''Ha-Yom'' ( he, היום, "The Day") was a

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-language newspaper published from 1886 to mid-1888 from

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.Schreiber, Mordecai, Alvin I. Schiff, and Leon Klenicki.
The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia
'. Rockville, Md: Schreiber Pub, 2003. pp. 109, 212 It was founded and edited by Jehuda Löb Kantor. Waxman, Meyer.
A History of Jewish Literature: From the Close of the Bible to Our Own Days. [5-6], From Eighteen-Eighty to Nineteen-Thirty Five
'. [Whitefish (Mont.)]: Kessinger Publishing, 1941. pp. 46, 435-436
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
', p. 167 ''Ha-Yom'' was the first daily Hebrew newspaper. When it was launched ''Ha-Yom'' had a daily circulation of around 2,400. By 1887 the number of subscribers had fallen to around 1,600.Kouts, Gideon.
The first Hebrew newspapers in Europe. Economic and Organizational Aspects
'' ''Ha-Yom'' was characterized by a modern, Europeanized form of journalism, previously unknown in the Hebrew-language press. It was the first Hebrew-language newspaper to rely on telegraphic news agency material for its coverage. Moreover, Kantor contracted correspondents in Jewish centres in Western Europe and the

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. Prominent contributors to ''Ha-Yom'' included D. Frischman, A. Rosenfeld and L. Katzenelson. The launching and initial success of ''Ha-Yom'' provoked the existing Hebrew-language publications '' Ha-Meliz'' and '' Ha-Tsefirah'' to convert themselves into daily newspapers. Competition with

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's ''Ha-Meliz'' became fierce. Prior to the founding of ''Ha-Yom'', ''Ha-Meliz'' had monopolized the Jewish press in the Russia. The fact that ''Ha-Yom'' subscribed to the "Northern Company" telegraphic news agency forced ''Ha-Meliz'' to do the same. The subscription costs (3,000

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per year) became a heavy economic burden for both publications. At an early stage ''Ha-Yom'' became the newspaper of choice of many followers of the

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movement. However, ''Ha-Meliz'' was able to convince a large portion of them to shift their subscriptions back to ''Ha-Meliz'', thus significantly undercutting the popularity of ''Ha-Yom''. In 1887 the literary ''Ben-Ami'' ("Son of my people") was introduced as a monthly supplement to ''Ha-Yom''. Four issues of ''Ben-Ami'' were published.Beĭzer, M., and Martin Gilbert.
The Jews of St. Petersburg: Excursions Through a Noble Past
'. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1989. p. 277 The last few editions of ''Ha-Yom'' were edited by J. L. Gordon.Waxman, Meyer.
A History of Jewish Literature: From the Close of the Bible to Our Own Days. [5-6], From Eighteen-Eighty to Nineteen-Thirty Five
'. [Whitefish (Mont.)]: Kessinger Publishing, 1941. p. 449 After ''Ha-Yom'' was closed down, Kantor became the editor of ''Ha-Meliz'' in 1889.

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