Washington Jewish Weekly Lauded by Organ of U.S. Newspaper Industry

The Jewish Week, the new weekly published in Washington, D.C. has been singled out by Editor and Publisher, the organ of the newspaper industry, for special praise for its design and typography.

Editor and Publisher reproduced the front page of an issue of the Jewish weekly as a “striking illustration” of “spruced up typography, ” Comments on the Jewish weekly appeared in an article “Page of the Week, ” written by Edmund C. Arnold, head of the typography department of Syracuse University and one of the nation’s foremost experts on newspaper typography.

Mr. Arnold wrote that the Jewish Week “has a sophisticated audience which has plenty of good general newspapers competing for readership” and that editor Joseph Hochstein “competes in a smart way” with “specialized and high quality content.” The typography expert praised the quality of picture reproduction which he called “good as photography” and “good as communication. ” He also commented on the “effective use” of magazine style headlines for feature stories.

The Jewish Week was established last November at the suggestion of outstanding leaders of the American Jewish Community and the Greater Washington community. It is not owned or controlled by any Jewish organization. It is a private enterprise and is the responsibility and property of the Hochstein family. The editor and publisher is Joseph M. Hochstein, who gave up his position as managing editor of the Newhouse Newspapers’ National News Service in Washington to establish the Jewish Week. The president of the publishing company is his father Philip Hochstein, who is the editorial director of Newhouse Newspapers, one of the nation’s largest daily newspaper organizations. Mrs. Leah Hochstein, mother of the editor, was born in pre-British Palestine and is the daughter of Zionist pioneers.