Komunistishe fon

Komunistishe fon (Template:Lang-yi, 'Communist Banner'), also known as Komfon, was a Soviet Yiddish newspaper published in Kiev 1919-1924.^[1]^[2] The newspaper was the result of the merger of two previous non-communist newspapers, Naye tsayt of the Fareynikte party and the Folks-tsaytung of the Bund party.^[2] Kommunistishe fon was the organ of the Komfarband, and later became the organ of the Main Bureau of the Jewish sections of the Communist Party (bolshevik) of Ukraine.^[3]^[4]

Henekh Kazakevitch was the editor of Komfon.^[5] Between the 9th (April 1920) and 10th (March 1921) party congresses, 268 issues of Komfon were published. It had a circulation of around 2,000 at the time of the 10th party congress.^[1]

Komfon organized live newspaper readings with musical concerts. These events would attract 200-300 workers. Kazakevitch was known as a good public speaker at these events.^[5]

Komfon was one of two main Soviet Yiddish publications at the time (the other being the Moscow-based Der Emes). It was later replaced by the Kharkiv-based Shtern.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Estraikh, Gennady. The Yiddish-Language Communist Press, in Frankel, Jonathan (ed.), Studies in Contemporary Jewry. Vol. 20, Dark Times, Dire Decisions : Jews and Communism. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2005. p. 64
^ Kenneth Benjamin Moss; Stanford University. Dept. of History (2003). 'A time for tearing down and a time for building up': recasting Jewish culture in Eastern Europe, 1917-1921. Stanford University. p. 329.
^ Kenneth B. Moss (28 February 2010). Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution. Harvard University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-674-05431-8.
^ ^a ^b David Shneer (13 February 2004). Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. Cambridge University Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-0-521-82630-3.
^ Elissa Bemporad; Stanford University. Dept. of History (2006). Red star on the Jewish street: the reshaping of Jewish life in Soviet Minsk, 1917-1939. Stanford University. p. 89.

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[Shneer2004a-1] 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.

[e-2] Estraikh, Gennady. The Yiddish-Language Communist Press, in Frankel, Jonathan (ed.), Studies in Contemporary Jewry. Vol. 20, Dark Times, Dire Decisions : Jews and Communism. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2005. p. 64

[MossHistory2003-3] Kenneth Benjamin Moss; Stanford University. Dept. of History (2003). 'A time for tearing down and a time for building up': recasting Jewish culture in Eastern Europe, 1917-1921. Stanford University. p. 329.

[Moss2010-4] Kenneth B. Moss (28 February 2010). Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution. Harvard University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-674-05431-8.

[Shneer2004b-5] David Shneer (13 February 2004). Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. Cambridge University Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-0-521-82630-3.

[BemporadHistory2006-6] Elissa Bemporad; Stanford University. Dept. of History (2006). Red star on the Jewish street: the reshaping of Jewish life in Soviet Minsk, 1917-1939. Stanford University. p. 89.

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