Zev Hirsch Bernstein was the author and compiler of the Hatsofe B'Erez Hachadosho

Hatsofe B'Erez Hachadosho

Hatsofe B'Erez Hachadosho was the first Hebrew periodical in the United States. It was compiled and published by Zev Hirsch Bernstein. It contained Jewish and general current events of local, national and international interest, essays, poetry, history, biography and rabbinics....

, the first Hebrew periodical in the United States

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Bernstein emigrated to the United States in 1870. That summer he tried publishing two newspapers with no success. In 1871, he commenced the Hatsofe, which ran for five years. After the publication ceased he became a banker. Bernstein was also the organizer of the Hebrew Encyclopedia Co.