Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums
Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums (until May 1903: Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums) was a
At the time of its founding, several
The first number of the paper appeared May 2, 1837, and was published by
Isidore Singer, writing in 1906, highlighted the paper's editorial independence, noting that it had not ever received a subsidy from any Jewish body, and that during the
Philippson's chief aim was the civil emancipation of the Jews,
From the outset the Allgemeine Zeitung met with success, drawing the interest of cultured Jewish circles of Germany,
During the first years of its existence the paper had among its collaborators a number of the most distinguished scholars, including Gabriel Riesser,
In the mid-1850s a supplement was published regularly, entitled Jüdisches Volksblatt zur Belehrung und Unterhaltung auf Jüdischem Gebiete (A Popular Jewish Journal for Instruction and Entertainment on Jewish Subjects).
After Philippson's death Gustav Karpeles assumed the editorship, beginning with the issue of February 9, 1890.[3] Under his tenure the paper's interests shifted toward the lives and situation of the Jews of Eastern Europe.[1] At that time a change was made in the format so that the literary part, which formed the bulk of the paper, was separated from the part containing the news. The latter was paged separately as a supplement entitled Der Gemeindebote, which continued to appear until 1922.
In 1890 the journal was acquired by Rudolf Mosse, and from then on published in Berlin.
Later, beginning in the second half of 1920, the journal appeared only once every two weeks.[1] It ceased publication with the issue of April 28, 1922,[6] and was succeeded by the C.V.-Zeitung (C.V.-Newspaper), the organ of the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith).[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4– via Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Kayserling, Meyer (1898). Ludwig Philippson: eine Biographie. Leipzig: Hermann Mendelsohn. p. 55.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Singer, Isidore (1906). "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums." Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk and Wagnalls.
- ^ Jost, Israel Mark. "Ludwig Philippson, Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums," chapter 16, in: Neuere Geschichte der Israeliten, vol. 3. Breslau: Jacobsohn, 1847. p. 149-156.
- ^ Translation as cited in Singer (1906), Jewish Encyclopedia.
- ^ See the overview of the complete digital edition, found in the "Compact Memory" digital archive of German-Jewish periodicals, hosted online at the Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main.
- ^ See editorial notice, Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums, April 28, 1922, p. 1.
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