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determines whether
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there's an armistice in
He conceded that "the Jew-
the New York Jewish
ish Week serves a purpose since
newspaper wars.
a vibrant Jewish press can keep
On that Wednesday, the
Jewish New Yorkers informed.
board of the UJA-Federation,
But since it is a federation or-
which gives the New York
Jewish Week a hefty subsidy
each year, will discuss
whether to continue the
funding.
The subsidy, estimated to
be as high as $825,000, has
been a thorn in the side of
competing New York Jew-
ish newspapers, especially
the New York Jewish Press
and the Long Island Jewish
World, both of which are in-
dependently owned. Both
contend that it gives the
Jewish Week an unfair ad-
vantage.
The Jewish World, for in-
stance, just published the
last in a series of six full-
page "publisher's notes" at-
tacking the UJA subsidy. In
the series, which began in
mid-September, the Jewish
Week's alleged advantage
over other local newspapers
was compared to the state-
run press in Eastern Europe
while communism reigned. Gary Rosenblatt: In the middle.
Journalists who work at the
gan, would new editor Gary
Jewish Week were said to "nev-
Rosenblatt, (former Baltimore
er enjoy full credibility" because
Jewish Times and Detroit Jew-
their readers supposedly sus-
ish News editor who had just
pect that the UJA pre-screens
taken over the Week)... criticize
their stories.
While the Orthodox Jewish
Press has urged that all contri-
butions to the UJA-Federation
cease until the subsidy ends, the
Jewish World wants all con-
tributors to the UJA to be able
to choose from which local Jew-
What does God require of us? A
ish newspaper they'll receive a
good question, and one.that Re-
free subscription.
form Judaism, published by the
UJA presently gives free sub-
Reform movement's Union of
scriptions to the Jewish Week
American Hebrew Congrega-
to anyone who contributes over
tions, posed to 11 rabbis and
$36 yearly to its campaign.
thinkers.
Although critics of the sub-
Among the answers:
sidy says it exceeds three-quar-
ters of $1 million, sources close
• "To renew the covenant in
to the Jewish Week said the sub-
our everyday lives as lovers of
sidy is actually closer to
God... We must worship God
$250,000, since the paper re-
through prayer and ritual ob-
imburses UJA for services and
servance. We must do our part
equipment and contributes
to repair the world through eth-
about $65,000 to its campaign.
ical living, acts of loving kind-
The Jewish Press opened the
ness. We must know from
opening salvo in the current
where we have come and where
anti-subsidy campaign in early
we are going through study."
July. Then, columnist Steve K.
— Rabbi Floyd Herman
Walz advised that the subsidy
of Baltimore's
meant that tax-deductible con-
Har Sinai Congregation
tributions "aren't necessarily
• "God wants us to be decent
supporting the new ()him [set-
people and learned Jews. God
tlers] in Israel. A sizable portion
the federation's leadership if
they were found to be wasting
donated money on questionable
business ventures? Welcome to
the New York journalism wars,
Mr. Rosenblatt."
Jerome Lippman, publisher
and editor-in-chief of the
Long Island Jewish Week,
has been battling the Jewish
Week's subsidy since he start-
ed his paper in the early
1980's. Back then, he used
language very similar to his
current campaign: The bat-
tle was "a life-and-death
struggle for the very exis-
tence of the independent
Jewish press."
But an observer of the
Jewish press in New York
said Mr. Lippman "knew
about the subsidy when he
began his paper. He knew
what he was up against. And
one can't necessarily say, as
he seems to be implying, that
the Jewish Week is tarnished
because it receives money
from the federation. One
could argue that the BBC is
a good institution even
though it receives money
from the British govern-
ment. The federation offers
a subscription to the paper
to New Yorkers as a premium
for subscribing, just as doctors
get AtliA News if they join the
American Medical Association."
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anger against our enemies, but
in love for the Creator and all
of Creation."
Arthur Hertzberg,
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• "After... [the Holocaust], the
two key questions are: How to
bring up Jewish children? And
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