Roš Chodeš

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Roš chodeš (rarely abbreviated as Rch ) is a periodical of the Jewish communities in the Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia ) that has been published monthly since 1934, under this name since 1990. The name comes from the Hebrew term for the first day of each month in Jewish calendar, in German spelling Rosh Chodesch , Hebrew ראש חודש.

history

First weekly, then biweekly, the magazine appeared for most of its existence as a monthly magazine. Roš chodeš refers to a tradition that began in 1934 with the previous magazine Věstník (German about news paper, journal, paper), when there were still several newspapers and magazines for the Jewish population. This makes this magazine the oldest still existing periodical of Jewish communities in the Czech Republic.

Věstník until 1939, Věstník from 1945 (news bulletin)

The name of "Věstník" in the pre-war period was Věstník židovské náboženské obce (Jewish community news sheet ). The first edition appeared on February 7, 1934. From around 1938, the paper provided regular information on the possibilities of emigration. Immediately after the National Socialist occupation of Czechoslovakia and the proclamation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in March 1939, the magazine was banned.

On September 11, 1945, the first post-war edition of Věstník appeared , the name of which was changed in 1952 (insignificantly) to Věstník židovských náboženských obcí v Československu (News Gazette of Jewish Communities in Czechoslovakia). The editor was the Rada židovských náboženských obcí v České republice (Council of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic).

Židovské listy (Jewish papers)

During the time of the Protectorate, Věstník was replaced by the bilingual Židovské listy (Jewish papers); they appeared (at first irregularly) from November 24, 1939 to January 1945 and were published by the Jewish Community in Prague in cooperation with Ústřední sionistický svaz (Central Zionist Union). They were subject to Gestapo censorship. The magazine published various instructions and edicts from the Protectorate Government that affected the Jewish population. It should be mentioned, however, that information and appeals about emigration could also appear there, whereby the then President of the Jewish Community in Prague even emphasized the necessity and obligation of every Jew to emigrate. (This magazine should not be confused with the Židovské listy of the same name , which will be published in Prague from 2006 and published by Občanská židovská společnost (Jewish Civil Society) Magen.)

Present: Roš Chodeš (from 1990)

Similar to the previous publications , Roš Chodeš on the one hand fulfills the task of a religious medium and reports on planned church services, upcoming Jewish holidays and on texts that are to be read in the synagogue. On the other hand, Roš Chodeš is also a socio-political magazine and deals with current Jewish topics in the Czech Republic and abroad, it fulfills the role of a cultural medium, offers a wide range of articles on community issues and one's own identity and tradition. In addition to religious issues, historical issues, such as the Holocaust in particular, also play an important role.

Roš chodeš is published by the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic (Czech: Federace židovských obcí , abbreviated to FŽO), which also runs the Sefer publishing house .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Židovský Roš chodeš vychází už 75 let , report by the radio station Český rozhlas from August 11, 2013, online at: rozhlas.cz/ (audio file with a short resume in writing)
  2. ↑ a b c d Zuzana Kosáková: Roš chodeš - měsíčník Židovské náboženské obce (1990–2005) Charles University Prague, Prague 2013, online at: is.cuni.cz / ... , pages 7, 8, 12f, 13
  3. ↑ Wolf Gruner : The persecution of the Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Local initiatives, central decisions, Jewish answers 1939–1945. Wallstein, Göttingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8353-1910-3 , p. 101 f., (Online at: books.google.de / ... ; entry in Digital Collections (Center for Jewish History), online at: digital.cjh.org / ... ).
  4. ↑ Činnost (activity), self-definition of the Federation of Jewish Communities, online at: fzo.cz/o-nas / ...