A public celebration will be held at the Hotel Astor on Sunday, April 10th., to commemorate the 50th. anniversary of Jewish cultural and literary activity in America.
Since the beginning of the westward exodus of great masses of European Jewry, the 50th. anniversary of which occurred this year, Dr. A. Coralnik, the President of the Jewish Writers’ Club of America, under whose auspices the celebration is being arranged, says in a statement which has been issued for the occasion, the Jewish press and literature have played a role of significance in American Jewish life. In the adjustment that followed the Jewish mass migration which began in 1882, they were instrumental not only in fostering among vast masses the feeling of high civic pride, but also in the creation of new literary values which have been specific contributions to America.
Mr. Ab. Cahan, the editor of the “Jewish Daily Forwards”, Dr. Coralnik, Mr. Peter Wiernik, editor of the “Jewish Morning Journal”, Dr. Chaim Zhitlovsky, and Mr. George Z. edalie, United States District Attorney, are honorary chairmen of the Committee, Dr. A. J. Rongy is chairman, Mr. Jacob Fishman, managing editor of the “Jewish Morning Journal”, Mr. Louis Lipsky, and Mr. David A. Brown, are Vice-Chairmen, Mr. B. C. Vladek, the manager of the “Jewish Daily Forward”, is acting as treasurer, and Mr. W. Z. Spiegelman as secretary.
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