Ha-Tsefirah

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Ha-Tsefirah (also Zefirah ; Hazefirah) (lit. Epoch) was a Hebrew language newspaper published in 1862 and 1874-1931. [1]

The first issue of Ha-Tsefirah appeared in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire in 1862, edited by Chaim Selig Slonimski (known by his Hebrew acronym Hazas). [2]Ha-Tsefirah was the first Hebrew paper with an emphasis on the sciences. [3]Six months later, the paper closed when Slonimski became principal of the rabbinical seminary in Zhytomyr and the government censor of Hebrew books.[4] The paper reopened in 1874, in Berlin, the place of publication being changed in September, 1875, to Warsawbut did not cover news and politics until after the First Zionist Congress. [5] In 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.[6][7]

Ha-Tsefirah became part of a network of important Hebrew periodicals, among them Ha-Shahar, He-Asif, Ha-Shiloah. Some of the greatest names in early modern Hebrew literature published their work in Ha-Tsefirah, including Mendele Mocher Sforim, Y.L. Peretz and Sholem Aleichem.[8]

[edit] Bibliography

  • Oren Soffer (2004) Antisemitism, Statistics, and the Scientization of Hebrew Political Discourse: The Case Study of Ha-Tsefirah

Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, and Society Winter 2004, Vol. 10, No. 2: pp. 55-79

  • Oren Soffer 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://icon.crl.edu/detail.php?language=Hebrew&country=&title=&oclcno=&begindate=&institution=&sort=&sortOrder=ASC&item=-1&recIndex=49&recCount=70
  2. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/977814.html
  3. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/977814.html
  4. ^ http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=S&artid=855
  5. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/977814.html
  6. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/977814.html
  7. ^ The Institute Anniversary Volume (1941-1961), Institute of Jewish Affairs, p.322
  8. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/977814.html
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