Yiddish Moment

This article is about the former Yiddish-language online monthly newspaper. For other uses, see Moment Magazine (Yiddish), Moment (magazine), and Der Moment.
Yiddish Moment
Native name
דער ייִדיש מאָמענט
TypeYiddish-language monthly newspaper
FormatOnline
OwnerDr Oytser Namast
Editor-in-chiefJacob Kornfeld
Founded2010
Ceased publication????
LanguageYiddish
CityNew York
CountryUnited States
Websiteyiddishmoment.com

Der Yiddish Moment (Yiddish: דער ייִדיש מאָמענט) was an online Yiddish-language newspaper established in 2010, and now defunct.[1] It was updated regularly and covered many current and important issues. It was written by a group of intellectuals from eastern Europe who had survived World War II.

Staff

  • Editor in Chief - Jacob Kornfeld, deceased 2020
  • Assist Editor Dr. Simcha Eckelstein
  • Edit Secretary - Benjamin Eckelstein
  • Founder/President - Dr Oytser Namast, Professor, Journalist, Doctor.
  • Spec. Consultant and Chief Correspondent - Dr R. Fishbein, Doctor, Journalist, Author, news writer for der FORVERTS (1996-1998) under Dr. R. ben Pesach) and news-writer, columnist, assistant-editor at der Algemeiner Journal (1999-2002).
  • Writer/Correspondent - Louis Gavortshik, deceased 2019

NB all staff listed are actually pseudonyms for Robert Kaufstein, who published under the name Rakhmiel Fishbein at the Algemeiner Journal and the Forverts.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sheskin, Ira M.; Dashefsky, Arnold (2017). "Jewish Press". The American Jewish Year Book. 117: 671–696. ISSN 0065-8987.


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