A testimonial plaque honoring The Jewish Advocate Boston weekly, was presented at Friday night’s services at Temple Beth Hillel, Mattapan, by Samuel Slavet, president of the temple, to Joseph G. Weisberg, co-publisher and executive editor of the paper. Erwin D. Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, in a special sermon praised The Jewish Advocate as an outstanding ethnic publication.
The text of the plaque acclaimed the Advocate for exemplifying “the noble ideals and moral practices of Israel” and stated that “as a newspaper of outstanding calibre, it has made stronger the educative forces in the Jewish community. Its writings have felt the pulse of Jewish living and of the Jewish people. Its message has signaled the endeavors which have influenced the public. This newspaper,” the citation continued, “has become the sounding arena for the identification of every positive element within the area of organised Jewish population.”
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