Front cover.
Title page.
The J.T.A.:
Its Function, Its Importance, and Its Service to American Jewry:
A Universal Clearing House for Jewish News.
A Medium for International Understanding.
By William Z. Spiegelman
Issued by Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 621 Broadway, New York City.
[1929]
[1929]
Letter from Louis Marshal.
Nov. 20, 1928
My dear Mr. Landau:
Frequent requests have been made for my opinion as to the value and importance of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the Daily Bulletin. I wish therefore, to say without the slightest mental reservation that it has my unqualified approval. From the time when its reports were issued in mimeograph form down to the present day, I have made constant use of them in the course of my public activities, and have found frequent occasion to refer to its files in dealing with the manifold Jewish problems which clamored for attention. These publications have become increasingly valuable. The news which they gather from every quarter of the globe is presented in clear and concise form, without exaggeration, free form partisanship, and without the tinge of sensationalism. They are reliable and trustworthy and well expressed. So important do I consider them to be that I have no hesitation in saying that if they did not exist it would become necessary for the community to create a substitute possessing the same high qualities. With the disappearance of the present organization, that could only be done with much difficulty and at great expense. It is therefore the part of wisdom to support and preserve what we now possess. Those connected with it have become familiar with Jewish questions everywhere and have developed unusually skill in reaching authoritative sources of information.
The Jewish Daily Bulletin is more than a newspaper. It is in reality a publication which not only instructs the lay reader, but affords a fund of information to newspapers and to the purveyors of news such as the Associated Press. Without the service which it assures the press generally, as well as the Jewish public, would be groping in the dark concerning conditions and movements relating to the Jews throughout the world. Your publications have been most helpful in portraying the march of events and in enabling yours readers to foresee further developments.
Peaking, therefore, not only from personal observation, but also from familiarity with the subjects illuminated from day to day through the medium of the institution, for such it may be regarded, which you are directing, I bespeak for you the whole-hearted cooperation of all who desire to be informed reliably by an impartial agency respecting those matters which so deeply concern our brethren.
With best wishes for your success, I am
Cordially yours
Louis Marshall
Nov. 20, 1928
My dear Mr. Landau:
Frequent requests have been made for my opinion as to the value and importance of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the Daily Bulletin. I wish therefore, to say without the slightest mental reservation that it has my unqualified approval. From the time when its reports were issued in mimeograph form down to the present day, I have made constant use of them in the course of my public activities, and have found frequent occasion to refer to its files in dealing with the manifold Jewish problems which clamored for attention. These publications have become increasingly valuable. The news which they gather from every quarter of the globe is presented in clear and concise form, without exaggeration, free form partisanship, and without the tinge of sensationalism. They are reliable and trustworthy and well expressed. So important do I consider them to be that I have no hesitation in saying that if they did not exist it would become necessary for the community to create a substitute possessing the same high qualities. With the disappearance of the present organization, that could only be done with much difficulty and at great expense. It is therefore the part of wisdom to support and preserve what we now possess. Those connected with it have become familiar with Jewish questions everywhere and have developed unusually skill in reaching authoritative sources of information.
The Jewish Daily Bulletin is more than a newspaper. It is in reality a publication which not only instructs the lay reader, but affords a fund of information to newspapers and to the purveyors of news such as the Associated Press. Without the service which it assures the press generally, as well as the Jewish public, would be groping in the dark concerning conditions and movements relating to the Jews throughout the world. Your publications have been most helpful in portraying the march of events and in enabling yours readers to foresee further developments.
Peaking, therefore, not only from personal observation, but also from familiarity with the subjects illuminated from day to day through the medium of the institution, for such it may be regarded, which you are directing, I bespeak for you the whole-hearted cooperation of all who desire to be informed reliably by an impartial agency respecting those matters which so deeply concern our brethren.
With best wishes for your success, I am
Cordially yours
Louis Marshall
Article: "A Jewish News Service: Is It Necessary?"
Every reader of the press in America, whether the large metropolitan dailies, the Anglo-Jewish weeklies or the newspapers published in Yiddish, has encountered three initials preceding many news items which were of special interest. The three letters, J.T.A., as the reader will recall, preceded such news dispatches as dealt with occurrences in Jewish life or with such events and situations which affected large or small Jewish groups and communities, or pertained to the doings and achievements of Jewish individuals. Frequently one must have wondered what these letters stand for and who stands behind them.
The letters J.T.A. are the initials of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a news gathering and distribution enterprise, just as AP stands for Associated Press, UP for United Press and the like.
To those who are familiar to some extent with the subjects dealt with in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency dispatches in the press and in the Jewish Daily Bulletin, the question of whether or not Jewish news is necessary needs no answer.
Before a proper understanding of the work of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency can be reached, however, a correct definition of what constitutes Jewish news and why it is necessary are important.
"News is news without regard to the subject or who is involved or affected by it." This would be the average reaction to the question. A closer examination, however, will convince the reader that the common notion is far from the actual fact.
The problem may be debated as to what the Jewish community is: Is it a religious sect? Is it an ethnic minority? Is it a cultural group? Is it a remnant of a nation which aspires to regain its former status? Is it a special economic class?
No matter what one's answer may be to these perplexing questions, the fact remains that Jewish life goes on. The very fact that Jewish communities in whatever forms they may be found, are in existence, the very fact that Jewish families are adhering to a Jewish mode of life, the very interesting phenomenon of the persistence of the age-old traditions of ancient faith, the existence of synagogues, the various communal, charitable and cultural interests created and maintained by the effort of Jewish initiative, in all climes and under all conditions, the very fact that the Jewish population in the various countries are easily and voluntarily recognizable, prove that there is a distinct Jewish life which, in the course of its unfolding, produces Jewish news.
The logical consequence of this situation is the following: If one takes seriously his affiliation with the Jewish community, in whatever form he chooses, or if one simply follows his natural inclination to know what is happening to his family, kin and group; if one is interested in the trend of affairs of the group at large, if one pursues a special study of one or another phase of this development, if one is interested in promoting a special activity distinctly Jewish, or finally, if one is interested in the interrelations between the community at large and the Jewish community in particular, such a person is and must be interested in "Jewish news."
Is a Jewish news agency necessary? The very fact of its existence would prove its necessity. However, the necessity is proven when one turns to conditions which existed years ago, before the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was established.
Jewish news has always filtered through the columns of the general press. But in what form and on what kind of background? With what attitude was it approached, explained and presented to the uninitiated reader? The answer to this question caused much concern to every Jew who cared for the fate of his people and for its good name among the nations.
Is a Jewish news agency necessary? The very fact of its existence would prove its necessity. However, the necessity is proven when one turns to conditions which existed years ago, before the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was established.
Jewish news has always filtered through the columns of the general press. But in what form and on what kind of background? With what attitude was it approached, explained and presented to the uninitiated reader? The answer to this question caused much concern to every Jew who cared for the fate of his people and for its good name among the nations.
Article: "Un Urgent Need For Jews and Non-Jews: How the Problem is Met"
Frequently the Jewish reader of the general press used to be startled when he came across items describing what was understood to be “Jewish news.” “Jewish news” pertained to crimes committed by Jews, to business failures, divorce scandals and fires. Such individuals who happened to be Jews and who were involved in such news items were specified as Jews. However, prominent Jewish scientists who enriched the heritage of mankind by their contributions, leading Jewish philanthropists who gave their wealth and substance to relieve human suffering, outstanding Jewish leaders who achieved success and fame by promoting the best interests of their countries at personal sacrifices, Jewish soldiers who gave their lives for their countries’ sake, Jewish writers, musicians and artists who contributed toward the world’s spiritual treasures – were credited to their countries without the additional information of their Jewish origin, which was so eagerly affixes in cases which were of doubtful credit to the Jewish community.
The Jew in this procedure obviously got the worst of the bargain.
There was another angle to the situation. When a legitimate item of Jewish interest reached the desks of the city editors by the play of chance, it was frequently presented only in so far as the knowledge of the writer extended. The wider aspect of the events was lost, the inference totally excluded. When important Jewish news “broke,” such as anti-Jewish violence, anti-Jewish legislation in European countries, cases of social ostracism or of economic discrimination, it was often distorted and no clear picture of the event could be gained. This was a natural consequence of the entire situation. Jewish news cannot be properly understood without a thorough knowledge of the conditions in which these events occur.
Many worthy Jewish activities, which might appear insignificant to the uninitiated were totally ignored at a time when a projector that would throw light on Jewish events would depict them on the background of their natural conditions, would present them in their proper proportion, would take the blame when blame was due and claim the credit when credit was deserved, was an urgent one.
To meet this need the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was established.
Frequently the Jewish reader of the general press used to be startled when he came across items describing what was understood to be “Jewish news.” “Jewish news” pertained to crimes committed by Jews, to business failures, divorce scandals and fires. Such individuals who happened to be Jews and who were involved in such news items were specified as Jews. However, prominent Jewish scientists who enriched the heritage of mankind by their contributions, leading Jewish philanthropists who gave their wealth and substance to relieve human suffering, outstanding Jewish leaders who achieved success and fame by promoting the best interests of their countries at personal sacrifices, Jewish soldiers who gave their lives for their countries’ sake, Jewish writers, musicians and artists who contributed toward the world’s spiritual treasures – were credited to their countries without the additional information of their Jewish origin, which was so eagerly affixes in cases which were of doubtful credit to the Jewish community.
The Jew in this procedure obviously got the worst of the bargain.
There was another angle to the situation. When a legitimate item of Jewish interest reached the desks of the city editors by the play of chance, it was frequently presented only in so far as the knowledge of the writer extended. The wider aspect of the events was lost, the inference totally excluded. When important Jewish news “broke,” such as anti-Jewish violence, anti-Jewish legislation in European countries, cases of social ostracism or of economic discrimination, it was often distorted and no clear picture of the event could be gained. This was a natural consequence of the entire situation. Jewish news cannot be properly understood without a thorough knowledge of the conditions in which these events occur.
Many worthy Jewish activities, which might appear insignificant to the uninitiated were totally ignored at a time when a projector that would throw light on Jewish events would depict them on the background of their natural conditions, would present them in their proper proportion, would take the blame when blame was due and claim the credit when credit was deserved, was an urgent one.
To meet this need the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was established.
Illustration/clippings: "Jewish Facts Presented to World Press Through J.T.A."
Article: "The Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Its Scope, Policy and Aim"
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, when established, set out to fill this need. Founded on purely journalistic principles, its prime purpose was to serve the press of the world in a field which until this time had been neglected.
As a prospector going out into a new region, convinced of the existence of precious metals and willing to undergo the hardships and difficulties of the pioneer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency started its work firmly convinced that the field of Jewish events had a tremendous wealth of news values which are of absorbing interest not only to Jews but also to non-Jews.
Jewish life, revolving around the Bible traditions that are sacred to all nations, struggling under most perplexing and difficult conditions, marching ahead with the progress of the world, suffering and hoping with humanity, cannot remain obscure to the world at large. Its survival in the countries of persecution, its emergence in countries where progress is dawning, its valuable contributions in democracies which are flourishing, is a tale of human endeavor, joy and sorrow, which is fascinating and must be told to Jew and Gentile alike.
Much of the prejudice that has accumulated throughout the ages, much of the dust that has fallen upon the name of the Jew throughout generations of misinformation, much of the malice which has grown on the fertile ground of ignorance and bigotry, will be brushed aside and disappear as the rays of light and truth are turned toward them.
With this conviction, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency established its journalistic apparatus.
“Here is a fountain of stirring events, the original cause of which is obviously traceable to a drama which has stirred and puzzled the world for centuries. It is not propaganda, it is Jewish news, but news, hot off the wire, having occurred today, within the last twenty-four hours. It touches upon a subject which is certainly of interest to your Jewish readers, but may also be of interest to your non-Jewish readers who want the truth.”
To prove this contention, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has had to establish a world wide apparatus which would meet this requirement, to adopt a policy which would protect it against the charge of propaganda and bias or its own Jewish prejudice, and to set for itself a goal toward which all enlightened men aim.
In going to the depths of Jewish life to gather Jewish news items, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has adhered to a line of strict impartiality, no matter where its search has led.
In the conflict of parties into which Jewish life is divided, just as in non-Jewish life, in the play of factions whose number in Jewish life is greater than in that of any other group of people, in the record-breaking speed in which Jewish events are marching on the background of political, economic and social conditions throughout the world, on controversies between east and west, north and south, so distinctly accentuated in the lives of Jews, in the struggle between doctrine and theory, between the practical worker and the visionary, the work of a news agency such as the Jewish Telegraphic Agency aimed to be, a neutral attitude toward all and a passion for the truth, was an unavoidable necessity. In attempting to break through the indifference of a world press which had been accustomed to view “Jewish news” differently, this quality had to be of so sterling a character that no doubt could be cast upon it.
In this effort the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has met with a great measure of success. This success is evident by its penetration into the Jewish press throughout the world in all languages in which newspapers are published and into the non-Jewish press of America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, when established, set out to fill this need. Founded on purely journalistic principles, its prime purpose was to serve the press of the world in a field which until this time had been neglected.
As a prospector going out into a new region, convinced of the existence of precious metals and willing to undergo the hardships and difficulties of the pioneer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency started its work firmly convinced that the field of Jewish events had a tremendous wealth of news values which are of absorbing interest not only to Jews but also to non-Jews.
Jewish life, revolving around the Bible traditions that are sacred to all nations, struggling under most perplexing and difficult conditions, marching ahead with the progress of the world, suffering and hoping with humanity, cannot remain obscure to the world at large. Its survival in the countries of persecution, its emergence in countries where progress is dawning, its valuable contributions in democracies which are flourishing, is a tale of human endeavor, joy and sorrow, which is fascinating and must be told to Jew and Gentile alike.
Much of the prejudice that has accumulated throughout the ages, much of the dust that has fallen upon the name of the Jew throughout generations of misinformation, much of the malice which has grown on the fertile ground of ignorance and bigotry, will be brushed aside and disappear as the rays of light and truth are turned toward them.
With this conviction, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency established its journalistic apparatus.
“Here is a fountain of stirring events, the original cause of which is obviously traceable to a drama which has stirred and puzzled the world for centuries. It is not propaganda, it is Jewish news, but news, hot off the wire, having occurred today, within the last twenty-four hours. It touches upon a subject which is certainly of interest to your Jewish readers, but may also be of interest to your non-Jewish readers who want the truth.”
To prove this contention, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has had to establish a world wide apparatus which would meet this requirement, to adopt a policy which would protect it against the charge of propaganda and bias or its own Jewish prejudice, and to set for itself a goal toward which all enlightened men aim.
In going to the depths of Jewish life to gather Jewish news items, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has adhered to a line of strict impartiality, no matter where its search has led.
In the conflict of parties into which Jewish life is divided, just as in non-Jewish life, in the play of factions whose number in Jewish life is greater than in that of any other group of people, in the record-breaking speed in which Jewish events are marching on the background of political, economic and social conditions throughout the world, on controversies between east and west, north and south, so distinctly accentuated in the lives of Jews, in the struggle between doctrine and theory, between the practical worker and the visionary, the work of a news agency such as the Jewish Telegraphic Agency aimed to be, a neutral attitude toward all and a passion for the truth, was an unavoidable necessity. In attempting to break through the indifference of a world press which had been accustomed to view “Jewish news” differently, this quality had to be of so sterling a character that no doubt could be cast upon it.
In this effort the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has met with a great measure of success. This success is evident by its penetration into the Jewish press throughout the world in all languages in which newspapers are published and into the non-Jewish press of America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Illustration/clippings: "J.T.A. Service in U.S. and Canada Weeklies"
Article: "Around the Globe: How Jewish News is Gathered"
The gathering of Jewish news and distributing it to the Jewish and non-Jewish press takes the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to all parts of the world, to all countries where Jewish communities are to be found – around the globe.
The process of gathering Jewish news is as intriguing as the varying political, social, cultural and economic conditions of the communities in which the search is made. Six offices of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, located in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, and Jerusalem, and 152 correspondents in the smaller centers are engaged in this task. The search is made and the light is flashed – through the modern mediums of communication – not on what is usually termed daily occurrences but also on such events which could not be seen except through the eyes of trained observers. Attention is given to decisions, changes, happenings and situations which directly or indirectly affect the economic, political, cultural and religious situation of the Jewish communities. Attention is also directed to the field of intellectual endeavor and the world of letters where Jews are active. The inter-relation between Jews and Christians, whether it be in the field of economic, political or social life, or whether it is in the field of theology, is traced.
When President Coolidge, in a memorable addressed decrying the evils of bigotry and prejudice, recalls Lecky’s observation that “Hebraic mortar cemented the foundations of American democracy,” the ear of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency is there to pick it up and the apparatus ready to bring this message to those who should know it.
When the Council of the League of Nations meets in session to consider the protest against the Hungarian “numerus clausus” limiting the number of Jewish students in the universities, in contradiction to the basic laws of the country and its international obligations, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency is there to accurately report the proceedings and the action taken.
When Romanian students, in a fit of “national ecstasy,” engaged in anti-Jewish violence; when Soviet authorities in their determination to raise a Communist paradise on the debris of the ruined present order confiscate property and arrest Jewish petty traders; when small-town Poles, still under the influence of Middle Age barbarism, revive the ritual murder agitation, threatening the position of an entire Jewish community; when the Norwegian parliamentary committee decides to prohibit the Schechita, thus making it impossible for Jewish families to partake of meat; when anti-Jewish feeling rises high in Persia; when Jewish refugees enlist in the citizens’ militia to maintain peace in war-torn China; when new Jewish communities spring up in the distant islands of Japan; when German racial anti-Semites begin advocating the abandonment of Christianity because of its Jewish origin and urge a return to Teutonic paganism; when the new Macabees of modern Palestine meet the sport representatives of modern Greece on the soccer field and the former emerge victorious; when Professor George Foot Moore, the famous American scholar of Harvard, in a life study of Judaism, comes to conclusions giving the lie to assertions of German Bible critics; when the Pope order a Novena to be recited for nine days for the “speedy conversion of Jews to Catholicism”; when the Ku Klux Klan rises and falls in America; when the United States Court hands down a decision in a legal action which is picked up by German anti-Semites and used to advocate the annihilation of the Jewish race through measures which apparently have legal sanction; when Palestine, the cradle of world religions, is shaken by an earthquake; when Jewish work to rehabilitate the Land makes considerable progress, laying the foundations for the national home provided under the terms of the Mandate under the protection of the League of Nations, or when it meets with obstacles attending such development –
When an attempt by ignorant men is made, as
(cont.)
The gathering of Jewish news and distributing it to the Jewish and non-Jewish press takes the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to all parts of the world, to all countries where Jewish communities are to be found – around the globe.
The process of gathering Jewish news is as intriguing as the varying political, social, cultural and economic conditions of the communities in which the search is made. Six offices of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, located in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, and Jerusalem, and 152 correspondents in the smaller centers are engaged in this task. The search is made and the light is flashed – through the modern mediums of communication – not on what is usually termed daily occurrences but also on such events which could not be seen except through the eyes of trained observers. Attention is given to decisions, changes, happenings and situations which directly or indirectly affect the economic, political, cultural and religious situation of the Jewish communities. Attention is also directed to the field of intellectual endeavor and the world of letters where Jews are active. The inter-relation between Jews and Christians, whether it be in the field of economic, political or social life, or whether it is in the field of theology, is traced.
When President Coolidge, in a memorable addressed decrying the evils of bigotry and prejudice, recalls Lecky’s observation that “Hebraic mortar cemented the foundations of American democracy,” the ear of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency is there to pick it up and the apparatus ready to bring this message to those who should know it.
When the Council of the League of Nations meets in session to consider the protest against the Hungarian “numerus clausus” limiting the number of Jewish students in the universities, in contradiction to the basic laws of the country and its international obligations, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency is there to accurately report the proceedings and the action taken.
When Romanian students, in a fit of “national ecstasy,” engaged in anti-Jewish violence; when Soviet authorities in their determination to raise a Communist paradise on the debris of the ruined present order confiscate property and arrest Jewish petty traders; when small-town Poles, still under the influence of Middle Age barbarism, revive the ritual murder agitation, threatening the position of an entire Jewish community; when the Norwegian parliamentary committee decides to prohibit the Schechita, thus making it impossible for Jewish families to partake of meat; when anti-Jewish feeling rises high in Persia; when Jewish refugees enlist in the citizens’ militia to maintain peace in war-torn China; when new Jewish communities spring up in the distant islands of Japan; when German racial anti-Semites begin advocating the abandonment of Christianity because of its Jewish origin and urge a return to Teutonic paganism; when the new Macabees of modern Palestine meet the sport representatives of modern Greece on the soccer field and the former emerge victorious; when Professor George Foot Moore, the famous American scholar of Harvard, in a life study of Judaism, comes to conclusions giving the lie to assertions of German Bible critics; when the Pope order a Novena to be recited for nine days for the “speedy conversion of Jews to Catholicism”; when the Ku Klux Klan rises and falls in America; when the United States Court hands down a decision in a legal action which is picked up by German anti-Semites and used to advocate the annihilation of the Jewish race through measures which apparently have legal sanction; when Palestine, the cradle of world religions, is shaken by an earthquake; when Jewish work to rehabilitate the Land makes considerable progress, laying the foundations for the national home provided under the terms of the Mandate under the protection of the League of Nations, or when it meets with obstacles attending such development –
When an attempt by ignorant men is made, as
(cont.)
Illustration: "World Wide Apparatus of J.T.A.: How Jewish News is Gathered"
Illustration: "World Wide Apparatus of J.T.A.: How Jewish News is Gathered" (detail).
There are correspondents on all seven continents. They sent their reports to one of six offices, which are located in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, and Jerusalem. Each of these offices issue a daily bulletin: in New York and London, the bulletins were in English (the former was called The Jewish Daily Bulletin); in Paris, the bulletin was in French; in Berlin, it was in German; in Warsaw, it was in Polish and Yiddish; and in Jerusalem, it was in Hebrew and English.
Article: "Around the Globe: How Jewish News is Gathered" (cont.)
(cont.)
occurred in Massena, New York, to plant the barbarous and long-disproved anti-Jewish libel of the ritual murder on American soil and public opinion is speedily reacting to banish this remnant of the Middle Ages –
When Zionists and Non-Zionists after protracted negotiations in a solemn session, under the leadership of Louis Marshall, enter a pact to join all forces of Jews for the rebuilding of Palestine – and to disregard the differences of the past for a common work in the future –
These, in addition to all the daily events in the march of life, are carefully observed and broadcast through the channels of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency within twenty-four hours of their occurrence.
It is an intricate, highly complicated process, to which the highest measure of responsibility is attached. The discharge of this responsibility necessitates a thorough familiarity with conditions, changing as in a kaleidoscope, a knowledge of languages as diverse as the linguistic families into which humanity is divided. To this task the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has devoted its labors.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency was originally established February, 1917, by Jacob Landau in The Hague, with the help of Jacques Buchenholz, Elias Chanania, Sylvain Birnbaum and Sylvain Russ. It was reestablished in 1919 by Jacob Landau and Meer Grossman. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency in New York and its associated companies in London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw and Jerusalem, are under the direction of Jacob Landau. William Z. Spiegelman is the editor of the New York J.T.A. B. Smolar is editor for the Yiddish Service. Joseph Leftwich is editor of the London office. The Paris office is under the management of A. Herenrot; the Berlin office under M. Wurmbrandt; the Warsaw office under M. Moses; and the Jerusalem office under S. Schwartz.
How the News is Distributed
The service of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency is distributed by cable, radio, telegram and mail, through the six offices functioning in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw and Jerusalem. The service reaches 38 Jewish dailies in Yiddish, Hebrew and the various languages of the countries in which they are published; 91 Jewish weeklies [in as many] cities of the world.
In addition to the Jewish newspapers, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reaches, through its arrangements with general news agencies, more than 4,000 newspapers in every part of the world.
The service to the dailies goes over the wire. The service to the various weeklies is rendered in the form of mimeographed Bulletins issued in the language of publication. The head office for receiving and distributing the cable service to the various offices is located in London.
In addition to the cable and telegraphic service, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency maintains a regular feature article service which consists mainly of news letters, complementary information and topical articles written by the local correspondents and special experts.
The J.T.A. Bulletins
In addition to the service rendered to the press directly, the J.T.A. offices are issuing daily bulletins in the language of the country. A daily bulletin is issued by the London [and New York] office[s] in English, by the Paris office in French, by the Berlin office in German, by the Warsaw office in Polish and Yiddish, and by the Jerusalem office in Hebrew and English. These bulletins are also available to private subscribers who are permitted to use the information only for private purposes.
Many of the outstanding leaders of the Jewish and non-Jewish communities in the respective countries are eager subscribers to these bulletins.
(cont.)
occurred in Massena, New York, to plant the barbarous and long-disproved anti-Jewish libel of the ritual murder on American soil and public opinion is speedily reacting to banish this remnant of the Middle Ages –
When Zionists and Non-Zionists after protracted negotiations in a solemn session, under the leadership of Louis Marshall, enter a pact to join all forces of Jews for the rebuilding of Palestine – and to disregard the differences of the past for a common work in the future –
These, in addition to all the daily events in the march of life, are carefully observed and broadcast through the channels of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency within twenty-four hours of their occurrence.
It is an intricate, highly complicated process, to which the highest measure of responsibility is attached. The discharge of this responsibility necessitates a thorough familiarity with conditions, changing as in a kaleidoscope, a knowledge of languages as diverse as the linguistic families into which humanity is divided. To this task the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has devoted its labors.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency was originally established February, 1917, by Jacob Landau in The Hague, with the help of Jacques Buchenholz, Elias Chanania, Sylvain Birnbaum and Sylvain Russ. It was reestablished in 1919 by Jacob Landau and Meer Grossman. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency in New York and its associated companies in London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw and Jerusalem, are under the direction of Jacob Landau. William Z. Spiegelman is the editor of the New York J.T.A. B. Smolar is editor for the Yiddish Service. Joseph Leftwich is editor of the London office. The Paris office is under the management of A. Herenrot; the Berlin office under M. Wurmbrandt; the Warsaw office under M. Moses; and the Jerusalem office under S. Schwartz.
How the News is Distributed
The service of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency is distributed by cable, radio, telegram and mail, through the six offices functioning in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw and Jerusalem. The service reaches 38 Jewish dailies in Yiddish, Hebrew and the various languages of the countries in which they are published; 91 Jewish weeklies [in as many] cities of the world.
In addition to the Jewish newspapers, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reaches, through its arrangements with general news agencies, more than 4,000 newspapers in every part of the world.
The service to the dailies goes over the wire. The service to the various weeklies is rendered in the form of mimeographed Bulletins issued in the language of publication. The head office for receiving and distributing the cable service to the various offices is located in London.
In addition to the cable and telegraphic service, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency maintains a regular feature article service which consists mainly of news letters, complementary information and topical articles written by the local correspondents and special experts.
The J.T.A. Bulletins
In addition to the service rendered to the press directly, the J.T.A. offices are issuing daily bulletins in the language of the country. A daily bulletin is issued by the London [and New York] office[s] in English, by the Paris office in French, by the Berlin office in German, by the Warsaw office in Polish and Yiddish, and by the Jerusalem office in Hebrew and English. These bulletins are also available to private subscribers who are permitted to use the information only for private purposes.
Many of the outstanding leaders of the Jewish and non-Jewish communities in the respective countries are eager subscribers to these bulletins.
Illustration/clippings: "Yiddish Press in America Served by J.T.A."
(End of part 1.)
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