''Der Yid'' ( yi, דער איד, "The Jew") is a
New York-based
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 ...
weekly newspaper
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, founded in 1953. The newspaper is published by
Satmar
Satmar (Yiddish: סאַטמאַר, Hebrew: סאטמר) is a Hasidic group founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is an offshoot of the Sighet Hasidic dynasty ...
Hasidim
Ḥasīd ( he, חסיד, "pious", "saintly", "godly man"; plural "Hasidim") is a Jewish honorific, frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods. It denotes a person who is scrupulous in his observ ...
, but is widely read within the broader Yiddish-speaking
Haredi
Haredi Judaism ( he, ', ; also spelled ''Charedi'' in English; plural ''Haredim'' or ''Charedim'') consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict adherence to ''halakha'' (Jewish law) and traditions, in oppos ...
community. It uses a Yiddish dialect common to Satmar Hasidim, as opposed to "
YIVO
YIVO (Yiddish: , ) is an organization that preserves, studies, and teaches the cultural history of Jewish life throughout Eastern Europe, Germany, and Russia as well as orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to Yiddish. (The word '' ...
Yiddish", which is standard in secular and academic circles.
History
''Der Yid'' was founded in 1953 by
Dr. Aaron Rosmarin as a fortnightly paper. He was formerly an editor of the Yiddish newspaper ''
Der Morgn-Zhurnal'' ("The Morning Journal"). After the paper was bought out in 1953 by a rival Yiddish newspaper, ''
Der Tog'' ("The Day"), forming the ''
Tog-Morgn-Zhurnal'' ("The Day-Morning Journal"), he was laid off from the new company. Rosmarin decided to start his own newspaper.
Religiously observant, Dr. Rosmarin had run columns on the biographies of rabbis and Jewish customs while working for ''The Morning Journal''. Under his influence, ''Der Yid'' was considered more sympathetic to
Haredi Judaism
Haredi Judaism ( he, ', ; also spelled ''Charedi'' in English; plural ''Haredim'' or ''Charedim'') consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict adherence to ''halakha'' (Jewish law) and traditions, in oppos ...
than the other major Yiddish newspapers of the time. The first editor of ''Der Yid'' was the writer
Uriel Zimmer, publisher of an
anti-Zionist tract.
In 1955, during a Satmar protest at the Manhattan Center against the establishment of a night club in Jerusalem, the Krasna Rav, Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein, publicly tore up a copy of ''Der Morgn-Zhurnal'' as a sign of disapproval of its pro-Zionist stance. Dr. Rosmarin responded with applause. He eventually sold ''Der Yid'' to activist leaders of the Satmar community, including Sender Deutsch.
Rabbi
Joel Teitelbaum
Joel Teitelbaum ( yi, יואל טייטלבוים, translit=Yoyl Teytlboym, ; 13 January 1887 – 19 August 1979) was the founder and first Grand Rebbe of the Satmar dynasty.
A major figure in the post-war renaissance of Hasidism, he espoused a ...
, the ''Rebbe'' of Satmar, became the paper's guiding voice, firmly establishing ''Der Yid'' as a ''
Haredi
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'' and anti-Zionist newspaper. He once approved an appeal for financial contributions to the newspaper on the night of
Yom Kippur
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, as a counterweight to pro-Zionist financial appeals that were commonly held on Yom Kippur.
In 1972, the paper was revamped by Rabbi Chaim Moshe Stauber as a weekly newspaper carrying world news.
Current form
''Der Yid'' is owned by the supporters of Satmar Rabbi
Zalman Teitelbaum
Yekusiel Yehuda III Teitelbaum, known by the Yiddish colloquial name Rav Zalman Leib (born 23 December 1951),Arye Ehrlich. Malkhut shel Khesed'. Mishpacha, 13 December 2012 (p. 28). is one of two Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the son of Grand ...
. The paper remains firmly anti-Zionist, although some changes have occurred over time. For instance, when the State of Israel is mentioned, it no longer appears in mocking quotation marks. As a matter of course, ''Der Yid'' refrains from publishing photographs of women in its pages, in keeping with Hasidic standards of
tzniut
''Tzniut'' ( he, צניעות , , ; " modesty" or " privacy"; ) describes both the character trait of modesty and discretion, as well as a group of Jewish laws pertaining to conduct. The concept is most important within Orthodox Judaism.
D ...
. According to
Tablet Magazine
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History
''Tablet'' was founded in 2009 with the support ...
, as of 2018, ''Der Yid'', which is sold in Haredi communities throughout the world, had a circulation of approximately 80,000. However, according to the
New York Post
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It was established ...
, as of 2019, it has a circulation of about 55,000. The newspaper publishes a daily edition, which, according to its website, has 15,000 e-mail subscribers.
The community of Rabbi
Aaron Teitelbaum publishes a similar newspaper, known as ''
Der Blatt''.
See also
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Der Blatt''
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Di Tzeitung''
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Hamodia
''Hamodia'' ( he, המודיע – "''the Informer''") is a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Jerusalem. A daily English-language edition is also published in the United States, and weekly English-language editions in England and Israe ...
''
References
External links
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''Der Yid'' daily subscription site
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Yiddish culture in New York (state)