said that in-the
United States, a commit-
tee on which he is a
member will work for
spreading Yiddish cul-
ture and particularly for
teaching Yiddish.
He noted that while
some 40 universities and
colleges offer courses in
Yiddish, onl.,• the ultra-
Orthodox schools teach
Yiddish and in fact use it
as their basic language.
Weber would like to see
all Jewish schools teach
Yiddish, starting in the
elementary grades.
Hope for the revival of
Yiddish in- the United
States comes because of
the new trend toward cul-
tural pluralism, Weber
said. He noted that years
ago the pressure was for
everyone to be
Americanized. "I re-
membered when you rode
in a bus or subway and
spoke Yiddish, someone
would shout, 'speak
American.'
But he stressed that the
survival of Yiddish will not
come through transla- -
lions, although he said
translations help spread
Jewish culture.
Weber also stressed the
importance of the Yiddish
press. Besides the For-
ward, there are Yiddish
dailies in Buenos Aires,
Montevideo and Israel
and newspapers in Paris
and Sao Paulo. •
The Forward, which
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has always been the
largest Yiddish daily and
is the oldest continuous
Yiddish daily, has now
stabilized its press run at
about 50,000, Weber said.
The paper is now seeking
to raise $250,000 to oper-
ate for the next year.
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