''L'Educatore Israelita'' (), known as ''Il Vessillo Israelitico'' () after 1874, was one of the first

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newspapers in Italy. The monthly periodical was founded in 1853 by .

History

''L'Educatore Israelita'' was founded by Giuseppe Levi in 1853, who published the newspaper in conjunction with Esdra Pontremoli. It advocated moderate Jewish reform, to be brought about by the co-operation of all communities. S. D. Luzzatto,

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, Lelio Cantoni, Crescenzo Altari, Marco Mortara, and Elia Benamozegh were among its contributors. After Levi's death in 1874 the periodical was continued in Casale by Flaminio Servi under the title ''Il Vessillo Israelitico'' ('The Israelite Banner'). During the early years of its existence under this title it contained essays from the pens of such men as

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, Salvatore De Benedetti, Pietro Perreau, Moses Soave, and

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; but later its importance as a literary and scientific journal deteriorated. Flaminio Servi died in 1904, and was succeeded by his son Ferruccio.

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: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). ''

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''. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

External links

Digitized volumes
of the ''Educatore Israelita'' at

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