''Der royter shtern'' ('Red Star') was a Yiddish-language communist newspaper published in

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. The first issue of ''Der royte shtern'' was published at the time of the sixth anniversary of the

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The Yiddish-Language Communist Press
', in Frankel, Jonathan (ed.), ''Studies in Contemporary Jewry. Vol. 20, Dark Times, Dire Decisions : Jews and Communism''.

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: Oxford University Press, 2005. p. 67Bilsky, Edgardo J., Gabriel Trajtenberg, Ana Epelbaum de Weinstein, and Marḳ Ṭurḳoṿ.
El movimiento obrero judio en la Argentina
'. Buenos Aires: Centro de Documentación e Información sobre Judaísmo Argentino "Marc Turkow", 1987. pp. 61, 91 The newspaper was the weekly organ of the Jewish Section (''Idsektie'') of the

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. ''Der royte shtern'' played an important role in the Yiddish communist press in the country, and around it various cultural and thematic publications were issued.Dujovne, Alejandro.
Cartografía de las publicaciones periódicas judías de izquierda en Argentina, 1900-1953
'' As of 1925, ''Der royter shtern'' had 2,000 subscribers. As of 1927, the weekly edition stood at 3,500 copies (which can be compared with the figure for the Spanish-language organ of the party, ''La Internacional'', at 6,000 and more than the Italian-language organ ''Ordine Nuovo''). The newspaper continued to be published until 1934. ''Der royter shern'' was replaced by ''Soviet'', but only one issue of the new publication was published.

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