Der royter shtern (Yiddish: דער רויטער שטערן, 'The Red Star') was a Yiddish-language newspaper published from the Soviet city of Vitebsk between 1920 and 1923.[1][2] It was the organ of the Jewish Section of the Communist Party Committee of the Vitebsk Governorate.[1][3] The first issue was published on August 19, 1920. It was published as a daily newspaper for about a year, and then became a weekly.[3] Between the 9th (April 1920) and 10th (March 1921) congresses of the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks), 268 issues of Der royter shtern were published. It had a circulation of around 4,000.[4]
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| Founded | August 19, 1920 |
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| Political alignment | Communist |
| Language | Yiddish language |
| Ceased publication | 1923 |
| Headquarters | Vitebsk |
| Circulation | 4,000 |
At first it was edited by a collective. Later Leib Abram (former Bundist, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Bielorussia), became the editor of Der royter shtern, followed by M. Patasch.[3][5]
References
edit- ^ a b Jewish Virtual Library. Vitebsk
- ^ Anna Shternshis (2006). Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939. Indiana University Press. p. 219. ISBN 0-253-34726-2.
- ^ a b c Weltkampf, eds. 38-43. Aussenstelle Frankfurta M. der Hohen Schule. 1941. p. 56.
- ^ David Shneer (13 February 2004). Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. Cambridge University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-521-82630-3.
- ^ Jews in Eastern Europe. The Centre. 1999. p. 76.