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JEWISH NEWS HISTORIC TIMELINE

he Jewish News provides

its readers with a
comprehensive overview of
the news, views and events
of interest and importance to them.
When you subscribe to the Jewish News,
your paper will be delivered to your
home every Friday, plus you'll receive
more than 12 special sections during the
year, theIN SourceBook and, for in-state
subscribers, STYLE Magazine.
At the Jewish News, no one is more
important than our subscribers. We
pride ourselves in making subscriber
satisfaction our No. 1 goal.

Questions about your
subscription:

Please refer to your Subscriber Account
Number, found on your mailing label.
Write: The Detroit Jewish News,
Circulation Dept., P.O. Box 2267,
Southfield, MI 48037-9966. Or call
(248) 354-6620, fax: (248) 354-6069.
From out-state (800) 875-6621.

Contacting the Editor:
Write Bob Sklar, The Jewish News,

27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI
48034. Or E-mail:
rsklar@detroitjevvishnews.com

Gift Subscriptions:
To give the Jewish News as a gift, call

Circulation or fax your request to us.
Be sure to include the name of the
recipient, address and phone number.

Announcements and
Milestones:

Birth announcements must be
typewritten, double-spaced and include
a daytime phone number of the sender.
Please include date of birth, baby's
name, parents' and sibling names and
cities of residence for the baby's family
and grandparents. Announcements
received by Thursday noon of the week
before will be considered for that next
Friday's paper, but space limitations
may delay publication.
Bar/bat mitzvah photographs must
be submitted with a typewritten,
double-spaced announcement on
8-1/2" x 11" paper. Please include
name, address and daytime phone
number of sender.

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Engagement and wedding
announcements must be typewritten,
double-spaced and include your
name, address and daytime phone
number. There is a $10 photo
processing fee. Black-and-white
photos (5 x 7) are preferred; color
photos do not reproduce well.
Anniversary photographs must be
submitted with a typewritten, double-
spaced announcement including
name, address and daytime phone
number of sender.
Bar/bat mitzvah, engagement,
wedding and anniversary
announcements received by noon
Thursday will be considered for the
following week's publication. However,
space limitations may delay publication.
For more information please see the
sample announcement forms in this
chapter, or call (248) 354-6060.
Obituaries are submitted to the
Jewish News for funerals handled by
Ira Kaufman Chapel, Hebrew
Memorial Chapel and Alan Dorfman
Funeral Direction. Families whose
funeral has been handled by one of
these homes should not contact the
paper to place an obituary.
Those wishing to notify the
community of out-of-town deaths
with a Detroit connection must send
in or fax a typed double-spaced notice.

Arthur M. Horwitz becomes associate publisher

Retail Advertising:

Arthur M. Horwitz becomes publisher

We encourage our subscribers to
support advertisers that appear in the
Jewish News. To become a retail
advertiser, or for advertising rates and
information, please call Kristen
Komlen at (248) 354-6060 ext. 209.

Classified Advertising:
Classified ads get results in the Jewish
News. Mail your classified

advertisement to 27676 Franklin
Road, Southfield, MI 48034 or fax it
to us at: (248) 354-1210.

Subscribe to the
Jewish News:

A one-year subscription is $48
in-state and $65 out-of-state. For
more information, call us at (800)
875-6621, or visit our Web site at
wvvvv.detroitjewishnews.com .

SOURCEBOOK 2002 • JN

1942

The Jewish News founded by Phillip Slomovitz

1950
Regular features include Commentary column by
Slomovitz and The Listening Post by Danny Raskin

1984

Slomovitz sells paper to partnership led by Charles
Buerger of the Baltimore Jewish Times

1985

STYLE magazine first published for JN subscribers

1986

1987

Newspaper format becomes magazine format

1989

STYLE magazine expands

and is distributed to 60,000 households

1992
Commemorative issue celebrates paper's
50th anniversary

1995

Front cover changes to glossy format

1995

1997

Redesign of paper results in
easier to read format, more color

1998
First JN SourceBook published

1998

Web site launched at www.detroitjewishnews.com

2000

Style at the Jewish News inserted monthly

Jewish Renaissance Media established by
Arthur M. Horwitz and Michael Steinhardt

2001

JRM acquires Jewish Community Online.
The Jewish News is selected Michigan Press

Association "Newspaper of the Year."

