Hamagid
Hamagid carried global and Jewish news in Hebrew, some in translation and some original reporting. It was the first newspaper to publish opinion pieces in Hebrew.
Year: In 4th June1856, the first Hebrew weekly newspaper, HaMagid [The Declarer], began publication in Lyck, East Prussia. The founding editor was Eliezer Lipman Silberman.
Content
HaMagid contained extensive news reports from Jewish communities around the world, as well as general world news, critical historical essays, poetry, book reviews, business advertisements and personal notices. Its readership was to be found throughout the Pale of Settlement, as well as in Western Europe.
HaMagid contained extensive news reports from Jewish communities around the world, as well as general world news, critical historical essays, poetry, book reviews, business advertisements and personal notices. Its readership was to be found throughout the Pale of Settlement, as well as in Western Europe.
Donation Appeals
During its years of publication, HaMagid made numerous appeals to its subscribers for nedavot (donations) to help those in need. Sometimes the appeals were to help support Jewish settlement in Eretz Yisrael (Israel); other times for famine relief in Persia or to aid a shtetl devastated by fire. On other occasions, the donations were to fund the publication of Jewish books or help provide for individuals in distress.
During its years of publication, HaMagid made numerous appeals to its subscribers for nedavot (donations) to help those in need. Sometimes the appeals were to help support Jewish settlement in Eretz Yisrael (Israel); other times for famine relief in Persia or to aid a shtetl devastated by fire. On other occasions, the donations were to fund the publication of Jewish books or help provide for individuals in distress.
Contributors
The collected money, as well as individual contributions, was then sent on to HaMagid for disbursement. In subsequent issues, a few columns (sometimes, several pages) would be devoted to listing the names of the contributors. The names of contributors published in the pages of HaMagidare in two groupings.
- 1- Misc. Donor Lists: The first group, which I call Misc. Donor Lists, consists of contributors who, on their own, sent in a donation in response to a specific appeal.
- 2- Shtetl Donor Lists: The second group, which I call Shtetl Donor Lists, consists of contributors from a single location.
Approximately two thousand "Shtetl Donor Lists" appear in HaMagid over a forty-year period, and comprise tens of thousands of names.
The collected money, as well as individual contributions, was then sent on to HaMagid for disbursement. In subsequent issues, a few columns (sometimes, several pages) would be devoted to listing the names of the contributors. The names of contributors published in the pages of HaMagidare in two groupings.
- 1- Misc. Donor Lists: The first group, which I call Misc. Donor Lists, consists of contributors who, on their own, sent in a donation in response to a specific appeal.
- 2- Shtetl Donor Lists: The second group, which I call Shtetl Donor Lists, consists of contributors from a single location.
Approximately two thousand "Shtetl Donor Lists" appear in HaMagid over a forty-year period, and comprise tens of thousands of names.
Censorship
For censorship reasons it was published outside the borders of tsarist Russia (first in Lyck, Prussia, and after 1890 successively in Berlin, Kraków, and Vienna).
For censorship reasons it was published outside the borders of tsarist Russia (first in Lyck, Prussia, and after 1890 successively in Berlin, Kraków, and Vienna).
Pioneer
Ha-Magid was a pioneer in reporting the news in Hebrew from around the world, and especially from the Jewish world, either culled from translations of the general press or from original reporting drawn from its own vast network of bureaus. It initiated and nurtured the modern genre of opinion essays in Hebrew.
Ha-Magid was a pioneer in reporting the news in Hebrew from around the world, and especially from the Jewish world, either culled from translations of the general press or from original reporting drawn from its own vast network of bureaus. It initiated and nurtured the modern genre of opinion essays in Hebrew.
In General
From the 1860s, the paper supported settlement in Land of Israel for a combination of religious and national reasons. David Gordon and his son Dov edited the paper from 1886-1880. After the death of his father, Dov Gordon continued as editor until 1890, and was replaced from 1890-1903 by Jacob Samuel Fuchs.
From the 1860s, the paper supported settlement in Land of Israel for a combination of religious and national reasons. David Gordon and his son Dov edited the paper from 1886-1880. After the death of his father, Dov Gordon continued as editor until 1890, and was replaced from 1890-1903 by Jacob Samuel Fuchs.
Perished
In 1892, it began, more and more, to resemble a domestic Galician newspaper, and its position at the vanguard of the Hebrew press was relinquished to the Hebrew dailies Ha-Melits and Ha-Tsefirah.
In 1892, it began, more and more, to resemble a domestic Galician newspaper, and its position at the vanguard of the Hebrew press was relinquished to the Hebrew dailies Ha-Melits and Ha-Tsefirah.
During its last decade, it would be called HaMagid L’Yisrael [The Declarer to Israel]. In 30 October 1903 issue was stopped.
References
Wikipedia, Yivo Encyclopedia, National Library of Israel.
Wikipedia, Yivo Encyclopedia, National Library of Israel.
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