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With the entry of the Jews into the modern period, a distinctly Jewish newspaper and press sector developed, which, on the one hand, belonged to the general press, and, on the other, was associated with a Jewish public by specific concerns and contents. Since the Haskalah, the periodicals in question increasingly gained importance for the internal development and external perception of the Jews and Judaism. For editors, authors, and readers, they represented a platform for exchange on the subjec…

Published from 1895/1902 to 1938, the Berlin-based Jüdische Rundschau served as a journalistic platform for the Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland (ZVfD; Zionist Federation of Germany), and after the failure of Theodor Herzl’s Die Welt in 1914, it occasionally performed the same function for the World Zionist Organization. The weekly publication shifted to a twice-weekly output in 1919, as it addressed a broader public to promote the Zionist cause, and especially its practical implementation in Palestine. At the same ti…

In the history of the German Jewish press (Press), the  Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums (AZJ) holds a preeminent position. From 1837 through 1922, it appeared in uninterrupted sequence. It was the first and, until the end of the 19th century, the only current-affairs political-cultural newspaper presenting Jewish interests in Germany. Its success was due primarily to the journalistic abilities and political-organizational skills of its founder and long-time editor, the Magdeburg rabbi Ludwig Philippson (1811–1889).1. The AZJ as institutionAccording to its stated goal…