Congress Weekly

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The Congress Weekly magazine was a periodical, [1] [2] published in New York, by the American Jewish Congress.

The magazine was "a review of Jewish interests.". [3] [4] It was founded in the 1930s. [2]

Samuel Caplan was its editor from 1940 till 1966. [5]

Among its contributors was author and poet Judd L. Teller. [6]

The Congress weekly magazine became a bi-weekly in 1959, [5] known as Congress bi-weekly magazine. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

It later (at least since 1975) became a monthly magazine, Congress Monthly, [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] with articles on public policy and public affairs. [19]

References

  1. Congress, United States (1957). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 547.
  2. 1 2 "Jewish Periodicals". The American Jewish Year Book. 71: 594–601. 1970. ISSN   0065-8987. JSTOR   23604074.
  3. Serials & Newspapers in Microform. University Microfilms. 1992.
  4. American Jewish Congress (1941). "Congress weekly; a review of Jewish interests". Congress Weekly; A Review of Jewish Interests. OCLC   1353692.
  5. 1 2 "Funeral Services Held for Samuel Caplan, 74, Retired Editor of 'congress Bi-weekly'". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. May 9, 1969. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  6. Chametzky, Jules; Felstiner, John; Flanzbaum, Hilene; Hellerstein, Kathryn (2001). Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 530. ISBN   978-0-393-04809-4.
  7. American Jewish Congress (1959). "Congress bi-weekly". Congress Bi-weekly. OCLC   3477442.
  8. Congress Bi-weekly. American Jewish Congress. 1962.
  9. Congress Bi-weekly. American Jewish Congress. 1963.
  10. Congress Bi-weekly. American Jewish Congress. 1964.
  11. Congress Bi-weekly. American Jewish Congress. 1965.
  12. Congress Bi-weekly. American Jewish Congress. 1973.
  13. Cohen, Naomi Wiener (1992). Jews in Christian America: The Pursuit of Religious Equality. Oxford University Press. p. 285. ISBN   978-0-19-506537-4.
  14. The Oxbridge Directory of Ethnic Periodicals. Oxbridge Communications. 1979. p. 136. ISBN   978-0-917460-06-7.
  15. Dorr, Steven R. (1981). Scholars' Guide to Washington, D.C., for Middle Eastern Studies: Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, The Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Turkey, Iran. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 404. ISBN   978-0-87474-372-2.
  16. Singer, David; Grossman, Lawrence (2003). American Jewish Year Book 2003. VNR AG. p. 699. ISBN   978-0-87495-126-4.
  17. "Collection: Records of The American Jewish Congress | The Center for Jewish History ArchivesSpace". archives.cjh.org. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  18. "American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  19. Jerome A Chanes, "A Primer on the American Jewish Community", 3rd ed. June, 2008, ajc.org