Subscription Notice

Shaul Ginsburg

S. An-ski

1903

Subscription for the Year 1903 to the First Daily Zhargon (Yiddish) Newspaper in Russia, Der fraynd

Published in Saint Petersburg by Sh. Ginsburg and Sh. Rapaport [S. An-ski]

Der fraynd is published according to the standard of the large general daily newspapers. Every day it contains—as do the largest newspapers—telegrams, news, and letters about general as well as Jewish life both in Russia and abroad.

Der fraynd publishes articles about politics, questions of life in general, and all kinds of Jewish matters.

Der fraynd publishes responses by specialists to questions about laws and rights, business, and crafts.

Der fraynd devotes considerable space to stories, feuilletons, and scholarly articles.

The closest coworkers of Der fraynd are:

Dr. Y. Luria (the former editor of Der yid [The Jew]), Dr. H. D. Hurvits (the former editor of the Folkstsaytung [People’s Newspaper]).

Others who participate in publishing the newspaper are:

Sh. Y. Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim), Y. Dinezon, E. Levinsky, Sh. Frug, Y. L. Peretz, D. Frishman, Y. Ḥ. Ravnitski, Sholem Aleichem, and many other famous writers.

Subscription price:

  • For one year—7 rubles
  • For half a year—3.5 rubles
  • For a quarter year—1.75 rubles

Address:

  • Editorial Office of the Newspaper Der Fraynd
  • Yekaterinsky Canal 71, St. Petersburg

 

 

 

Translated by Vera Szabó.

Credits

Der Fraynd, subscription notice, originally published as advertisement in Der Fraynd, no. 1 (Jan. 14, 1903): p. 2.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.

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This notice, printed in the inaugural copy of Der fraynd (January 1, 1903) uses the term zhargon (jargon) to refer to Yiddish. The usage was common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and though it was sometimes meant pejoratively (implying that Yiddish was a “jargon” rather than a “pure” language), often it was simply used as a neutral, familiar name for the language; this is evidently the case here.

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