Die Kuranten

Radio Programs:
Yiddish Journalism
SBS Yiddish Kol Yisrael Di Forverts Sho Dos Yiddishe Kol Naye Khvalyes (Poland)
Weekly newspapers:
Der Yid Der Blatt The Jewish Daily Forward Birobidzhaner Shtern, Russia
Monthly web newspapers:
Yiddish Moment
Magazines:
Beleichtungen Maalos Yugntruf
Hotline broadcasting:
Kol Hacharedi Kol Hanayes Kol Mevaser
Other:
List of Yiddish newspapers and periodicals

Title page from 5 August 1687.

The Dienstagische Kurant was the earliest known Yiddish language periodical. It was a semi-weekly founded in Amsterdam in 1686, and it lasted for only two years. It covered local news and news from other Jewish communities, including those as far away as India.^[1]

References

↑ Liptzin, 1972, 41

Sources

Liptzin, Sol, A History of Yiddish Literature, Jonathan David Publishers, Middle Village, NY, 1972, ISBN 0-8246-0124-6.

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