Yiddish journalists from various countries who are in Israel for the 29th World Zionist Congress, offered a gloomy prognosis for the future of the Yiddish press. Yaacob Tzippel, of Paris, Marc Turkow of Buenos Aires, and others attending a meeting of the World Federation of Jewish Journalists, spoke of lack of funds, the lack of Yiddish linotypists and a prevalent feeling that the Yiddish press is ignored by Israeli institutions, including Israeli embassies abroad.
Israeli journalists attending the meeting yesterday proposed changes in the image of Yiddish newspapers, not only their content but their appearance. The Federation resolved to ask the proper authorities here to consider advertisements in the Yiddish press by such institutions as the Israel Government Tourist Office and the government-owned El Al Airline.
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