''Dos Yiddishe Licht'' (; This

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light) is the name of two different

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publications, that came out in the 20th century. They had a black & white paper cover.

New York, 1923

In 1923, Reb

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and the ''

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produced ''Dos Yiddishe Licht'', a short-lived

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and

language weekly that included articles of comment and inspiration. It eventually became a daily but was forced to discontinue publication in 1927, because of financial difficulties. In fact, Chazan Rosenblatt went on a year-long concert tour to pay back the monies owed to creditors.

Jerusalem, 1950

Dos yiddishe licht jerusalem 1958 orthodox weekly

''Dos Yiddishe Licht'' was founded by R' Moshe Ehrntal, an activist of the

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and had his fingerprints. DYL was formerly one of the only few Kosher Yiddish reading material for children. It was published by "Bnos Yerusheloyim".

2001 as ''Beleichtungen''

In 2001 it was established in Jerusalem "''Dos Yiddisher Licht - Beleichtungen'' association" (

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), by David Erenthal, Shlomo Brandwin, Yoel Sheinberger, Akiva Chaim Greenfeld, Jacob Jacob, Amram Katzenelbogen and Chaim Israel Mintzberg, with the following official goals: "Publishing Jewish material in the Yiddish language. Support for Yiddish-speaking institutions and organizations. Promoting the penetration of the Yiddish language into the public consciousness."Dos Yiddishe Licht - Baliictongan (RA)
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Israel.'' ''Beleichtungen'' is the newer version of ''Dos Yiddishe Licht''. Unlike its forerunner and umbrella company, it follows a more modern style with a more sophisticated graphic layout. While ''Dos Yiddishe Licht'' had a paper cover including only a picture of another

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ish leader, ''Beleichtungen'' is printed in glossy paper, and in full colored graphic.

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{{Reflist Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Jerusalem Haredi Judaism in Jerusalem Haredi Judaism in New York City Yiddish periodicals Yiddish culture in Israel Yiddish culture in New York City