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Yiddish Moment

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Yiddish Moment
Native name
דער ייִדיש מאָמענט
TypeYiddish-language monthly newspaper
FormatOnline
OwnerDr Oytser Namast
Editor-in-chief
Jacob Kornfeld
Founded2010
Ceased publication
2019
LanguageYiddish
CityNew York
CountryUnited States
Websiteyiddishmoment.com

Der Yiddish Moment (Yiddish: דער ייִדיש מאָמענט) was an online Yiddish-language newspaper established in 2010, and now defunct.[1] It was updated regularly and covered many current and important issues. It was written by a group of intellectuals from eastern Europe who had survived World War II.

Staff

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  • Editor in Chief - Jacob Kornfeld, deceased 2020
  • Assist Editor Dr. Simcha Eckelstein
  • Edit Secretary - Benjamin Eckelstein
  • Founder/President - Dr Oytser Namast, Professor, Journalist, Doctor.
  • Spec. Consultant and Chief Correspondent - Dr R. Fishbein, Doctor, Journalist, Author, news writer for der FORVERTS (1996-1998) under Dr. R. ben Pesach) and news-writer, columnist, assistant-editor at der Algemeiner Journal (1999-2002).
  • Writer/Correspondent - Louis Gavortshik, deceased 2019

NB all staff listed are actually pseudonyms for Robert Kaufstein, who published under the name Rakhmiel Fishbein at the Algemeiner Journal and the Forverts.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. Sheskin, Ira M.; Dashefsky, Arnold (2017). "Jewish Press". The American Jewish Year Book. 117: 671–696. ISSN 0065-8987.
  2. "About Yiddish Moment". Yiddish Moment (in Yiddish).
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