Le Réveil juif
| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Félix Allouche |
| Editor-in-chief | Henri Maarek, Elie Louzon |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Political alignment | Revisionist Zionist |
| Language | French language |
| Ceased publication | 1940 |
| Headquarters | Sfax, later Tunis |
Le Réveil juif ('Jewish Awakening') was a French language Revisionist Zionist weekly newspaper published from Sfax, Tunisia.[1][2] Le Réveil juif was founded in September 1924 by Félix Allouche.[3][4] Issued on Fridays, it contained four pages.[4] It was one of the most important Zionist newspapers in North Africa.[3] It was distributed across Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Metropolitan France.[5] Henri Maarek and Elie Louzon served as editors-in-chief of the newspaper and its editing managers were Michel Loffreda, Jacques Taieb and Maurice Sitbon.[4]
The publishing of Le Réveil juif was shifted to Tunis in the mid-1930s.[6]
Le Réveil juif, as well as other Jewish publications in Tunisia, was suppressed by the Vichy regime in October 1940.[7]
References
- ^ Nomenclature des journaux & revues en langue française du monde entier. Paris, Les bureaux de l'Argus, 1937. p. 469
- ^ Laskier, Michael M. North African Jewry in the Twentieth Century: The Jews of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. New York, NY [u.a.]: New York Univ. Press, 1994. p. 41
- ^ a b Parfitt, Tudor. Israel and Ishmael: Studies in Muslim Jewish Relations. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. p. 113
- ^ a b c Mohsen Hamli. Le Réveil Juif (Sfax). Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Executive Editor Norman A. Stillman. Brill Online , 2012. Accessed 03 November 2012
- ^ Lerman, Antony. The Jewish Communities of the World : a Contemporary Guide. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Press in association with the Institute of Jewish Affairs, 1989. p. 159
- ^ Houtsma, M. Th. E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. New York: E.J. Brill, 1987. p. 868
- ^ Gottreich, Emily. Jewish Culture and Society in North Africa. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 2010. p. 310
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