Hamagid

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Hamagid
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Hamagid (

Russian Jews, but was soon redistributed all over Europe and the Jewish world.[3] Although it only had a peak circulation of 1,800 copies, it's primarily remembered as beginning the modern day Hebrew language press.[3] It is hard to estimate its true readership, as in its era one copy would pass through many hands.[2]

Eliezer Lipman Zilbermann, founding editor of Hamagid
David Gordon, first deputy editor of Hamagid, and editor between 1880 and 1886

Hamagid carried global and Jewish news in Hebrew, either translated, or as original reporting.

op-eds in Hebrew.[1]

The founder and first editor of Hamagid was Eliezer Lipman Zilbermann (1819 – 1882).

Zionist movement.[3]

David Gordon (1831 – 1886),[1] formerly deputy editor, became editor in 1880, and his son became deputy editor.[2] He held the position of editor until his death in 1886.[3][7] After the death of his father, Dov Gordon continued as editor until 1890,[7] until Yaacov Shmuel Fux took over, who edited between 1890 and 1903[7][2] and whose sole focus was on cultural and political issues, and not social issues as previous editors had focused on, in the footsteps of Zilbermann.[7]

Hamagid moved twice: first to Berlin in 1890, then to Kraków in 1892.[3] After moving to Kraków, its readership declined, partly due to censorship by Russian authorities.[2] It finally closed in 1903.[3] In its twilight years, its de facto editor was Shimʻon Menaḥem Lazar,[3] although Fux kept the title of editor until the end.[7]

Post-1892, Hamagid found itself largely supplanted by other Hebrew language newspapers like

Ha-Melitz and Ha-Tsfira.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-507453-6
    . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ha-Magid". National Library of Israel. Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Holtzman, Avner; Fachler, David (27 August 2010). "Magid, Ha-". The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. ISBN 90-04-06175-4
    . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  5. ISBN 978-1-134-42865-6
    . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. ISBN 978-1-932687-54-5
    . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-1-61249-469-2
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  8. ^ Lippe, Ch D. (Chayim David) (1881). Ch. D. Lippe's bibliographisches Lexicon der gesammten jüdischen Literatur der Gegenwart und Adress-Anzeiger. University of California. Wien, D. Löwy.

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