The Jew (1832-1835)
| The Jew
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| description | Periodical papers for religion and freedom of conscience, 1835 Journal for freedom of conscience |
| Area of Expertise | Platform for the struggle for emancipation |
| language | German |
| publishing company | JF Hammerich, Altona |
| Headquarters | Hamburg |
| First edition | 1832 |
| founder | Gabriel Riesser |
| Frequency of publication | bi-monthly |
| editor | Gabriel Riesser |
| Article archive | [1] |
| ZDB | 2391768-4 |
The journal Der Jude was founded in 1832 by the notary, publicist and Germany's first Jewish judge, Gabriel Riesser . He was the pioneer of the emancipation of Jews in Germany and a politician in the German unity movement. The name was deliberately chosen to be combative, as Jude was considered a swear word at the time, and so the paper was hotly contested.
In it Riesser commented critically on the debates on the legal status of Jews in the German states and in England . This new, secular reporting strongly influenced the development of the Jewish press in Germany, attracted public attention and was also read by Christian audiences.
In the second year of the magazine it was mainly about the conditions in Prussia. In 1835 Riesser tried to open the magazine under a different subtitle for inner-Jewish, religious-cultural topics, but after one issue the magazine was finally discontinued.
"If there is an unjust hatred attached to our name, should we deny it instead of [...] honor it?"
Web links
- The Jew in the Compact Memory digitization projectat the Frankfurt University Library