HaKarmel

HaKarmel
Cover of volume 3, issue 1 (1875)
EditorSamuel Joseph Fuenn
Frequency
  • Weekly (1860–1871)
  • Monthly (1871–1880)
First issueJune 26, 1860 (1860-06-26)[1]
Final issueDecember 1880[1]
Based inVilna, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
LanguageHebrew
Websitenli.org.il/en/newspapers/hcl
OCLC1167629371

HaKarmel (Hebrew: הַכַּרְמֶל, lit. 'The Carmel') was a Hebrew periodical, edited and published by Samuel Joseph Fuenn in Vilna from 1860 to 1880. It was one of the important forces of the Haskalah movement in the Russian Empire.[2]

History

HaKarmel was founded by Samuel Joseph Fuenn in 1860 as a weekly, and was continued as such (with some interruptions) until 1871. Eight volumes appeared in these eleven years, of which volumes 1–3 have supplements in Russian. It then became a monthly, of which four volumes appeared from 1871 to 1880, when the publication was suspended. Ḥayyim Leib Katzenellenbogen [Wikidata] was associated with Fuenn in the editorship.[3] Ḥayyim Leib Markon [Wikidata] later assisted Fuenn in the same capacity.[2]

HaKarmel was more of a literary periodical and less of a newspaper than other Hebrew contemporaries like HaMaggid or HaMelitz, in part because the license granted by the Tsarist regime prohibited Fuenn from publishing articles on politics.[4] The periodical contained poetry, translations, historical material, literary criticism, Torah scholarship, and book reviews.[4][5]

Notable contributors

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wiernik, Peter (1904). "Ha-Karmel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 161.

  1. ^ a b Kouts, Gideon (Winter 2007). "הכרמל (1860–1880) והדיון בבעיות העיתונות העברית" (PDF). Kesher (in Hebrew). 35: 70–73.
  2. ^ a b  Wiernik, Peter (1904). "Ha-Karmel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 161.
  3. ^ Letters of J. L. Gordon, no. 87, Warsaw, 1894.
  4. ^ a b "Ha-Karmel". National Library of Israel. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Menda-Levy, Oded (2008). "Karmel, Ha-". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Translated by Hann, Rami. New Haven: Yale University Press.