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During March-April 1905 and from October 1905 until February 1906, Nahum Sokolow (1859-1936), a renowned journalist, editor, Zionist and public figure who lived and was active in Warsaw, stayed in St. Petersburg. During that time he wrote almost every day in his diary about the political meetings he attended and the existence of the city during those crucial moments. Most of the diary is written in Polish, and some parts are written in Hebrew and Yiddish. His notes indicate that he was fully aware of being a witness to significant historical events and saw them as an opportunity to gain some advantages for the Jewish residents of the Russian Empire and for himself. As a result we can learn about the daily life of the city and get a sense of how the political life was conducted in the shadow of the revolution. Although Sokolow was fully aware of the significance of the 1905 events for the entire Russian Empire, he was not aware of the transition that was taking place in the Jewish public sphere. He believed that the old political methods were still relevant and did not realize that a new era in the Jewish political life in the Russian Empire had begun. Sokolow's diary provides an opportunity to learn of the events that took place in St. Petersburg from the perspective of a journalist and political activist who knew the city quite well, but nevertheless remained an outsider. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the connection between cosmopolitanism and the Jews by taking a close look at the intricacies that made up the life world and thought of one of the most celebrated Jewish ‘cosmopolitans’ of the twentieth century, Galician-born journalist and author Joseph Roth (1894–1939). By approaching the question of non-belonging versus being at home everywhere – the two extremes of a cosmopolitan life – from a micro-historical, biographical perspective, this article investigates the darker side of Jewish existence in the decidedly ambiguous and increasingly threatening political climate of inter-war Europe. It traces the unravelling cosmopolitan dream of a single individual as he finds himself engulfed by the political and social narrowing of the European Jewish life worlds. In this process, the significance of a Jewish past or heritage is examined as one of the factors that fuels and complements, as well as contradicts, the cosmopolitan worldview. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When Nazi Germany forced Jewish scholars and professionals to flee Europe, many disciplines found homes for them in the United States. One did not. The journalism profession made little effort to help their European colleagues. The nation’s accredited journalism schools did not add a single displaced European scholar and rebuffed pleas to re-educate foreign journalists. If anything, practicing journalists were more hostile. This monograph seeks to fill a gap in the vast literature on the intellectual migration, explores the ways in which the American journalism community could have assisted their European colleagues, and offers possible explanations for their inaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the authorship of the "Book of Kohelet" or "Ecclesiastes," which is believed to be written by Solomon. It says that S. D. Luzzatto was the first Jewish commentator to argue that Solomon was not the author of the book as Jewish tradition assumes. According to Luzzatto, the book was written by Kohelet following the Babylonian exile. It also states that the linguistic analysis of the texts in the book supports the claim of Luzzatto that Solomon was not the author.

An essay is presented on the history and impact of Jewish newspapers in South Africa. It notes that the earliest Jewish newspapers published in South Africa were in Yiddish produced by late 19th century East European immigrants. It cites writings of a number of Jewish journalists depicting Jewish life in South Africa at the height of East European immigration like Nehemiah Dov Baer Hoffman who founded "Der Afrikaner Israelite" in 1890, "Der Afrikaner Telegraph" co-editor and co-owner David Goldblatt, and "Der Afrikaner" 1920-1933 editor Hyman Polsky.

A biography of a German-Jewish author and journalist Moritz Goldstein is presented. It presents an overview of his childhood and family situation, discusses his views concerning the permanent homelessness of Jews, and analyzes his essay "Deutsch-jüdischer Parnaß," which questioned the destiny of Jews in Germany and spurred a debate, the Kunstwart-Debatte. Further discussions include Goldstein's double identity as a Jew and a German, antisemitism, nationalism, and cultural assimilation.

The decision to publish the journals Der Schmerz and Narkose und Anaesthesie in 1928 was an important step towards the professionalization of anaesthesiology in Germany. The appearance of both journals, which for economic reasons merged into Schmerz – Narkose – Anaesthesie 1 year later, was initiated and vehemently supported by Jewish physicians. As editors and co-editors they were deeply involved with the editorial tasks of the journals for years from the early beginnings. When the National Socialistic Party took over the government in Germany many of the Jewish colleagues were forced to quit their editorial tasks, were eliminated and replaced by “Arians”, they were persecuted and often arrested, forced to emigrate or decided to commit suicide due to inhumane personal circumstances. It is our intention to recall the biography and the terrible fate of the nearly unknown Jewish members of the editorial board of the first German anaesthesia journals. Moreover the biographic sketches promote a continuous discussion about the victims of an inhumane and barbarous ideology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Upon his arrival in Israel in September 1979, the Jewish-Argentine journalist Jacobo Timerman was welcomed as a Jewish hero. The founding editor of the daily La Opinión had been kidnapped in Argentina in April 1977, tortured, and had spent almost two and a half years in illegal detention, and later house arrest, until he was deported to Israel. But the initial enthusiasm quickly gave way to disappointment. The Jewish hero became a persona non grata, among other reasons because of his critical writings against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. This article analyzes the changing image of Timerman in the Hebrew press. Israeli society found it difficult to accept such criticism from someone who had come to Israel only a short time earlier and, moreover, with the help of the Israeli government. The hostility toward Timerman also reflected a lack of understanding as to the meaning of Zionism among many Diaspora Jews. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Interviews socialist Jewish journalist Thomas Eckert, the editor in chief of the periodical 'Die neue Weltb uuml hne' in Germany. Information on the grandparents and parents of Eckert; Knowledge about the Nazis and the death camps; Experience of anti-Semitism in Germany.

The article profiles author Siegfried Kracauer and his works. Kracauer's name suggests contradiction: victory, peace, and onomatopoeic intimation of collapse. He was an architect who became a journalist, a philosopher who loved movies, a Jew who drew inspiration from Germany, a devoted citizen of Frankfurt and Berlin who spent half his life in exile. This famous critic was also a rag-picker. That is how Walter Benjamin, Kracauer's friend recalls him. If film was important for Kracauer as a principal window through which to observe the modern age and its disintegrative tendencies, other magnets of popular attention like theatrical revues, travel, dance, photography, best-selling literature, and even urban arcades and hotel lobbies attracted his analysis and comment. All cultural activity was for Kracauer, socially symptomatic. That which touched mass society directly, like film, revues, and best-selling literature, was particularly revealing. But the revelation this mass entertainment provided was essentially negative, disclosing the superficiality and triviality of modem endeavor.

An essay is presented on the Jewish contributions on the development of the American Journalism. It states the functions of the Jewish journalists on the dissemination of publications over the country with the support of liberal publications and funded by Jewish money. It mentions several people who had provided their participations on the American Journalism including historian Henry Adams, journalist Henry Ford, and Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh.

The article discusses the persecution and death of Jewish journalists during the Nazi regime in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, in response to a paper by Laurel Leff on the role of the journalism profession to help them. Several historical accounts are cited including the escape of photojournalists, photo editors and other intellectuals from the regime, the need for photojouirnalists in the U.S. during this time, and experience of those who failed to leave Germany and Eastern Europe.

The article presents an obituary of journalist and writer of Jewish descent‎ Geoffrey George Goodman.