Ha-Meliz
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Ha-Meliẓ was the first Hebrew newspaper in Russia
. It was founded by Alexander Zederbaum, in Odessa
, in 1860, as a weekly, and was transferred to St. Petersburg in 1871.
Its publication was several times suspended for lack of support or by order of the authorities; but it was always revived by the resource and energy of Zederbaum. Ha-Meliẓ began to appear daily in 1886. Leon Rabinowitz succeeded Zederbaum in 1893 as the editor.
Ha-Meliẓ was a representative of the progressive or haskalah
movement, and even so severe a critic as Kowner admitted that "it has been more useful to the Jews than have the other Hebrew newspapers" ("Ḥeḳer Dabar," pp. 52 et seq., Warsaw, 1866). While it not so literary or scientific as some of its contemporaries, it usually had more news and debatess of interest, and was consequently more popular.
J. A. Goldenblum was for many years associated with Zederbaum in its publication. A. S. Friedberg and Judah Leib Gordon
were the best known of its associate editors. Almost every prominent Hebrew writer of its times contributed to it.
Ḳohelet (St. Petersburg, 1881), Migdonot (ib. 1883), Meliẓ Aḥad Minni Elef (on the occasion of the appearance of No. 1,000; ib. 1884), Leḳeṭ Amarim (ib. 1889), and Arba'ah Ma'amarim (ib. 1893) are collections of literary and scientific articles which appeared as supplements to "Ha-Meliẓ" in Zederbaum's time. Ha-Yeḳeb(ib. 1894), Ha-Osem and Ha-Gat (ib. 1897), and Ha-Gan (ib. 1899) are similar publications issued by Zederbaum's successor.
Ha-Meliz was intermittently published until 1903.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It was founded by Alexander Zederbaum, in Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
, in 1860, as a weekly, and was transferred to St. Petersburg in 1871.
Its publication was several times suspended for lack of support or by order of the authorities; but it was always revived by the resource and energy of Zederbaum. Ha-Meliẓ began to appear daily in 1886. Leon Rabinowitz succeeded Zederbaum in 1893 as the editor.
Ha-Meliẓ was a representative of the progressive or haskalah
Haskalah
Haskalah , the Jewish Enlightenment, was a movement among European Jews in the 18th–19th centuries that advocated adopting enlightenment values, pressing for better integration into European society, and increasing education in secular studies, Hebrew language, and Jewish history...
movement, and even so severe a critic as Kowner admitted that "it has been more useful to the Jews than have the other Hebrew newspapers" ("Ḥeḳer Dabar," pp. 52 et seq., Warsaw, 1866). While it not so literary or scientific as some of its contemporaries, it usually had more news and debatess of interest, and was consequently more popular.
J. A. Goldenblum was for many years associated with Zederbaum in its publication. A. S. Friedberg and Judah Leib Gordon
Judah Leib Gordon
Judah Leib Gordon, also known as Leon Gordon, was among the most important Hebrew poets of the Jewish Enlightenment....
were the best known of its associate editors. Almost every prominent Hebrew writer of its times contributed to it.
Ḳohelet (St. Petersburg, 1881), Migdonot (ib. 1883), Meliẓ Aḥad Minni Elef (on the occasion of the appearance of No. 1,000; ib. 1884), Leḳeṭ Amarim (ib. 1889), and Arba'ah Ma'amarim (ib. 1893) are collections of literary and scientific articles which appeared as supplements to "Ha-Meliẓ" in Zederbaum's time. Ha-Yeḳeb(ib. 1894), Ha-Osem and Ha-Gat (ib. 1897), and Ha-Gan (ib. 1899) are similar publications issued by Zederbaum's successor.
Ha-Meliz was intermittently published until 1903.
External links
- HA-MELIẒ an article from the Jewish EncyclopediaJewish EncyclopediaThe Jewish Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia originally published in New York between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. It contained over 15,000 articles in 12 volumes on the history and then-current state of Judaism and the Jews as of 1901...
- Online, searchable Hamelitz editions from the Historical Jewish Press site.