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.

