La Epoca (Ladino newspaper)
Type | Daily newspaper Weekly newspaper |
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Founder(s) | Sadi Levy |
Publisher | Sadi Levy Samuel Levy |
Editor | Sadi Levy Samuel Levy |
Founded | 1 November 1875 |
Political alignment | Zionism Socialism Ottomanism |
Language | Ladino |
Ceased publication | 1911 |
Headquarters | Thessaloniki |
Country | Ottoman Empire |
Sister newspapers | Le Journal de Salonique |
La Epoka (The Era in Ladino) was a Ladino language newspaper published between 1875 and 1911 in Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire. Published nearly for forty years it was the leading Ladino publication in the Empire[1] and first Ladino newspaper in Thessaloniki.[2]
History and profile
La Epoka was launched by Sadi Levy in 1875, and the first issue appeared on 1 November that year.[3][4] He also served as the publisher and editor-in-chief of the paper until 1888.[5] He also published a French language newspaper entitled Le Journal de Salonique.[6] La Epoka was initiated with the subtitle Revista comerciala y literaria (Commercial and literary newspaper) and had a progressive and avant-garde stance.[3] Its supporter was Alliance Israélite Universelle, a Jewish organization.[3] La Epoka targeted the Sephardi Jews living in Thessaloniki and other towns who could only read Ladino materials.[7]
Following the death of Sadi Levy his son, Samuel, became the editor and publisher of La Epoka.[4] The newspaper was first published on a daily basis and then, was made a weekly publication.[4] One of the contributors was Mercado Joseph Covo.[1][8] La Epoka and its sister newspaper Le Journal de Salonique both supported Zionism, socialism and Ottomanism.[6] In 1892 La Epoka praised the Ottomans for offering them a land after their expulsion from Spain and described the Empire as the "land where we are eating free bread."[4] Following the Young Turk revolution 1908 both La Epoka and Le Journal de Salonique focused more on Zionism.[9]
La Epoka folded in 1911.[2][3] The paper was archived by the National Library of Israel.[4]
References
- ^ a b Devin A. Naar (2014). "Fashioning the "Mother of Israel": The Ottoman Jewish Historical Narrative and the Image of Jewish Salonica". Jewish History. 28 (3–4): 351, 360, 366. doi:10.1007/s10835-014-9216-z.
- ^ a b "The Levy Family in Salonica & A Legacy of Notebooks". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d Yvette Bürki (Autumn 2010). "The Ottoman Press at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century through the Salonica Newspapers La Época and El Avenir". European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe. 43 (2): 102–116. doi:10.3167/ej.2010.430210.
- ^ a b c d e "La Epoka". National Library of Israel. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Olga Borovaya (Fall 2008). "Jews of Three Colors: The Path to Modernity in the Ladino Press at the Turn of the Twentieth Century". Jewish Social Studies. 15 (1): 113. JSTOR 40207036.
- ^ a b Yaelle Azagury (12 August 2020). "The story of Jewish Salonica". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Olga Borovaya (2011). "Shmuel Saadi Halevy/Sam Lévy Between Ladino and French: Reconstructing a Writer's Social Identity". In Sheila E. Jelen; Michael P. Kramer; L. Scott Lerner (eds.). Modern Jewish Literatures: Intersections and Boundaries. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 83–103. ISBN 9780812242720.
- ^ Julia Phillips Cohen; Sarah Abrevaya Stein (Summer 2010). "Sephardic Scholarly Worlds: Toward a Novel Geography of Modern Jewish History". Jewish Quarterly Review. 100 (3): 378. doi:10.1353/jqr.0.0092.
- ^ Sarah Abrevaya Stein (2002). "Ottomanism in Ladino" (Working Paper). European University Institute. p. 17. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
External links
- Media related to La Epoca (1875 - 1912) at Wikimedia Commons
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- Jewish newspapers
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