22 | FEBRUARY 13 • 2020
Jews in the D
Arthur Horwitz
Horwitz: Hall of Fame-Bound
A
rthur Horwitz, publish-
er and former executive
editor of the Detroit
Jewish News, will be inducted
into the Michigan Journalism
Hall of Fame on April 26.
Mike Smith, who works
with Horwitz as the Alene
and Graham Landau Archivist
Chair for the
Detroit Jewish News
Foundation, nominat-
ed him for the award.
“I had no doubts
whatsoever that
Arthur meets, indeed,
surpasses the crite-
ria for inclusion in the Hall
of Fame,” Smith said in his
nominating letter. “Arthur is a
great person — a real mentsh
— as my Jewish colleagues
would say.”
Horwitz began his career
in journalism in 1970 as a
copy trainee at the New Haven
Journal-Courier and sister
publication the New Haven
Register while attending the
University of Connecticut,
where he was editor-in-chief
of the student-run newspaper,
the Daily Campus.
After earning a master’
s
degree in public and private
management in 1982, Horwitz
was hired as manager of plan-
ning, research and marketing
for the Baltimore Sun.
In 1986, Horwitz took a big
leap, leaving the Baltimore Sun
to come to the JN.
Throughout his tenure at
the JN, Horwitz has built
long-standing relationships
with other local ethnic/
minority media outlets.
“
Arthur has been the driving
force in growing Michigan’
s
ethnic/minority media out-
lets in the Midwest,” Martin
Manna, publisher of the
Chaldean News, wrote in sup-
port of Horwitz’
s nomination.
Horwitz helped to establish-
New Michigan Media, a net-
work of ethnic and minority
publications in Michigan.
Former JN editor
Robert Sklar wrote
in support of the
nomination: “Arthur
Horwitz sees the world
from cruising altitude,
not merely ground
level.
“He has a knack for cutting
away the faux layers of gov-
ernmental, communal and
societal crusts and honing in
on what truly matters.”
Horwitz’
s established
the Detroit Jewish News
Foundation in 2013 to pre-
serve countless stories from
the JN and the Detroit Jewish
Chronicle (1916-1951) in
digital format in the William
Davidson Digital Archive of
Jewish Detroit History.
Horwitz is the second
journalist from the JN to
be inducted the Michigan
Journalism Hall of Fame, join-
ing founding editor and pub-
lisher Philip Slomovitz, who
was inducted in 1993.
“Through us, “ Horwitz
said, “the hard work, profes-
sionalism and community ser-
vice exemplified by the Jewish
News staff continues to be rec-
ognized and appreciated.”
Joining Horwitz in the
Michigan Journalism Hall of
Fame are Tom Gage, Angelo
Henderson, Mike Lloyd, Bill
Proctor and Mark Stryker.
CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER
PHOTO CREDIT JERRY ZOLYNSKY
To shine the public spotlight on young people in our
community, the JN, Jfamily and the Youth Professionals
Network created Rising Stars: Teens Making a Difference, a
showcase that will highlight 18 remarkable Jewish teens in
the Metro Detroit area. Those selected will be featured in
the April 30 issue of the JN and will also be recognized on
the JN, JCC and Jfamily social media pages.
Nominees must live in Michigan, identify as Jewish and be
students in grades 9-12; they can be self-nominated or may
be nominated by others today through March 8.
Nominees should be recognized for impact, contribution
and/ or achievement in areas including (but not limited) to:
SEEKING
TERRIFIC TEENS!
To nominate yourself or a teen you know, go to
thejewishnews.com and click on the Rising Stars button or to
https://jfamily.jccdet.org/rising-stars. The deadline is March 8.