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LOCAL NEWS
`Jewish News' Editor
A Pulitzer Finalist
Gary S. Rosenblatt, editor of
The Jewish News and the Balti-
more Jewish Times, was one of
two finalists cited in the 1985
Pulitzer Prize competition in the
category of Specialized Reporting.
Rosenblatt, 38, was honored for
his 10,000-word analysis of the
Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los
Angeles, entitled "State-Of-
The-Art-Activism Or Hollywood
Hype?" which appeared in Jewish
newspapers in Miami, Phoenix
and San Diego in addition to De-
troit and Baltimore.
The Pulitzer Prize is the most
prestigious award in journalism.
This marks the first time an ar-
ticle in the American Jewish
press has ever been cited in the
Pulitzer competition, which dates
back to 1917.
Rosenblatt's article was one of
149 entries in the new category of
Specialized Reporting, and he was
one of three finalists chosen by the
distinguished panel of judges.
Randall Savage and Jackie
Crosby of the Macon (Ga.) Tele-
graph and News won the Spe-
cialized Reporting prize; Mike
Klingaman of the Baltimore Eve-
ning Sun was the other finalist.
In all, there are 11 Pulitzer
Prizes in journalism awarded an-
nually in categories ranging from
investigative reporting to edito-
rial writing. All daily and weekly
newspapers in the U.S. are eligi-
ble for the competition which at-
tracts more than a thousand top-
quality entries each year.
Michael Sovern, president of
Columbia University, which ad-
ministers the Pulitzer Prizes,
wrote in a letter of congratula-
tions to Rosenblatt, "I hope you
will be pleased to learn you were
Gary Rosenblatt:
Pulitzer Nominee
among the jury's nominees, a rare
distinction." –
Rosenblatt's article, originally
published last September, was an
in-depth analysis of the controv-
ersial Simon Wiesenthal Center,
the nation's largest institute de-
voted to the study of the
Holocaust, and focused on its
work and its director, Rabbi Mar-
vin Hier. The story was based on a
visit to the Center and dozens of
interviews with staff members,
national and community leaders
and critics, pointing out the Cen-
ter's many accomplishments as
well as criticism that it concen-
trates more on publicity than sub-
stance.
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Although he feels the Populist
Party's promise to "run a total
slate from dog catcher to gover-
nor" in statewide elections next
year is little morekthan overblown
hype, Dick Lobenthal, Michigan
regional director of the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith (ADL), believes voters
should nonetheless be aware of
the party's ties to the virulently
anti-Semitic Liberty Lobby before
casting their 1986 ballots.
"Populist Party founder Willis
Carto," Lobenthal said last week,
"is one of the foremost hate-
mongers in the country." Carto
heads up the Liberty Lobby and
was an organizer of the
California-based Institute for
Historical Review, which prom-
otes the theory that the Holocaust
was a hoax.
The Populist Party announced
formation of a local branch late
last month at a two-day meeting
in Lansing. About 25 people
attended the inaugural gather-
ing, where Franklin Janacek was
named the party's national com-
mitteeman from Michigan. Sev-
eral people at the meeting an-
nounced their intentions to run
for political office in 1986, al-
though none formally declared
candidacies.
"It was all very casual," accord-
ing to Lobenthal. "Somebody said
they wanted to run for state at-
torney general, so the convention
nominated him. A guy (Tim
Gross) from Wyandotte said he
wanted to run for office, so they
nominated him."
"At this point, I don't think they
pose a serious threat," the ADL
director said. "But people should
be made aware of them. The
potential for the Populist Party to
have more than a miniscule im-
pact does exist in the state."
Lobenthal said the party was
making a "big push" to get the
backing of Michigan farmers, cit-
ing their dissatisfaction with the
state's escalating farm-failure
rate. He feels that people in-
terested in the party's platform —
which includes repeal of the in-
come tax, the right to bear arms, a
rejection of the Equal Rights
Amendment and the gay rights
movement, and a crackdown on
immigration — may not know of
the Populists' connection to the
Liberty Lobby.
Asked if the party was anti-
Semitic, Janacek said that the
Populists' candidate for vice
president in 1984, Maureen
Salaman, was married to a Jewish
man.