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Ha-Tsfirah
Masthead of Ha-Tsfirah, 27 February 1862
Founder(s)Chaim Selig Slonimski
Founded1862, 1874 (1862, 1874)
LanguageHebrew
Ceased publication1931 (1931)
CountryPoland
Free online archivesEditions from the Historical Jewish Press

Ha-Tsfira (Hebrew: הצפירה) was a Hebrew-language newspaper published in Poland in 1862 and 1874–1931.

History

The first issue of Ha-Tsfira appeared in Warsaw, Congress Poland, in 1862, edited by Chaim Selig Slonimski. Ha-Tsfira was the first Hebrew paper with an emphasis on the sciences.

The paper closed down after six months when Slonimski became principal of the rabbinical seminary in Zhytomyr, and the government began censorship of Hebrew books.

It reopened in 1874 in Berlin, and began to be published in Warsaw in September 1875. Coverage of news and politics was introduced after the First Zionist Congress. From 1886, the paper began to appear as a daily. The driving spirit behind this change was Slonimski's assistant, Nachum Sokolov, who was later appointed editor-in-chief.

Ha-Tsfira became part of a network of important Hebrew periodicals, among them Ha-Shahar, Ha-Asif, Ha-Shiloaḥ. Some of the greatest names in early modern Hebrew literature published their work in the paper, including Mendele Mocher Sforim, Y. L. Peretz, and Sholem Aleichem.

References

  1. Holtzman, Avner (2008). "Tsefirah, Ha-". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Translated by Fachler, David. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  2. ^ Segev, Dror. "Spotlighting the 'great events'". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 29 June 2008.
  3.  Singer, Isidore; Eisenstein, Judah David (1905). "Slonimski, Ḥayyim Selig". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. pp. 409–410.
  4. The Institute Anniversary Volume (1941–1961). New York: Institute of Jewish Affairs. 1962. p. 322.

Further reading

  • Soffer, Oren (2004). Antisemitism, Statistics, and the Scientization of Hebrew Political Discourse: The Case Study of Ha-Tsefirah.
  • "Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, and Society". 10 (2). Winter 2004: 55–79. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Soffer, Oren (2007). There is No Place for Pilpul! Hazefirah Journal and the Modernization of Socio-political Discourse (in Hebrew). Mossad Bialik & the Center for the Study of Polish Jewry at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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