MAY 20 • 2021 | 25

A

rthur Horwitz, pub-
lisher emeritus and 
former executive edi-
tor of the Detroit Jewish News, 
has officially been inducted 
into the Michigan Journalism 
Hall of Fame.
Horwitz was supposed to be 
inducted in 2020, but the ceremo-
ny was canceled due to COVID. 
 Mike Smith, who worked 
closely with Horwitz as the Alene 
and Graham Landau Archivist 
Chair for the Detroit Jewish News 
Foundation, nominated him for 
the award.
Horwitz began his career in 
journalism in 1970 as a copy 

trainee at the New Haven (Conn.) 
Journal-Courier and sister pub-
lication the New Haven Register 
while working toward his bach-
elor’s degree from the University 
of Connecticut. He was also the 
editor-in-chief at the university’s 
student-run newspaper, the Daily 
Campus. 
Horwitz pursued a master’s 
degree in public and private man-
agement at Yale University and 
returned to the journalism world 
in 1982 as manager of planning, 
research and marketing for the 
Baltimore Sun.
Horwitz left the Sun in May 
1986 — at age 31 — to assume 

publishing responsi-
bilities for the Jewish 
News.
Throughout his ten-
ure at the JN, Horwitz 
oversaw all aspects 
of the JN and built 
long-standing rela-
tionships with other 
local ethnic/minority 
media outlets. 
Horwitz served as past chair 
and co-chair of the Michigan 
Civil Rights Commission and 
was a past board chair of Detroit 
Public Television. He played a 
vital role in establishing New 
Michigan Media, a network of 
ethnic and minority publications 
in Michigan. Horwitz was also 
co-founder of the Black-Jewish 
Forum, a series of conversations 
throughout Southeast Michigan.
One of Horwitz’s most notable 
accomplishments was establishing 
the William Davidson Digital 

Archive of Jewish 
Detroit History in 
2013. After a devastat-
ing fire at the JN offices 
in 2002, Horwitz creat-
ed the archives and the 
Detroit Jewish News 
Foundation to preserve 
the paper in digital 
format.
“It’s a special honor 
to join Philip Slomovitz, the 
founding editor and publisher of 
the Detroit Jewish News, in this 
Hall of Fame,
” Horwitz said in his 
speech. “Mr. Slomovitz served his 
community, Jewish and general, 
with passion and insight for more 
than 70 years.
” 
“I’m also grateful to have been 
surrounded by a competent and 
caring staff, who embraced the 
role of the Detroit Jewish News as 
the community’s independent, 
trusted news source.
” 

JN Publisher Emeritus Arthur Horwitz 
officially enters Michigan Journalism 
Hall of Fame.

Hall of Famer

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