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National Jewish Picture Magazine to Appear in United States

July 31, 1953
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A national Jewish picture ### entitled “Wisdom, ” and modeled after Life Magazine, will be launched here ### December, it was announced today by Leon Gutterman, president of the cor### which will publish the monthly. Mr. Gutterman will also be the editor and ### of the magazine.

Emphasizing that the magazine will be “completely independent,” Mr. ### in a statement issued here today, said: “Each month Wisdom magazine will ### the story of American Jewry in pictures and words to the widest possible a### of Jews and Christians alike. It will bring to both young and old the whole p### day world of American Jewish life in its people, its culture, its creative th### its achievements.

“Wisdom magazine will be a powerful and constructive force toward the ### ening of America and the elimination of ignorance and misunderstanding. It ### the Jew a better understanding of himself, and it will be a strong medium ### ing this understanding into the minds and hearts of non-Jews. It will refle ### spiritual and cultural values and integrity of American Jewry and will stand### mic testimony to Jewry’s faith in wisdom and the belief that democracy is ### through education, knowledge an understanding.”

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