Komunistishe fon explained
Komunistishe fon (Yiddish: קאָמוניסטישע פֿאָן, 'Communist Banner'), also known as Komfon, was a Soviet Yiddish newspaper published in Kiev 1919–1924. The newspaper was the result of the merger of two previously non-communist newspapers, Naye tsayt of the Fareynikte party and the Folkstsaytung of the Bund party.[1] Kommunistishe fon was the organ of the Komfarband, and later became the organ of the Main Bureau of the Jewish sections of the Communist Party (bolshevik) of Ukraine.[2] [3]
Henekh Kazakevitch was the editor of Komfon.[4] Between the 9th (April 1920) and 10th (March 1921) Party Congresses, 268 issues of Komfon were published. It had a circulation of around 2,000 at the time of the 10th party congress.[5]
Komfon organized live newspaper readings with musical concerts. These events would attract 200–300 workers. Kazakevitch was known as a good public speaker at these events.[4]
For a period, Komfon carried the supplement Di royte arme ('The Red Army'), which was the organ of the Jewish Military Section (an entity working to recruit Jews to regular units of the Red Army).[6]
Komfon was one of two main Soviet Yiddish publications at the time (the other being the Moscow-based Der Emes). It was later replaced by the Kharkov-based Der Shtern.[7]
Notes and References
- Estraikh, Gennady. The Yiddish-Language Communist Press, in Frankel, Jonathan (ed.), Studies in Contemporary Jewry. Vol. 20, Dark Times, Dire Decisions : Jews and Communism. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2005. p. 64
- Book: Kenneth Benjamin Moss. Stanford University. Dept. of History. 'A time for tearing down and a time for building up': recasting Jewish culture in Eastern Europe, 1917-1921. 2003. Stanford University. 329. 12 October 2016. 5 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140705014314/http://books.google.com/books?id=5ldEAQAAIAAJ. live.
- Book: Kenneth B. Moss. Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution. 28 February 2010. Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-05431-8. 258. 12 October 2016. 5 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140705013952/http://books.google.com/books?id=cHE1RO7cq2AC&pg=PA258. live.
- Book: David Shneer. Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. 13 February 2004. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-82630-3. 93–94. 12 October 2016. 18 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170218010634/https://books.google.com/books?id=eS03_4qpDo4C&pg=PA93. live.
- Book: David Shneer. Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. 13 February 2004. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-82630-3. 249. 12 October 2016. 18 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170218010646/https://books.google.com/books?id=eS03_4qpDo4C&pg=PA249. live.
- Gurevitz, B., & גורביץ, ב. (1980). נסיון לארגן יחידות יהודיות נפרדות בצבא האדום בעת מלחמת האזרחים / AN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH SEPARATE JEWISH UNITS IN THE RED ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. Michael: On the History of the Jews in the Diaspora / מיכאל: מאסף לתולדות היהודים בתפוצות, ו, 86–101. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23494032
- Book: Elissa Bemporad. Stanford University. Dept. of History. Red star on the Jewish street: the reshaping of Jewish life in Soviet Minsk, 1917-1939. 2006. Stanford University. 89. 12 October 2016. 5 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140705020231/http://books.google.com/books?id=h31EAQAAIAAJ. live.
