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Carl Alpert (May 12, 1913 – May 12, 2005) was a Boston-born journalist, author, communal worker and public relations specialist, first in America and then in Israel (where he settled in 1952 after making Aliyah).〔“Alpert, Carl,” ''Who’s Who in American Jewry'', Volume 3 (1938-1939) (New York: National News Association, Inc., 1938), p. 24.〕〔“Alpert, Carl,” ''Who’s Who in World Jewry 1987'' (New York: Who’s Who in World Jewry, Inc., 1987), p. 8.〕 He died on his 92nd birthday, which was also Israel Independence Day. His first newspaper article appeared on April 25, 1930, and his last was dated March 14, 2005.〔Carl Alpert, “Lourie Club Defends Zionism,” ''Jewish Advocate'', Boston, April 25, 1930, p. 8; Carl Alpert, “What They Are Studying,” Column No. 403, dated March 14, 2005 (published in the ''Jewish News of Greater Phoenix'' as “What they are learning,” March 18, 2005, p. 8).〕 His syndicated articles appeared in Denver's ''Intermountain Jewish News'' over the course of 67 years.〔Editorial, “Carl Alpert, our man for 67 years,” ''Intermountain Jewish News'', March 25, 2005, p. 28.〕 From the time he wrote his first column in ''The Jewish Advocate'' of Boston in 1937〔Carl Alpert, “The Jew Knows How to Die – Memories of the Titanic,” ''Jewish Advocate'', April 16, 1937, p. 4.〕 to his termination of his syndicated column in 2005 due to ill health, he calculated that he had written some 3,300 columns.〔Douglas Wertheimer, “Editor’s Notebook: Carl Alpert (1913-2005),” ''Chicago Jewish Star'', vol. 15, June 24, 2005, pp. 4, 12.〕 In 1997, he was self-syndicated in close to 50 Jewish newspapers worldwide, and in 2005 he had a mailing list of some 100 recipients (mainly serials).〔 ==Life== Alpert was born to Max L. Alpert and Flora Effross in Boston;〔 the Jewish couple also had a daughter, Marcia.〔Paul A. Peters, “Between You and Me,” ''The Sentinel'' (Chicago), August 31, 1939, p. 24.〕 Alpert began his career serving as a copywriter at the Bay State Mailing Service in Boston in 1930, becoming a reporter at the city’s ''Jewish Advocate'' newspaper in 1932〔 and then its editor from 1935-40.〔 During that time he attended Boston University (1931–35). He became a devoted Zionist in 1927 as a result of his connection with Young Judaea. “All my information and early education about Zionism came from Young Judaea. I threw myself wholeheartedly into the movement and began to read and study voraciously everything I found on the Zionist movement,” he recalled in later years.〔“Distinguished Alumnus: Carl Alpert,” ''Vatikim: The Young Judaea Alumni Newsletter'', Issue 8 (Fall 2003), p. 1.〕 Alpert was the director of the Young Judaean Clubs (1934–36), becoming president of the movement’s New England region in 1937〔 and president of the movement itself in 1940.〔“Carl Alpert of Boston is Elected President of Young Judaea,” ''The Sentinel'' (Chicago), July 11, 1940, p. 27.〕 In that year he became managing editor of the ''New Palestine'',〔Paul A. Peters, “Between You and Me,” ''The Sentinel'' (Chicago), September 5, 1940, p. 12.〕 published by the Zionist Organization of America. His work at the ''New Palestine'' was interrupted when he was inducted into the US Army as a private in 1943.〔“Joins Armed Ranks,” ''The Sentinel'' (Chicago), November 11, 1943, p. 2.〕 He served in the military until 1946 and then returned to his work at ''New Palestine''.〔Boris Smolar, “Between You and Me,” ''The Sentinel'' (Chicago), October 3, 1946, p. 8.〕 In 1946 he became director of the Department of Education of the Zionist Organization of America.〔〔''The Sentinel'' (Chicago), April 17, 1947, p. 19.〕 He moved to Israel in 1952, working as the director of public relations (1952-5) and later assistant to the president at the Technion. He retired in 1983, at which time he was executive vice chairman of the Board of Governors at the Technion.〔“Carl Alpert retires,” ''The New York Jewish Week'', September 9, 1983, p. 28.〕 In 1940, Alpert married Natalie (Nechama) Tennenbaum of Cincinnati,〔Paul A. Peters, “Between You and Me,” ''The Sentinel'' (Chicago), November 21, 1940, p. 25.〕〔“Alpert, Carl,” in ''Who’s Who in Israel 1985-86'', Tel-Aviv: Bronfman Publishers Ltd., (), p. 26.〕 who he had met at Young Judaea.〔 The couple, married for 64 years, had three children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carl Alpert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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