Der royter shtern (Vitebsk)

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]

Der royter shtern
FoundedAugust 19, 1920 (1920-08-19)
Political alignmentCommunist
LanguageYiddish language
Ceased publication1923
HeadquartersVitebsk
Circulation4,000

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
  1. Jewish Virtual Library. Vitebsk
  2. 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.
  3. Weltkampf, eds. 38-43. Aussenstelle Frankfurta M. der Hohen Schule. 1941. p. 56.
  4. 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.
  5. Jews in Eastern Europe. The Centre. 1999. p. 76.
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