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''The Jewish Morning Journal'' () was a Yiddish-language publication in New York from 1901 to 1971.


Early years

A politically conservative, Orthodox Jewish publisher, Jacob Saphirstein, founded the ''Jewish Morning Journal'' in 1901. It was published in
Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
, the language of the majority of eastern European Jewish immigrants who settled on the Lower East Side of New York. The paper took on a more liberal slant in 1916, when Jacob Fishman became editor, replacing Peter (Peretz) Wiernik. After resigning as editor in 1938, Fishman continued his daily column, "From Day to Day."
Zionist Zionism is an Ethnic nationalism, ethnocultural nationalist movement that emerged in History of Europe#From revolution to imperialism (1789–1914), Europe in the late 19th century that aimed to establish and maintain a national home for the ...
in outlook, the ''Jewish Morning Journal'' advocated an Orthodox lifestyle, and was not published on Saturday, the
Jewish Sabbath Shabbat (, , or ; , , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Friday–Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical stories describing the cre ...
. It was a staunch advocate of the Americanization of the Eastern European immigrants who formed the bulk of its readership. Along with other Yiddish publications, its circulation declined steadily after World War I, as immigrants became more assimilated and used English.


Later years

In 1928 the ''Jewish Morning Journal'' merged with the ''Yidishes Tagblat'' (
Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
יידישעס טאגעבלאט). Morris Cohen, a Canadian philanthropist, bought the ''Jewish Morning Journal'' in 1949."Jewish Morning Journal Changes Ownership," ''The Canadian Jewish Chronicle,'' April 13, 1949 p 46 In 1953 the combined entity merged with the liberal Yiddish daily ''Jewish Day'' (''Der Tog''). In 1970 the circulation of ''The Day-Morning Journal'' was 50,000. The paper ceased publication in 1971.


Noted journalists

* Gershom Bader * Bernard Gorin *Alexander Mukdoni * Jacob Glatstein * Gedaliah Bublick *
Frank Taffel Frank Taffel (né Shrage Fyvel Tafel, Krystynopol, then Galicia, Austria-Hungary, now Chervonohrad, Ukraine, March 10, 1877; died 7 July 1947, Savannah, Georgia, age 70) was a journalist, a founder of Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta), and an adv ...
, Atlanta correspondent *
Philip Krantz Jacob Rombro (October 10, 1858 – November 28, 1922), better known by his pen name Philip Krantz, was a Belarusian-born Jewish-American socialist, newspaper editor, and Yiddish writer. Life Krantz was born on October 10, 1858, in Zhuprany, Viln ...
* Jacob Magidoff *Ḥayyim Malitz *
Joseph Margoshes Joseph Margoshes (November 16, 1866 – April 10, 1955) was a Galician-born Jewish-American Yiddish journalist. Life Margoshes was born on November 16, 1866, in Lemberg, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine), the son of Samuel Margoshes and Sarah Rebek ...
*M. Seifert *M. Sharkansky * S.L. Shneiderman *
Abner Tannenbaum Abner Tannenbaum (March 1, 1848 – July 19, 1913) was a Russian-born Jewish-American Yiddish writer and journalist. Early life Tannenbaum was born on March 1, 1848, in Shirvint, Russia, the son of Hirsch Tannenbaum. Tannenbaum grew up in Kam ...
*I. Friedman *
Peter Wiernik Peter Wiernik (March 6, 1865 – February 12, 1936) was a Russian-born Jewish American Yiddish journalist, newspaper editor, writer and historian. Life Wiernik was born on March 6, 1865, in Vilna, Russia, the son of Hirsch Wolf Wiernik and Sara ...
*Michael Brown (New York, journalist 1927-1937 and city editor from 1937 to 1947) * M.J. Nurenberger (correspondent who became editor in 1947) *
S. B. Komaiko Solomon Baruch Komaiko (; September 15, 1879, in Anykščiai, now Lithuania – April 29, 1957, in Miami Beach, Florida) was an American author, journalist, and Zionist. Biography Komaiko was born to Abel Komaiko and Rebecca Zelesnik. His mother ...


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External links

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