Three individuals involved in Jewish newspapers reached a preliminary agreement that would allow them to buy the Detroit Jewish News and Atlanta Jewish Times. Terms and a timetable for the sale of the papers to Arthur Horwitz, the current publisher of the Detroit paper, Michael Steinhardt and Seth Lipsky are not being disclosed. Steinhardt, a philanthropist, and Lipsky are co-owners of the Forward newspaper.
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