''Der shtern'' ( yi, דער שטערן, 'The Star') was a

Yiddish language Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

daily newspaper published from

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

between 1925 and 1941. It was an organ of the

Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party org ...

of the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Ukraine and the All-Ukrainian Council of Trade Unions.National Library of Russia.
Yiddish Newspapers (in the Latin alphabet)
' M. Levitan served as editor in chief of the newspaper. ''Der shtern'' replaced ''

Komunistishe fon ''Komunistishe fon'' ( yi, קאָמוניסטישע פֿאָן, 'Communist Banner'), also known as ''Komfon'', was a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet Yiddish newspaper published in Kiev 1919–1924. The newspaper was the result of the m ...

'' as the main Yiddish newspaper in Soviet Ukraine. The first issue of ''Der shtern'' was published in May 1925. In its initial phase ''Der shtern'' was the largest Yiddish newspaper in the Soviet Union, as well. It was printed around 12,000 copies, a larger number than that of the Moscow-based ''

Der emes ''Der Emes'' (in Yiddish: , meaning 'The Truth', from he, אמת, emeth) was a Soviet newspaper in Yiddish. A continuation of the short-lived '' Di varhayt'', ''Der Emes'' began publishing in Moscow on August 8, 1918.Kotlerman, Boris (August 5 ...

'' and the Minsk-based '' Oktyabr'' combined. As of January 1928, ''Der Shtern'' had a circulation of 9,500 copies, by January 1929 12,600 and by January 1930 the publication had a circulation of 16,700 copies.ІНСТИТУТ НАЦІОНАЛЬНИХ ВІДНОСИН І ПОЛІТОЛОГІЇ НАН УКРАЇНИ - ІНСТИТУТ ІСТОРІЇ УКРАЇНИ НАН УКРАЇНИ - ЦЕНТРАЛЬНИЙ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ АРХІВ ВИЩИХ ОРГАНІВ ВЛАДИ ТА УПРАВЛІННЯ УКРАЇНИ
НІМЦІ В УКРАЇНІ 20—30-ті рр. XX ст.
/ref> By the late 1930s ''Der shtern'' was one of very few remaining Yiddish newspapers in the Soviet Union.

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