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JN: Linking Local Jewry For 65 Years
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wo stories about a young man named David
information and a foundation for the creation of fragmented
Mondry, one for marrying his sweetheart, Miriam,
cyber-communities. As our own Web site, JNOnline.us , con-
from the Jewish National Workers' Alliance Camp
tinues to grow in the breadth and depth of its offerings and
and the other about his heading off to war ... another young
in its utilization, we continue to invest in the Jewish News
man named Mort Zieve reporting in
to make it useful, meaningful and important to you. We are
a youth column that to him, Shabbat
continuing to expand the size and scope of our JN Platinum
means "no algebra problems to do, no
monthly lifestyle magazine, which is inserted into the Jewish
piano to practice — in short, it means
News and also is distributed to dozens of bookstores, cof-
no demands on me" ... a weekly install-
fee shops and other places where younger members of our
ment of Jewish Youth's Listening Post by
community gather. With support from Federation's Stephen
columnist Danny Raskin ... a review
Schulman Fund, we will be creating and producing special
of Emma Lazaroff Schaver's recent
sections within the Jewish News written by and for teens. To
Carnegie Hall performance ... a ciga-
improve readability, we have added full color and premium
rette fund started by the Jewish News to
paper to every page of the Jewish News. And we continue to
"send smokes to men overseas at the
partner with synagogues and organizations to test new mod-
cost of five cents per package (tax freer
els of outreach and affiliation.
The yellowed pages of the Detroit
In the April 2, 1943, edition of the Detroit Jewish News,
Jewish News from 1942-1943 chronicle
national leader David A. Brown of New York offered the fol-
the growth, development and maturation of our remark-
lowing words to Philip Slomovitz on the first anniversary of
able community. Headlines urge readers to buy War Bonds
the newspaper:
and contribute generously to the Federation's Allied Jewish
"The Jewish community of Detroit is under obligation to
Campaign. In fact, a gift to the Campaign included a "club
your publication for what you are doing and I hope they show
rate" subscription to the
their full appreciation and
Jewish News of 50 cents per
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year. Stories on the need
ways, subscribe for your paper
to provide better health
DETROIT JEWS ASKED TO GIVE
and back up your advertisers
1.100.000 TO PROVIDE FOR
and social services to our
who support the publication."
ALLIED COMMINAL OBLIGATIONS
elderly run parallel to those
While so much has
about the destruction of
changed since 1942, some
European Jewry. An edito-
things haven't. Today, as in
rial from United Hebrew
1942, the Jewish News relies
Schools Principal Bernard
solely on the subscriptions
Isaacs criticizes the status of
of its readers — and their
Passover
Jewish education in Detroit,
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support of our advertisers
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focusing on parents who
RESER! — to continue its indepen-
believed themselves exempt
dent mission of service to the
kaav
from learning and who had
community. As we celebrate
become indifferent to their
Then and now: Front covers from our first publication on
our 65th year, thank you
children's studies.
March 27,1942, and the current issue, March 29, 2007.
for continuing to make the
As the Jewish News
Jewish News that common
acknowledges the 65th anniversary of its first issue, recog-
thread that links the Detroit Jewish community — the old
nizes the genius and Zionistic fervor of its late founder, Philip and young, the secure and the downtrodden, the religious
Slomovitz, and commemorates the 65th year (and count-
and the secular, the Huntington Woods resident and the West
ing) of its association with Danny Raskin, a common thread
Bloomfield resident, the real estate developer and the school
weaves its way through every page, every issue and every year teacher.
— our passion for helping to shape Detroit into the model
Thank you for your readership and thank you for support-
Jewish community it is today.
ing our advertisers, who want and value your business during
While some of the challenges we confront remain the
these turbulent economic times.
same — such as the importance of Jewish education and the
May you have a festive Passover, surrounded by those you
need to care for our elderly — others are more complex. The
love and with your doors open to those in need in our Jewish
recent Federation demographic study shows that for all of
and general communities.
its strengths, our community is gradually declining in num-
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bers, is aging and is impacted by the overall downturn in the
Michigan economy. However, one of the study's bright spots is
readership of the Jewish News. According to its demographer,
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Dr. Ira Sheskin, the Jewish News has the highest readership of
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any of the 30-plus American Jewish communities measured.
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area, more than 23,000 are touched by the Jewish News.
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