The quintessential New York Times reader and citizen editorialist, Martha S. Cherkis has been studying ethics and sociology in America for decades. Her contributions to news publications have been well received since, as a pre-teen, she won a contest given by The Detroit Free Press for the best letter about being a Detroit Tigers fan. Of course, it was published in the paper...and she won tickets to a game. Since then, her comments about media, politics and society have graced the pages of The New York Times and Commentary Magazine in response to articles on popular issues by noted writers. Further, her research has been acknowledged in books addressing issues ranging from the Holocaust to racial unrest. Now, in the age of the Internet, Martha's insights are available online. To this, Martha, who has been ever cautious in her approach to new media, says: "Thank you, Google."

Martha Cherkis is a researcher who has worked for organizations such as the American Jewish Committee and the League of Women Voters. She attended Wayne State University, New York University and The New School for Social Research.



In the above photograph, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt is speaking at the Ethical Culture Center in New York City in 1945. Martha is seated to the right of Eleanor in the first row. She is wearing a white hairwrap.

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Always an advocate of face to face discussions, Martha now embraces the world of cyberspace. She welcomes comments to this blog, which is having its inaugural group viewing before the Telecommunications Governance seminar held by Professor Olivier Sylvain on April 20, 2009 at Fordham Law School...just blocks away from the Ethical Culture Center!