Arthur Myron Horwitz is a nationally respected journalist, publisher, and civic leader whose career was recognized with his enshrinement in the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, the establishment of the Arthur M. Horwitz Collection at the University of Michigan, and the awarding of publisher emeritus status for the Detroit Jewish News, where he served as publisher and executive editor for more than thirty years. The child of a Holocaust survivor mother and an American-born father, Arthur has shared his “dual identities” story with thousands of students during their visits to the Zekelman Holocaust Center. Arthur’s writing has appeared in secular and ethnic publications and academic journals. He is a frequent panelist on affiliate news programs of ABC, NBC, PBS, and NPR. Arthur is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the Yale School of Management.




