Jewish Communal Service students visit the Jewish Week

On Wednesday, May 9, students in Wurzweiler's Jewish
Communal Service Program visited the Times Square
office of the New York Jewish Week. As the largest
Jewish newspaper in the United States, the Jewish Week
has a powerful influence on American Jewish public
opinion. Joined by Professors Saul Andron, Lynne Levy
and Norman Linzer, students engaged in a discussion
with editor and publisher Gary Rosenblatt, managing
editor Robert Goldblum, and assistant managing editor
Adam Dickter about how these journalists deal with
such a grave responsibility.

All three newspapermen spoke openly of the criticism
the paper has sometimes received for its coverage of
sensitive issues, the conflict between serving the
Jewish community and engaging in lashon hara (hurtful
gossip), the challenge of keeping current in an age of
high-speed Internet and blogs, and the personal

rewards of having a story that was printed in the
paper result in relief and assistance to fellow Jews
in need. Students left with many new ideas and issues
to think about as they looked toward a new year of
study and service in the Jewish communal world.
(Thanks to Robert Lebowitz for reporting this even)