HaLevanon

HaLevanon

Type	Magazine
Founder(s)	Yehiel Bril, Michal HaCohen, Yoel Moshe Salomon
Founded	1863; 161 years ago (1863)
Language	Hebrew
Ceased publication	1886

HaLevanon (lit. 'The Lebanon') was the first Hebrew-language newspaper to be published in the Land of Israel. Published between 1863 and 1886, its chief editor was Yehiel Bril [he]. HaLevanon was at various points in time distributed in Jerusalem, Paris, Mainz and London.

History

HaLevanon was established in Jerusalem in early 1863 by Yehiel Bril [he], Michal HaCohen [he] and Yoel Moshe Salomon.^[1] The newspaper was written from a Misnagdim viewpoint,^[2] and was opposed to the establishment of new settlements in the Land of Israel (with the exception of Motza).^{[citation needed]} In December 1863, it was shut down by Ottoman authorities after being reported to them by Yisrael Bak, the editor of rival paper Havatzelet [he].^[1]

In 1865, Bril re-established HaLevanon in Paris as a bi-weekly magazine.^[3] Three years later, it began to be published on a weekly basis.^{[citation needed]} Publication ceased following the Siege of Paris, and it was relocated to Mainz in Germany. There, it was released as a weekly supplement to Der Israelit until 1882,^[3] when Bril helped Russian farmers move to Ottoman Palestine, leaving him unable to continue the newspaper's publication.^[4]

In 1886, Bril resumed HaLevanon's publication in London,^[3] before dying later that year, which resulted in the newspaper's discontinuation.^[1]

Kvod HaLevanon

HaLevanon included a supplement called Kvod HaLevanon.^[3] It acted as a journal for halakha (Jewish law), alongside publications in the field of Wissenschaft des Judentums.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Mass media in Israel

References

External links

• HaLevanon at the National Library of Israel

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