The Israelite
The Israelite. A central organ for Orthodox Judaism. Organ of Aguda , Frankfurt / M. was a German-language Jewish weekly magazine that appeared from May 15, 1860 until it was banned by the National Socialists in early November 1938.
The traditionally oriented “Israelit” was designed as a counterpart to the reform-oriented, liberal Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums (later “ CV -Zeitung”) and became the most important journalistic organ of German Orthodox Judaism .
The magazine was founded by the Mainz rabbi and writer Marcus Lehmann . In 1870 the magazine merged with the magazine "Jeschurun" (old series, founded in 1854). From 1871 “Der Israelit” appeared in a Hebrew , and from 1873–1879 in a Yiddish parallel edition . After the founder's death in 1890, his son Oskar Lehmann (1858–1928) took over the editorial office. In 1906 he moved the place of publication from Mainz to Frankfurt am Main .
In the course of 1933, the "Israelite" reported openly about the actions of state or National Socialist authorities or organizations against Jews. There was even information about their delivery to concentration camps, for example the Osthofen concentration camp . However, this reporting could not be linked to any criticism of the National Socialists' measures.
The last edition of "Israeliten" appeared on November 3rd, 1938, a few days before the November pogroms .
literature
- Jeannette Strauss Almstad, Matthias Wolfes : Lehmann, Marcus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 912-915.
Web links
- The Israelite in the Compact Memory digitization projecton the website of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
- The Israelite in the blog of the Religious Studies Media and Information Service e. V. - REMID, Marburg
- The Israelit Digitized Journal in the library of the Leo Baeck Institute