Funeral services were being arranged today for Morris Weinberg, founder and publisher of The Day-Jewish Journal, Yiddish-language daily, who died Friday night in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 93. He maintained an active interest in the operation of the newspaper until his death.
Mr. Weinberg established The Day as a Zionist-oriented newspaper in 1914 and to further the cause of Yiddish culture in which he was deeply interested. He retired from ownership and management of the paper in 1923 but returned to the helm when the paper was in difficulties in 1941. In 1953 the Jewish Morning Journal was merged with The Day. Active his entire life in the Zionist movement, Mr. Weinberg was an honorary vice-president of the Zionist Organization of America; treasurer for many years of the ZOA; attended many of the World Zionist Congresses and national ZOA conventions; and visited Israel frequently.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dora Rubin Weinberg; three children: Mrs. Ruth Jacobs, wife of Arthur L. Jacobs, general manager of The Day-Jewish Journal; Mrs. Solomon Buchner. and Goodwin G. Weinberg, vice-president of the company owning the newspaper, three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
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