Adult Education w/ Janyce Katz

The Menorah Journal was the leading Jewish intellectual and literary magazine published in English from 1915 to 1930. Its long run ended when Henry Hurwitz, its founder and editor died, in 1961.  The magazine published the thoughts of Jewish intellectuals (and often non-Jews) about Judaism, the current world and ideas pertinent to the times. It became an integral part of the intellectual life of the educated elite in the United States.  Its goal was to explore humanistic values within Judaism and promote the growth of a secular Jewish culture, “Hebraism”, that would be both American and Jewish. It also subtly fought anti-Semitism and promoted cultural pluralism over the melt into a Protestant all the same culture as was then expected of immigrants. The Journal seemed to lose its significance after 1930.  Its philosophy changed several times before it ended. That it was forgotten is our loss.

Biography of Janyce C. Katz, Esq.

Janyce C. Katz studied American Diplomatic and Intellectual History.  With her MA in hand and having taken and passed her PhD examination, she fell into being a reporter, producer and sometimes anchor at WGUC, Cincinnati public radio station. She won five state wide awards for documentaries she produced while working at WGUC. She followed that up with producing a few documentaries and shorter pieces for public television station WCET.  She then worked in Washington DC as the head of public relations/public affairs at the National Women’s Political Caucus, followed by a few years at AAUW as communication manager.  She then started Janyce Katz Productions, which was anything legally producing an income.  She decided to go back to law school and then, when she was licensed as a lawyer, she became an Assistant Attorney General in the State of Ohio who argued about 40 cases in the Ohio Supreme Court.  Most recently, she has been working for her husband’s company as an attorney and janyce of all trades.