Editors of English-jewish Press Meet with Jewish Agency Leaders

Publishers and editors of 15 English Jewish newspapers, members of the American Jewish Press Association, met this weekend with leaders of the American Section of the Jewish Agency for Israel for an exchange of views on the current situation confronting Israel and the Zionist movement throughout the world.

The major presentations were made by Dr. Emanuel Neumann, chairman of the American Section of the Jewish Agency; Mrs. Rose L. Halprin, former chairman; Dr. Joseph Schechtman, member of the Agency executive; and Isadore Hamlin, executive director. Chairman of the meeting was Morris. Janoff, publisher of the Jersey City Jewish. Standard, president of the Association.

Dr. Neumann, paying tribute to the significance of the English Jewish press in the United States and Canada, said that these local newspapers are “playing an important role in the transmission of Jewish news to the American Jewish public and in the interpretation of it.” He urged that Jewish leadership give full recognition and cooperation to the English Jewish press as a major force in American Jewish life.

Participating in the meeting were: Al Bloom, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle; Jack Fish-begin, Chicago Sentinel; Leo Frisch, American Jewish World, Minneapolis; Al Golomb, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle; Konrad Isenberg, Worcester Jewish Civic Leader; Elias Jacobs, Buffalo Jewish Review; Morris Janoff, Jersey City Jewish Standard; Martin Korik, Atlantic City Jewish Record; Mrs. Samuel Neusner, Hartford Jewish Ledger; Milton Pinsky, Columbus (Ohio) Jewish Chronicle; Stanley Schenkman, Canadian Jewish Chronicle; Phil Slomovitz, Detroit Jewish News; Harry Weingast, Newark Jewish News; Joseph Weissberg, Boston Jewish Advocate; and Arthur Weyne, New York American Jewish Examiner.