''Havaner lebn'' ( yi, האװאנער לעבּן, 'Havana Life'), known in Spanish as ''Vida Habanera'', was a

Yiddish 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 ...

and

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newspaper published from

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

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1932–1960. The first issue came out on November 11, 1932. It was the first commercial Jewish newspaper in the country with a longer duration. It was the main publication of the

Ashkenazi Jew Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

ish community in the country at the time.

History

''Havaner lebn'' was founded by Elieser Aronowsky, Oscar Pinis and Carlos Shwarzapel.Project MUSE.
Yiddish in Cuba: A Love Story
' During its first years it came out weekly. Pinis was the editor of ''Havaner lebn'' 1932–1935.Guide to the YIVO Archives.
Havaner Lebn
' Sender Meyer Kaplan became the editor of ''Havaner lebn'' in 1935.Jewish Virtual Library.

' He was assisted by Abraham J. Dubelman, who acted as co-editor of the newspaper. The authors of the newspaper were generally male. The newspaper carried advertisements for Jewish businesses. ''Havaner lebn'' published a yearly almanac, which became a key source on the history of the Jewish community in Cuba for this period. In 1936 attacks on ''Havaner lebn'' were issued in the press organs of José Ignacio Rivero, which accused the newspaper of being

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and anti-Cuban. As a result, Kaplan was arrested and detained for four weeks. From 1937 onwards it was published twice-weekly. It became a bilingual (Yiddish/Spanish) publication in the 1950s. The last issue was published on December 31, 1960. Many of the companies advertising in the newspaper had been nationalized, and would no longer pay the bills for ordered adverts. Both Kaplan and Dubelman migrated to

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shortly afterwards.

References

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