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Ha-Yom

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Ha-Yom
TypeDaily newspaper
EditorJehuda Löb Kantor
Founded1886
Ceased publication
1888
LanguageHebrew
Circulation2,400 (1886)

Ha-Yom (Hebrew: היום, "The Day") was a Hebrew-language newspaper published from 1886 to mid-1888 from Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1] It was founded and edited by Jehuda Löb Kantor.[2][3] Ha-Yom was the first daily Hebrew newspaper.[1] When it was launched Ha-Yom had a daily circulation of around 2,400. By 1887 the number of subscribers had fallen to around 1,600.[4]

Ha-Yom was characterized by a modern, Europeanized form of journalism, previously unknown in the Hebrew-language press. It was the first Hebrew-language newspaper to rely on telegraphic news agency material for its coverage. Moreover, Kantor contracted correspondents in Jewish centres in Western Europe and the United States.[5] Prominent contributors to Ha-Yom included D. Frischman, A. Rosenfeld and L. Katzenelson.[6]

The launching and initial success of Ha-Yom provoked the existing Hebrew-language publications Ha-Meliz and Ha-Tsefirah to convert themselves into daily newspapers.[3] Competition with Aleksander Zederbaum's Ha-Meliz became fierce. Prior to the founding of Ha-Yom,[2] Ha-Meliz had monopolized the Jewish press in the Russia.[7] The fact that Ha-Yom subscribed to the "Northern Company" telegraphic news agency forced Ha-Meliz to do the same. The subscription costs (3,000 rubles per year) became a heavy economic burden for both publications.[4]

At an early stage Ha-Yom became the newspaper of choice of many followers of the Lovers of Zion movement. However, Ha-Meliz was able to convince a large portion of them to shift their subscriptions back to Ha-Meliz, thus significantly undercutting the popularity of Ha-Yom.[4]

In 1887 the literary Ben-Ami ("Son of my people") was introduced as a monthly supplement to Ha-Yom. Four issues of Ben-Ami were published.[4][6]

The last few editions of Ha-Yom were edited by J. L. Gordon.[8] After Ha-Yom was closed down, Kantor became the editor of Ha-Meliz in 1889.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 Schreiber, Mordecai, Alvin I. Schiff, and Leon Klenicki. The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia. Rockville, Md: Schreiber Pub, 2003. pp. 109, 212
  2. 1 2 3 Waxman, Meyer. A History of Jewish Literature: From the Close of the Bible to Our Own Days. [5-6], From Eighteen-Eighty to Nineteen-Thirty Five. [Whitefish (Mont.)]: Kessinger Publishing, 1941. pp. 46, 435-436
  3. 1 2 The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885), p. 167
  4. 1 2 3 4 Kouts, Gideon. The first Hebrew newspapers in Europe. Economic and Organizational Aspects Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Waxman, Meyer. A History of Jewish Literature: From the Close of the Bible to Our Own Days. [5-6], From Eighteen-Eighty to Nineteen-Thirty Five. [Whitefish (Mont.)]: Kessinger Publishing, 1941. pp. 441-442
  6. 1 2 Beĭzer, M., and Martin Gilbert. The Jews of St. Petersburg: Excursions Through a Noble Past. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1989. p. 277
  7. ↑ Orbach, Alexander. New Voices of Russian Jewry: A Study of the Russian-Jewish Press of Odessa in the Era of the Great Reforms. Studies in Judaism in Modern Times, V. 4. Leiden: E.J.Brill, 1980. p. 65
  8. ↑ Waxman, Meyer. A History of Jewish Literature: From the Close of the Bible to Our Own Days. [5-6], From Eighteen-Eighty to Nineteen-Thirty Five. [Whitefish (Mont.)]: Kessinger Publishing, 1941. p. 449
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