Jewish Papers Throughout the Country Pay Tribute to Services of J. T. A.

tribunal of world public opinion has been made possible through the universal apparatus set up by the J. T. A.— bringing the latest Jewish items to all Jewish papers by cable, radio, telegram and mail and reaching, through its arrangements with general news agencies, more than 4,000 newspapers in every corner of the globe.

In going to the depths of Jewish life to gather Jewish news items, the J. T. A. has been strictly impartial … by unbiased treatment of the conflicts in Jewish life, despite the vast number of factions constituting the Jewish scene of today. It has also shown its ability to meet emergencies, as evidenced by the yeoman service rendered during the Palestinian riots and the remarkable service of today as regards German and Polish Jewish news. On this occasion of the fifteenth birthday celebration, we wish the J. T. A. many years of fruitful service … continuing to recount Jewry’s valuable contributions to world progress, its survival through persecution, its tales of human endeavors, joy and sorrow—fascinating and timely knowledge for Jew and non-Jew alike.

“JEWISH EXPONENT”, PHILADELPHIA, FELICITATES THE J.T.A.

“In the fifteen years of its existence the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, popularly referred to as the J. T. A., has amply demonstrated its usefulness to the newspaper profession generally and more particularly to the Jewish press. Thanks to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency we are enabled to obtain firsthand accounts of events of Jewish interest intelligently presented. This is deeply significant. Distortion, failure to understand the full meaning of news items, not to mention deliberate misrepresentation have in the past cost our people dearly. Scattered as we are throughout the four corners of the globe, it is important that we be in position to obtain authentic data on any group of our people should the occasion warrant. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has in the past fifteen years been supplying this need. For this it has earned the gratitude of intelligent public opinion. The Jewish Exponent takes this means of felicitating the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on its fifteenth birthday anniversary. May it continue to serve world Israel as well as enlightened public opinion generally.”

The “Jewish Times”, Philadelphia— “Jews have been taught to accept as part of their national tragedy the fact that their great men too often pass out of their midst either to compromise with the demands of their day, to wit, Heine, Spinoza, Disraeli and others, or else to lose interest in their people as rapidly as they become absorbed in their own field of endeavor. Perhaps that is why Einstein’s staunch allegiance to his people and their problems is such an inspiring spectacle to the weaker ones in our midst. He who commands the respect of the world’s greatest thinkers and who has been justly ranked with the immortals of all times, is not above lending himself, his modest, scholarly mind and his very precious time to such causes as the Hebrew University, to foster Jewish culture and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, to keep alive a living source of Jewish news. Like all truly great men, nothing that adds to the sum total of human knowledge is too small to command their attention, even though it may be an infant University on far away Mt. Scopus, or a struggling news agency that has had the courage to specialize exclusively in Jewish news releases and to keep alive under the more adverse conditions. If Einstein must be harrassed with public functions under the pretext of a birthday party — his 54th—we again applaud his wisdom in making the causes those that seem worth while to his finely attuned sense of social values and Jewish loyalties.”

“Detroit Jewish Chronicle” on the meaning of the three letters J.T.A.—The Jewish Telegraphic Agency is the one medium in the world which links all Jews by its news service. Without this service Jewry in this country would have to wait for weeks before it would be fully informed on occurrences in Jewry abroad. The three mythical letters “J.T.A.” which describe the source of news that comes through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, are the unifying elements which cement the Jewries of the world.

To permit the service of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to suffer in a time like this, when even the most firmly established structures are shaking, would mean that the Jews of this country permit this unifying element to disappear. It would mean that as far as Jews are concerned, our people permit themselves to be restored to a medieval status which would deprive them of information about their kith and kin in other lands. It is to be hoped that sufficient proceeds will be realized from the Einstein dinner to prevent such an occurrence. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency is today an important factor in international Jewish life, and its position as such must be guaranteed.