HaLevanon
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| Type | Magazine |
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| Founder(s) | Yehiel Bril, Michal HaCohen, Yoel Moshe Salomon |
| Founded | 1863 |
Ceased publication | 1886 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| City | Jerusalem (1863–c. 1865) Paris (c. 1865–1870s) Mainz (1870s–1880s) London (1880s–1886) |
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HaLevanon (Hebrew: הלבנון, lit. 'The Lebanon') was a newspaper in Ottoman Palestine, and the first Hebrew-language newspaper published in the Land of Israel.[1] Published between 1863 and 1886, its chief editor was Yehiel Bril. HaLevanon was at various points in time published in Jerusalem, Paris, Mainz and London.
History
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HaLevanon was established in Jerusalem in early 1863 by Yehiel Bril, Michal HaCohen and Yoel Moshe Salomon.[2][3] The paper originated from an effort by Jerusalem's Misnagdim to reduce their reliance on Yisrael Bak's Hasidic-aligned printing house, which resulted in Salomon and HaCohen studying printing at Königsberg, before conceiving HaLevanon upon their return. They subsequently established their own printing house at Nahalat Shiv'a and began its publication.[4][5]
The paper was shut down by Ottoman authorities in December 1863 after being reported to them by Bak, who edited rival paper Havatzelet.[2][5]
Beginning in 1865, Bril re-established HaLevanon in Paris as a bi-weekly magazine.[4] Three years later, it began to be published on a weekly basis.[citation needed] Publication ceased in September 1870 after Bril left Paris to escape the Franco-Prussian War.[4]
In August 1871, Bril and Marcus Lehmann resumed HaLevanon's publication in Mainz, this time as a weekly supplement to Der Israelit. The two editors cut ties in July 1881 and Ha-Levanon continued to be published as an independent newspaper until 1882, when in the aftermath of the 1881–1882 Pogroms in Russia Bril helped Jewish farmers from Russia move to Ottoman Palestine to establish the settlement of Ekron,[4][6] which later became Mazkeret Batya.
In June 1886, Bril resumed HaLevanon's publication in London.[4] The paper was discontinued later that year following Bril's death.[2]
Kvod HaLevanon
[edit]HaLevanon included a supplement called Kvod HaLevanon.[4] It acted as a journal for halakha (Jewish law), alongside publications in the field of Wissenschaft des Judentums.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Roni Bar-Marx, (2016) - על חומות הנייר: עיתון הלבנון והאורתודוקסיה ["On walls of paper: HaLevanon newspaper and the Orthodoxy"], Zalman Shazar Center (in Hebrew)
References
[edit]- ↑ Krämer, Gudrun (2008). Geschichte Palästinas ['A History of Palestine: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Founding of the State of Israel']. C. H. Beck. pp. 35–36, 120–125. ISBN 9780691118970.
- 1 2 3 Aderet, Ofer (2 March 2013). "הלבנון, מהדורת הדיגיטל". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ Frantzman, Seth J. (2 December 2011). "An exhibition and a reunion". The Jerusalem Post. p. 24. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "הלבנון". HaAyin HaShevi'it (in Hebrew). 7 January 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- 1 2 Bar-Am, Aviva and Shmuel (1 February 2014). "Nahalat Shiva, a little kingdom outside the walls". The Times of Israel.
- ↑ Klein, Yair (20 October 2021). "היום בהיסטוריה: יום הזיכרון לרב יחיאל ברי"ל מייסד מזכרת בתיה". Srugim (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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