''Der nayer veg'' () was a

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weekly newspaper published from

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between , and . It was the central party organ of the

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. It replaced the previous organ ''Der yidisher proletar'' ('The Jewish Proletarian'). Officially the editor-publisher of the newspaper was R.Z. Zibel, but in reality the editorship was managed by . The newspaper had a circulation of some 7,000 copies.

Content

Per Trachtenberg (2008) the newspaper "contained some of the first attempts to apply critical scholarly methods to the study of the Yiddish language, literature, and the material conditions of Russian Jewry ''in'' the Yiddish language, and as, along with the Jewish Socialist organ ''Di folksshtime'',important precursors to the scholarly work that would appear in the post-1905 revolutionary period". The editors and writers of the respective party organs ''Der nayer veg'' and ''Di folksshtime'' argued for consolidation of Jewish cultural identity as a counter-weight to assimilation. Whilst ''Der nayer veg'' functioned as a party organ with news and reports on party activities, it also carried literary criticism authored by

Shmuel Niger Shmuel Niger (also Samuel Niger, pen name of Samuel Charney, 1883-1955) was a Yiddish writer, literary critic and historian and was one of the leading figures of Yiddish cultural work and Yiddishism in pre-revolution Russia. Life Shmuel Niger ...

, scholarly economic analysis by

Jacob Lestschinsky Jakob Lestschinsky (also ''Jacob Lestschinsky'', ''Yankev Leshtshinski'', ''Yankev Leshchinski'', ; August 26, 1876 – March 22, 1966) was a Ukrainian-born Jewish statistician and sociologist. He specialized in Jewish demography and economic ...

and works of fictional literature authored by I. L. Peretz, David Frischmann,

Sholem Asch Sholem Asch (, ; 1 November 1880 – 10 July 1957), also written Shalom Ash, was a Polish Jews, Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language who settled in the United States. Life and work Asch was born Szalom Asz in ...

, Einhorn,

Peretz Hirschbein Peretz Hirshbein (); 7 November 1880, Kleszczele, Grodno Governorate – 16 August 1948, Los Angeles) was a Yiddish-language playwright, novelist, journalist, travel writer, and theater director. Because his work focused more on mood than ...

, etc.. The publication carried debates between

Nachman Syrkin Nachman Syrkin (also spelled ''Nahman Syrkin'' or ''Nahum Syrkin''; ; 11 February 1868 – 6 September 1924) was a political theorist, founder of Labor Zionism and a prolific writer in the Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, German and English languages. ...

and Litvakov over the relation between

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and economic factors. Another contributor was W. Bertoldi. ''Der nayer veg'' was closed down by government authorities. In total 25 issues of ''Der nayer veg'' were published. ''Der nayer veg'' was succeeded by ''Dos vort'' ('The Word') in May 1907.

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{{reflist Jews and Judaism in Vilnius Mass media in Vilnius Newspapers established in 1906 Publications disestablished in 1907 Territorialism Defunct Yiddish-language newspapers published in Lithuania Yiddish socialist newspapers Zionism in Lithuania Defunct weekly newspapers