''HaZvi'' (, also ''Hatzevi'' and ''Hazewi'', literally 'The Gazelle') was a Hebrew-language newspaper published in

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from 1884 to 1914 by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, a pioneer of the revival of Hebrew as a spoken tongue.

History

The first issue of ''HaZvi'' was published on October 24, 1884. It began as a weekly paper and eventually developed into a daily. In 1909, the paper had a peak circulation of 1,200 copies, 500 distributed in Jerusalem.'Jews, the poet Bialik will come today' Haaretz, March 27, 2009
/ref> ''HaZvi'' revolutionized Hebrew newspaper publishing in Jerusalem by introducing secular issues and techniques of modern

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, especially after Itamar Ben-Avi, Ben-Yehuda's son, joined the paper. Influenced by the French press, Ben-Avi brought in sensational headlines and a style of reporting that differed from newspapers of the old school. ''HaZvi '' became the organ of the

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(pre-state Jewish community), as the first Jewish agricultural colonies were founded. The paper included translations of French literature (previously only German literature had appeared in translation) and original Hebrew prose. The need for Hebrew words to report the daily news prompted Ben-Yehuda to begin his lifelong project of compiling a Hebrew dictionary ( Ben-Yehuda Dictionary). All this fit in with the Hebraist ideology that was on the rise.Encyclopedia Judaica, ''Newspapers, Hebrew,'' vol. 12, Keter Books, Jerusalem, 1978 In 1908, the name of the paper was changed to ''HaOr'' ( 'The Light') due to licensing restrictions. The paper was banned by the Ottoman government during the

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due to its proposals for a Jewish homeland.

References

Bibliography

* Robert St. John. ''Tongue of the Prophets'', Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York, 1952. * * Ouzi Elyada, Hebrew Popular Journalism, Birth and Development in Ottoman Palestine, London and New-York, Routledge, 2019, 308p.

External links

Archived issues of ''HaZvi''

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