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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Yiddish press

A group of anarchists in Warsaw mourn during the 1926 funeral of activist 'White Morits,' who had previously been imprisoned for anarchist activities. (Courtesy YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)
January 20, 2019, 6:12 pm
A forgotten chapter: When Jewish America spoke Yiddish — and was anarchist
A January 20 conference hosted by the YIVO Institute covers a seldom-recognized piece of US Jewry’s immigrant experience — and one that may serve a marginalized sector today
By Gideon Grudo
This November 1, 1936, magazine section of The Forward, illustrates its evolution from a Socialist publication to a Social Democratic supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal (Public Domain)
January 19, 2019, 3:08 am
The Forward ran low on cash and miracles before ending 121 years in print
The storied Jewish publication, founded as a Yiddish paper, has been losing money since 1945 and is now laying off 20% of its staff, including its editor, as it goes online only
By Ben Sales
The cover of the the November 2, 2018 edition of Di Tzeitung on the Pittsburgh massacre (Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt/Twitter, via JTA)
November 2, 2018, 11:49 am
US Hasidic newspaper omits photos of Pittsburgh’s female victims
Editor Di Tzeitung says decision to only include pictures of male victims of synagogue massacre reflects standard practice
By JTA
Milgroym was a Yiddish arts and culture journal published in Berlin between 1922 and 1924. (Courtesy of The Milgroym Project via JTA)
March 8, 2018, 7:55 am
Yiddish journals given a new life online
Milgroym project to post full-color scans of Jewish interwar periodicals and translations of selected writings
By JTA
'Bad Rabbi' by Eddy Portnoy (Courtesy Stanford University Press)
October 11, 2017, 10:55 am
‘Bad Rabbi’ exposes seamy underbelly of early 20th century Jewish life
New book shines light on forgotten world of downwardly mobile Jews of New York and Warsaw as chronicled by Yiddish press in its heyday
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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