Parizer Haynt Explained

Parizer Haynt (Yiddish: פּאַריזער היינט) was a Yiddish-language newspaper published in Paris, France. The newspaper was established in 1923 and became a daily publication in 1926.^[1] It was the first daily Yiddish newspaper in Western Europe.^[2] Its founders and first editors were Shmuel Yatzkan and Noah Finkelstein, who had previously edited the Warsaw Yiddish newspaper Haynt.^[3] It was later edited by the journalist Vladimir Grossman (1884–1976).^[4] The paper was supportive of Zionism, in contrast to its primary rival, the Communist daily Naye Prese.^[5] Isaac Bashevis Singer contributed articles to the paper during the 1930s.^[6] Other authors who wrote for the paper include Aryeh Leib Grajewski,^[7] Aaron Alperin,^[8] and Nisn Frank.^[9] The newspaper's headquarters were at 34 rue Richer, in the 3rd arrondissement.^[10] It ceased publication in 1940.^[11]

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1. Book: Wasserstein, Bernard . On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War . 2012 . Simon and Schuster . 9781439101698 . 258.
2. Web site: Kotlerman . Boris . November 5, 2010 . Yatskan, Shmuel Yankev . March 10, 2024 . The Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.
3. Book: Rabinovitch, Lara . Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture . 2012 . Wayne State University Press . 9780814337998 . 142.
4. Web site: Lutz . Violet . January 2023 . My Way Alone, by Chayele Grober (Part I) . March 10, 2024 . Digital Yiddish Theatre Project.
5. Book: Lazare, Lucien . Rescue as Resistance: How Jewish Organizations Fought the Holocaust in France . 1996 . Columbia University Press . New York . 17.
6. Book: Stavans, Ilan . Isaac Bashevis Singer : an album . 2004 . The Library of America . 20.
7. Book: Gilbert, Martin . From the Ends of the Earth: The Jews in the Twentieth Century . Cassell . 2001 . 176.
8. News: 1988-05-07 . Aron Alperin, 87, Dies; Edited Yiddish Papers . 2024-03-10 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
9. Web site: Fuks . Khayim Leyb . Frank, Nisn (1889–July 12, 1943) . March 10, 2024 . Leksikon Fun Der Nayer Yidisher Literatur.
10. Benain . Aline . Kichelewski . Audrey . Parizer Haynt et Naïe Presse, les itinéraires paradoxaux de deux quotidiens parisiens en langue yiddish . Archives juives . 36 . 1 . 52–69.
11. Book: Singerman, Robert . Jewish Serials of the World: A Supplement to the Research Bibliography of Secondary Sources . Greenwood Press . 2000 . 9780313096877 . Westport, CT . 50.