Jacob Ewert

Jacob Gerhard Ewert (November 24, 1874 – March 16, 1923),^[1] also known as J. G. Evert,^[2] was a Mennonite socialist and pacifist from Hillsboro, Kansas.^[3] From 1909 he was editor of the German-language newspaper Hillsboro Journal,^[4] later renamed Vorwärts.^{[citation needed]} Ewert wrote books and pamphlets on socialism, on temperance, and on warfare.^[5] The historian Duane Sotltzfus described Ewert as a "tireless advocate for conscientious objectors, writing articles and counseling many draftees" when writing for Vorwärts.^[2] The Newton, Kansas, newspaper Der Herold, edited by H. P. Krehbiel, challenged his published support of socialist agendas.^[6]

Ewert attended the Mennonite Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, and later taught both there and at a Mennonite Brethren college, Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas.^[6]