Word: edelhertz
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Like the Tribune, the American Hebrew was partially subsidized by race-proud Jews. Its advertising revenue nearly met expenses until the current Depression. As advertising fell off, the editorial content grew sloppy. Publisher Bernard Edelhertz worried himself ill over the problem, went into his closet and hanged himself (TIME, July 27). The magazine's president & editor, Isaac Landman, editor-in-chief of the forthcoming Jewish Encyclopedia, already had accepted a call to return to the rabbinate. Who, then, could take the American Hebrew's burden upon his shoulders and lead it out of its wilderness? He should...
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