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The ''Congress Weekly'' magazine was a periodical, published in New York, by the American Jewish Congress The American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) is an association of American Jews organized to defend Jewish interests in the US and internationally through public policy advocacy, using diplomacy, legislation, and the courts. History The idea for a .... The magazine was "a review of Jewish interests.". It was founded in the 1930s. Samuel Caplan was its editor from 1940 till 1966. Among its contributors was author and poet Judd L. Teller. The ''Congress weekly'' magazine became a bi-weekly in 1959, known as ''Congress bi-weekly magazine''. It later (at least since 1975) became a monthly magazine, ''Congress Monthly'', with articles on public policy and public affairs.Jerome A Chanes, "A Primer o ...
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American Jewish Congress
The American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) is an association of American Jews organized to defend Jewish interests in the US and internationally through public policy advocacy, using diplomacy, legislation, and the courts. History The idea for an American Jewish Congress was first proposed on August 30, 1914, by Bernard G. Richards. Leaders within the American Jewish community, consisting of Jewish, Zionism, Zionist, and immigrant community organizations, convened the first AJCongress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise, Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, and others joined to lay the groundwork for a national democratic organization of Jewish leaders from all over the country, to rally for equal rights for all Americans regardless of race, religion, or national ancestry. The American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) was officially founded in November 1918. In addition to its goal of equal right ...
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Samuel Caplan
Samuel Caplan (March 10, 1895 – May 6, 1969) was an American magazine editor. Caplan was born in the Russian Empire on March 10, 1895, and in 1905 moved to the United States. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Caplan began writing no later than 1920. In the early 1920s he was editor of the Boston newspaper ''The Jewish Leader'', which was published in both English and Yiddish. Caplan edited the '' New Palestine'' magazine in 1934. From 1940 to his retirement, in 1966, Caplan was editor of the '' Congress Weekly'' magazine. After retiring, he was elected as member "at-large". In the end of 1943, Caplan replaced Lillie Shultz as secretary to the governing council of the American Jewish Congress The American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) is an association of American Jews organized to defend Jewish interests in the US and internationally through public policy advocacy, using diplomacy, legislation, and the courts. ...
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Judd L
Judd may refer to: * Judd (engine), a range of racing engines built by Engine Developments Ltd. * Judd (name), including a list of people with the name * Judd, Iowa * Judd Records, a record label * The Judd School The Judd School (often known simply as Judd) is an 11–18 voluntary aided, grammar school and sixth form in Tonbridge, Kent, England. It was established in 1888 at Stafford House on East Street in Tonbridge, where it remained for eight years bef ..., a school in Tonbridge, Kent, England * Judd Shoes, a former shoemaker in Adelaide, South Australia {{Disambiguation ...
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Magazines Established In The 1930s
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally financed by advertising, newsagent's shop, purchase price, prepaid subscription business model, subscriptions, or by a combination of the three. They are categorised by their frequency of publication (i.e., as weeklies, monthlies, quarterlies, etc.), their target audiences (e.g., women's and trade magazines), their subjects of focus (e.g., popular science and religious), and their tones or approach (e.g., works of satire or humor). Appearance on the cover of print magazines has historically been understood to convey a place of honor or distinction to an individual or event. Term origin and definition Origin The etymology of the word "magazine" suggests derivation from the Arabic language, Arabic (), the broken plural of () meaning "depot, s ...
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