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HaKarmel

HaKarmel was a Hebrew periodical, edited and published by Samuel Joseph Fuenn in Vilna from 1860 to 1880. It was one of the important forces of the Haskalah movement in the Russian Empire.

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HaKarmel
Cover of volume 3, issue 1 (1875)
EditorSamuel Joseph Fuenn
Frequency
  • Weekly (1860–1871)
  • Monthly (1871–1880)
First issueJune 26, 1860 (1860-06-26)1
Final issueDecember 18801
Based inVilna, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
LanguageHebrew
Websitenli.org.il/en/newspapers/hcl
OCLC1167629371

HaKarmel (Hebrew: הַכַּרְמֶל, lit. 'The Carmel') was a Hebrew periodical, edited and published by Samuel Joseph Fuenn in Vilna from 1860 to 1880. It was one of the important forces of the Haskalah movement in the Russian Empire.2

History

HaKarmel was founded by Samuel Joseph Fuenn in 1860 as a weekly, and was continued as such (with some interruptions) until 1871. Eight volumes appeared in these eleven years, of which volumes 1–3 have supplements in Russian. It then became a monthly, of which four volumes appeared from 1871 to 1880, when the publication was suspended. Ḥayyim Leib Katzenellenbogen was associated with Fuenn in the editorship.3 Ḥayyim Leib Markon later assisted Fuenn in the same capacity.2

HaKarmel was more of a literary periodical and less of a newspaper than other Hebrew contemporaries like HaMaggid or HaMelitz, in part because the license granted by the Tsarist regime prohibited Fuenn from publishing articles on politics.4 The periodical contained poetry, translations, historical material, literary criticism, Torah scholarship, and book reviews.45

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References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wiernik, Peter (1904). "Ha-Karmel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 161.

  1. Kouts, Gideon (Winter 2007). "הכרמל (1860–1880) והדיון בבעיות העיתונות העברית" (PDF). Kesher (in Hebrew). 35: 70–73.
  2.  Wiernik, Peter (1904). "Ha-Karmel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 161.
  3. Letters of J. L. Gordon, no. 87, Warsaw, 1894.
  4. "Ha-Karmel". National Library of Israel. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. Menda-Levy, Oded (2008). "Karmel, Ha-". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Translated by Hann, Rami. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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