Al Zelikovitch

Aryeh "Al" Zelikovitch (Hebrew: אריה 'זליקוביץ; Yiddish: אריה זעליקאָוויטש - born May 15, 1930) is a retired Belgian-American journalist and television personality. A prominent member of the community in addition to being a survivor of, he was the main anchor of KDO-TV Channel 3's evening newscasts for over 47 years.

Biography
Al Zelikovitch was born into a Jewish family in, in northern , in 1930. After in, Al and his family were separated in the Nazi concentration camps. Al spent the years between when he was aged 10 to 13 in Nazi camps, including and. After the war, Al and his father, who survived, moved to the. Al speaks with a distinctive Trans-Atlantic accent, he listened to American radio broadcasts to coach himself out of his native Belgian accent. He speaks English, Yiddish and Hebrew (Al once spoke to a Jewish intern at KDO-TV in Hebrew, much to the intern's surprise.)

Zelikovitch graduated from the in 1955. He was a newsman for in  from 1957-1960 and a reporter for  in  from 1960-1965. At KOLN-TV, he met weatherman Thomas L. Vingoe. In 1966, they joined KDO-TV in.

In 2005, Al was inducted into the Northwest Washington Broadcasting Hall of Fame. That same year, he did a special story on him taking his nephews on a.

On October 1, 2013, at age 83, Al announced his retirement from KDO-TV. His last on-air appearance was on the October 10, 2013 5 p.m. newscast alongside longtime colleague Thomas L. Vingoe.