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The Jewish Sentinel called simply The Sentinel, [1] [2] [3] [4] was a weekly newspaper [5] published each Thursday by The Sentinel Publishing Company of Chicago from 1911 to 1996. [6] [7]

Founded by Louis Berlin (d. 1964) with a friend, [7] Abraham L. Weber. [8] Berlin was the first editor. [7] [9] Its first issues was on February 4, 1911. [7] In 1943 he sold [9] it to Jack I. Fishbein (d.1996) who was editor and publisher [5] since. [10] [11]

The Sentinel, Voice of Chicago Jewry, [12]  reflected the changing Chicago Jewish community. It set it apart from others by publishing in the English language while catering (also) to the immigrant community. [7] It appealed to the wide spectrum of Chicago Jewry. [8] In addition to local issues, it covered national and international Jewish news. [6] "As Allied armies liberated Europe in 1945, it published some of the earliest eyewitness accounts of Nazi concentration camps." [7]

It was one of the longest continuously published Jewish weeklies in the United States. [12] The last issue was December 26, 1996. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Chicago, Sentinel Publishing Co; Chicago, Sentinel Publishing Co (1961). The Sentinel's History of Chicago Jewry, 1911-1961. Sentinel Publishing Company.
  2. ↑ Drachler, Norman (1996). A Bibliography of Jewish Education in the United States. Wayne State University Press. p. 446. ISBN   978-0-8143-2353-3.
  3. ↑ Sclar, Ari F. (2015-04-15). Beyond Stereotypes: American Jews and Sports. Purdue University Press. p. 71. ISBN   978-1-61249-356-5.
  4. ↑ Cutler, Irving (2009-10-26). Chicago's Jewish West Side. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4396-2100-4.Nazis were burning books written by Jews, democrats, and liberal and social revolutionaries. The cover of the Sentinel, a weekly started in 1911, commemorates.
  5. 1 2 "Jewish Lifs Termed At An End In Soviet (Published 1961)". The New York Times . 1961-08-09. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. 1 2 "The Jewish Sentinel - Illinois Digital Archives". www.idaillinois.org. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Writers, Terry Wilson and Ron Grossman, Tribune Staff (1997-01-06). "85-Year-Old Jewish Newspaper Barely Outlives Its Editor". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. 1 2 Cutler, Irving (1996). The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb. University of Illinois Press. p. 151. ISBN   978-0-252-02185-5.
  9. 1 2 "Louis Berlin, Founder and First Editor of 'sentinel,' Dies in Chicago". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1964-12-02. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  10. ↑ Writer, Kenan Heise, Tribune Staff (1996-07-19). "Publisher Jack Fishbein, Leader In Jewish Issues". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "J.I. Fishbein, Editor of 'sentinel,' Honored for 20 Years of Service". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1964-03-24. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  12. 1 2 "⁨⁨The Sentinel⁩⁩ | Newspapers | The National Library of Israel". www.nli.org.il. Retrieved 2021-01-24.


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