Anglo-Jewish and Yiddish newspapers continue to give editorial praise to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, particularly Mendel Mozes, former chief of its Warsaw bureau, for coverage of the war.
In today’s issue of The Day, New York Yiddish daily, Dr. Samuel Margoshes, editor-in-chief, compares the J.T.A.’s coverage to that of other news agencies. Writing in his front-page English-column, Dr. Margoshes notes the scarcity of news from Poland carried by large American news agencies and asks: “The Jewish Telegraphic Agent has managed it. Why can’t the Associated Press and the United Press manage as well, or better?”
The National Jewish Monthly, organ of B’nai B’rith, states in its December issue: “…the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, through its Polish correspondent, Mr. Mozes, has performed a signal service and a magnificent journalistic feat. Mr. Mozes, now safe in Wilno, cabled the J.T.A. office in New York the most amazing series of articles seen in a long time.”
The Chicago Jewish Chronicle declared that it is the J.T.A. “which makes it possible for the Jews of America to be informed of what transpires in every part of the world pertaining to their brethren. It is a gigantic task especially during these trying days when no one knows what may happen the next day….The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has a staff of competent, alert and enterprising correspondents in the leading capitals of Europe who are on the job all the time…A striking example of the stick-to-it-iveness of members of the J.T.A. staff was furnished by Mendel Mozes, who risked his life in order to remain at his poast during the German conquest of Poland….The J.T.A. is rendering a great service to the Jews of America–a service which is becoming of greater value as time goes on.”
The Jewish Journal, Shreveport, La., said: “If ever a list of American-Jewish journalistic exploits is compiled, high on it must come the name of Mendel Mozes….For his courage and achievements, the Jewish Journal salutes Mendel Mozes, hero of Jewish journalism.”
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
